2026 - Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Education - Secondary

In the process of studying this double-degree course, students will engage in a range of teaching and learning approaches, in university and fieldwork settings. On completion of the program of studies, graduates will have a sound preparation for entry into the business and/or the education and training professions.

The course includes a minimum of 80 days of placement, with some placement being undertaken in each year of the course. In first, second and third year, placements are tied to education units offered. In fourth year, the 50 days of placement are tied to the four professional experience units. These placements involve a program of field visits to different educational sites and include structured teaching experience.

Students must be available to undertake these on a full-time basis for several weeks at a time. For full time students placement is typically conducted in two blocks of five weeks, one each semester. For part time students it is typically conducted in four blocks of two to three weeks, one block in each of four semesters. These units are taken concurrently with enrolment in the core curriculum units and the curriculum specialism units. They provide supervised teaching practice in the teaching area of the student's curriculum units while on school placement.

Students who are employed in schools must complete at least 25 days of supervised school placement in a setting other than the school at which they are employed.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will obtain a Business and Economics major and minor field of study as well as a sequence of studies in education leading to registration in Victoria as a secondary school teacher.

Students complete a major specialisation accounting, economics or management taught by the Faculty of Business and Economics and should ensure that their commerce unit choices meet the requirements of their chosen teaching specialisations. The three teaching specialisations available include economics, accounting and business management.

To receive the awards of Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Education, a candidate must successfully complete units totalling 204 points from the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Business and Economics (Clayton), consisting of the following:

(a.) 16 units (96 points) from the Faculty of Business and Economics in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus as follows:

(i.) six compulsory common core units (36 points)

• AFC1000 Principles of accounting and finance
• BTC1110 Business law
• ECC1000 Principles of microeconomics
• ETC1000 Business and economic statistics
• MGC1010 Introduction to management
• MKC1200 Principles of marketing

(ii.) at least two units from the following list (12 points)

• AFC1030 Introduction to financial accounting or AFC2140 Corporate finance
• ECC1100 Principles of macroeconomics
• ETC1010 Data modelling and computing
• MGC1020 Organisations: contexts and strategies

(iii.) a major of eight units (48 points)

• the major must be selected from economics, accounting or management*.
• at least two units (12 points) must be completed at each of second and third-year levels

(iv.) additional units from the Faculty of Business and Economics in the Bachelor of Commerce at the Clayton campus to reach the required minimum of 16 units.

Note: Requirements to meet the prerequisites for specialist discipline teaching units are:

• at least four units (24 points) in one of accounting, economics or management.

* Refer to the Bachelor of Commerce entry at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/courses/0179.html or contact the Business and Economics faculty office for advice.

Additional Bachelor of Commerce degree requirements:

• a maximum of eight first-year level units (48 points)
• a minimum of four third-year level units (24 points) from those offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics at the Clayton campus
• in addition to specific unit prerequisites, third-year level units require the successful completion of two second-year level units and second-year level units require the successful completion of four first-year level units.

b.) studies in education (108 points) chosen from the Faculty of Education.

Students need to be aware that their major and minor studies in commerce must satisfy the requirements for the study of two curriculum specialism units in their fourth year and the requirements for employment laid down by the Victorian Institute of Teaching. Students are advised to consult the VIT website at http://www.vit.vic.edu.au in consultation with their course advisor.

Generally, to qualify for a secondary teaching discipline, a candidate will require a minimum of two years of full-time academic study in that discipline. There are additional requirements for some disciplines.

Progressively over the course, students will complete more of the education component, until the final year which is composed entirely of education studies, including professional placements.

First year

• EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1
• EDF1304 Learning and educational inquiry 2
• plus 36 points of approved commerce studies

Second year

• EDF2004 Issues in classroom environments
• EDF2005 Professional responsibilities, practice and relationships
• plus 36 points of approved commerce studies

Third year

• EDF3006 Adolescent development and learning
• EDF3007 Mediating the world of learning
• EDF3008 Researching educational practices
• EDF3009 Schooling: local - global
• plus 24 points of approved commerce studies

Fourth year

• EDF4004 Assessing learning (core education unit)
• EDF4006 Professional engagement (core education unit)
• EDF41xx Core curriculum unit
• EDF41xx Core curriculum unit or EDF45xx Curriculum elective unit
• EDF44xx Curriculum specialism unit 1
• EDF44xx Curriculum specialism unit 2
• EDF4730 Professional experience 1A and EDF4731 Professional experience 1B
• EDF4733 Professional experience 2A and EDF4734 Professional experience 2B
• plus two general elective units (EDFxxxx students choose from an existing suite of general electives)

Students must have their program of study approved by the course adviser prior to commencement of the relevant year.

Graduates will be eligible for registration and employment as secondary school teachers in Victoria. For interstate and overseas positions, applicants are advised to check with local authorities.

Bachelor of Commerce

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