3719 - Bachelor of Visual Arts / Bachelor of Education - Secondary

This double degree course allows students to qualify with both the Bachelor of Visual Arts and Bachelor of Education (secondary) degrees. Teaching is a recognised and well-regarded career path for visual art graduates. When students take the Bachelor of Visual Arts degree and the Bachelor of Education in combination, they are able to complete both courses in four calendar years of full-time study with 12 points overload study in their fourth year (ie. 60 credit points)

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.

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. This provides students with a visual art 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.

Graduates of this course may, in addition to art education, practise professionally in one or more art media, or may become involved in art gallery activities, cultural programs, or a range of art and design industry activities.

To receive the awards of Bachelor of Visual Arts and Bachelor of Education, a student must successfully complete units totalling 204 points, consisting of the following:

(a.) studies in visual arts (96 points), including a major study (three years of study in a single discipline), a minor study (two years of study in a single discipline) and two additional first-year units

(b.) studies in education (108 points), comprising a series of units relating to the theory and practice of education, teaching and curriculum. Professional placements are also included.

Students need to be aware that their major and minor studies in visual arts 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.

The education component of the double degree will be offered at Clayton campus and the visual arts component will be offered at the Caulfield campus.

First year

Education component

• EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1
• EDF1304 Learning and educational inquiry 2

Visual arts component

• DWG1201 Drawing 1B
• DWG1202 Drawing 2B
• OHS1000 Introduction to art and design health and safety
• TAD1101 History of pre-industrial art and design
• TAD1102 Visual culture and media of the industrial age
• VIS1111 Visual arts studio 1
• VIS1112 Visual Arts Studio 2

Second year

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

Third year

• EDF3006 Adolescent development and learning
• EDF3007 Mediating the world of learning
• EDF3008 Researching educational practices
• EDF3009 Schooling: local - global
• 24 points of approved visual arts 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 1
• EDF44xx Curriculum specialism 2
• EDFxxxx General elective 1
• EDFxxxx General elective 2
• EDF4730 Professional experience 1A and EDF4731 Professional experience 1B
• EDF4733 Professional experience 2A and EDF4734 Professional experience 2B

Students should consult their course coordinator to assist in planning their program.

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

Bachelor of Education

Bachelor of Visual Arts