This course is designed specifically for people currently working in the field of adult learning and development who wish to upgrade their formal qualifications, gain recognition for prior work experience, and improve their theoretical knowledge and practical expertise. Completion of this course will lead to a recognised tertiary degree in adult and vocational education and training that will place graduates at the forefront of professional knowledge and practice and give them a competitive edge in the employment market. Opportunities exist for further study at honours or masters level.

The course aims to develop flexible and innovative practitioners who can enhance adult learning and facilitate the development of individuals, enterprises, industry and local and global communities. The course embraces all dimensions of adult learning and development, integrates theory with practice, and is delivered in a flexible and adult-oriented learning environment.

Eligible students qualify for recognition of prior learning (RPL) and enter directly into the second year of the course.

The second and third years of the course comprise 14 core units and two elective units. Each unit is valued at six points. The course is structured to enable students to develop theoretical and conceptual frameworks in which to reflect critically and constructively on their previous and current work experience, in addition to developing new strategies and approaches for application in workplace and community settings. Their newly acquired knowledge and understandings are reinforced through a range of practical learning activities such as site visits, group workshops, case studies, and independent workplace projects.

First year

• Recognition of prior learning (RPL) normally equivalent to 48 points

Second year

• EDF2801 Adult education practices 1
• EDF2802 Contexts of adult learning and development
• EDF2803 Learning and researching in work-related contexts
• EDF2804 Multimedia in adult education: policy and practice
• EDF2805 Multimedia in adult education: implementation and evaluation
• EDF2806 Work, organisation and learning
• EDF2807 Adult education practices 2 - project
• EDF2808 Policy and change in adult education and training

Third year

• EDF3801 Program design and delivery
• EDF3802 Work, development and identity
• EDF3803 Working with difference
• EDF3804 Independent work-based project
• EDF3805 Educational project management
• EDF3806 Future directions in adult learning and development
• two electives chosen from other units offered by the faculty, or other approved units, to the value of 6 points each

Bachelor of Adult Learning and Development

This double degree course allows students to qualify with both the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education - primary degrees. When students take the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education double degree, they are able to complete both courses in four years of full-time study at a normal course load for each year.

Students must complete teaching practice which consists of a minimum of 80 days of satisfactory supervised school experience. Those students who are employed in schools must complete a minimum of 50% of supervised placement in a setting other than the school in which they are employed. Students must be available to undertake school placements on a full-time basis and attend their placement for full days at times determined by the faculty.

This double-degree course provides students with an arts major and minor field of study as well as a sequence of studies in education leading to registration in Victoria as a primary school teacher.

To receive the awards of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education, a student must successfully complete units totalling 192 points, consisting of:

(a.) studies in arts (96 points) including:

• arts discipline major (48 points)
• arts discipline minor (24 points)
• an additional arts discipline first-year sequence (12 points)
• a further 12 points in arts units.

For full details on the majors and minors offered, refer to the 'Areas of study' at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/undergrad/arts-ug-areas-of-study.html.

(b.) studies in education (96 points) including a series of units relating to the theory and practice of education, teaching and curriculum. Fieldwork placements are also included.

First year

Gippsland: all units undertaken at Gippsland

Peninsula/Clayton: All first year education units undertaken at Clayton

• EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1 (five days professional placement)
• EDF1304 Learning and educational inquiry 2 (five days professional placement)
• 36 points of arts studies

Second year

Gippsland: all units undertaken at Gippsland

Peninsula/Clayton: All second year education units undertaken at Peninsula

• EDF1307 Early literacy and numeracy 1 (10 days professional placement)
• EDF2302 Re-imagining children's learning (five days professional placement)
• 36 points of arts studies (all arts units undertaken at Clayton)

Third year

Gippsland: all units undertaken at Gippsland

Peninsula/Clayton: All third year education units undertaken at Peninsula

• EDF2301 Multiliteracies: mediating the world
• EDF2304 Early literacy and numeracy 2
• EDF3301 Numeracy
• EDF3311 Understanding place and space (15 days professional placement)
• 24 points of arts studies (all arts units undertaken at Clayton)

Fourth year

Gippsland: all units undertaken at Gippsland

Peninsula/Clayton: All fourth year education units undertaken at Peninsula

• EDF2303 Movement, environment and community
• EDF3303 Integrating the curriculum 1: creative exchanges
• EDF3304 Integrating the curriculum 2: different places
• EDF3306 Literacy
• EDF4311 Professional contexts 1 (20 days professional placement)
• EDF4312 Professional contexts 2 (20 days professional placement), or (for Peninsula students only) a LOTE unit
• EDF4314 Entering the profession 2
• education elective

On completion of the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (primary) program of studies, graduates will be eligible for registration and employment as primary school teachers in Victoria. For interstate and overseas positions, applicants are advised to check registration and employment requirements with local authorities.

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Education

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

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.

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 an arts 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.

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

(a.) studies in arts (96 points) including:

• arts discipline major (48 points).
• arts discipline minor (24 points).
• an additional arts discipline first-year sequence (12 points).
• a further 12 points in arts units.

For full details on the majors and minors offered, refer to the 'Areas of study' at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/undergrad/arts-ug-areas-of-study.html.

(b.) studies in education (108 points) including a series of units relating to the theory and practice of education, teaching and curriculum, and professional placement units.

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

Generally, to qualify for secondary curriculum specialism units, 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
• 36 points of arts studies

Second year

• EDF2004 Issues in classroom environments
• EDF2005 Professional responsibilities, practice and relationships
• 36 points of 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 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 EDFxxxx 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

On completion of the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education (secondary) program of studies, 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 Arts

Bachelor of Education

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

On completion of the Bachelor of Business and Commerce/Bachelor of Education (primary) program of studies, graduates will have a sound preparation for entry into the business and commerce and/or education and training professions.

Students must complete teaching practice which consists of a minimum of 80 days of satisfactory supervised school experience. Those students who are employed in schools must complete a minimum of 50 per cent of supervised placement in a setting other than the school in which they are employed. Students must be available to undertake school placements on a full-time basis and attend their placement for full days at times determined by the faculty.

The major aim of this double degree program is to encourage the development of confident and competent professionals, combining knowledge and skills from the fields of business, commerce and education.

To receive the awards of Bachelor of Business and Commerce and Bachelor of Education, a student must successfully complete units totalling 192 points consisting of:

(a.) 16 units (96 points) from the faculty in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce as follows:

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

• AFW1000 Principles of accounting and finance
• BTW1200 Business law
• ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ETW1102 Business statistics
• MGW1010 Introduction to management
• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice

(ii.) a major of eight units (48 pts)

• the major must come from the approved list of majors offered in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce at the student's home campus*
• at least two units (12 pts) must be completed at each of second and third year levels

(iii.) additional units from the faculty in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce to reach the required minimum of 16 units (96 pts).

* Refer to the Bachelor of Business and Commerce entry at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/courses/2224.html or contact the Business and Economics faculty office for advice.

Additional degree requirements:

• a maximum of eight first-year level units (48 pts) from the Faculty of Business and Economics
• a minimum of four third-year level units (24 pts) from the Faculty of Business and Economics
• 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 (96 points), comprising a series of units relating to the theory and practice of education, teaching and curriculum. Fieldwork placements are also included.

First year

• EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1 (five days professional placement)
• EDF1304 Learning and educational inquiry 2 (five days professional placement)
• plus 36 points of business and commerce units

Second year

• EDF1307 Early literacy and numeracy 1 (10 days professional placement)
• EDF2302 Re-imagining children's learning (five days professional placement)
• plus 36 points of business and commerce units

Third year

• EDF2301 Mulitliteracies: mediating the world
• EDF2304 Early literacy and numeracy 2
• EDF3301 Numeracy
• EDF3311 Understanding space and place (15 days professional placement)
• plus 24 points of business and commerce units

Fourth year

• EDF2303 Movement, environment and community
• EDF3303 Integrating the curriculum 1: creative exchange
• EDF3304 Integrating the curriculum 2: different places
• EDF3306 Literacy
• EDF4311 Professional contexts 1 (20 days professional placement)
• EDF4312 Professional contexts 2 (20 days professional placement)
• EDF4314 Entering the profession 2
• education elective

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

Bachelor of Education

Bachelor of Business and Commerce

Graduates of the program will have qualifications which enable them to enter the sport and outdoor recreation and tourism industries supported by a sound knowledge of business/commerce.

The major aim of this double-degree program is to foster the development of confident and competent professionals, combining knowledge and skills from the fields of business, sport and outdoor recreation.

To receive the awards of the Bachelor of Business and Commerce and the Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation, a candidate must successfully complete units totaling 192 points, consisting of the following:

(a.) 16 units (96 points) from the faculty in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce as follows:

(i.) six compulsory common core units (36 pts):

• AFW1000 Principles of accounting and finance
• BTW1200 Business law
• ECW1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ETW1102 Business statistics
• MGW1010 Introduction to management
• MKW1120 Marketing theory and practice

(ii.) a major of eight units (48 pts):

• the major must come from the approved list of majors offered in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce*
• at least two units (12 pts) must be completed at each of second and third year levels

(iii.) additional units from the faculty in the Bachelor of Business and Commerce to reach the required minimum of 16 units (96 pts).

* Refer to the Bachelor of Business and Commerce entry at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/courses/2224.html or contact the Business and Economics faculty office for advice.

Additional degree requirements:

• a maximum of 8 first-year level units (48 pts) from the Faculty of Business and Economics
• a minimum of 4 third-year level units (24 pts) from the Faculty of Business and Economics
• 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 sport and outdoor recreation (96 points) chosen from the Faculty of Education, which must follow the course requirements as set out below.

First year

Sport and outdoor recreation units (totalling 24 points):

• EDF1611 Introduction to sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF1612 Outdoor recreation education
• EDF1613 Biophysical foundations of physical activity A
• EDF1614 Biophysical foundations of physical activity B

Plus 24 points of approved business/commerce studies

Second year

Sport and outdoor recreation units (totalling 24 points):

• EDF2611 Experiencing aquatic environments
• EDF2613 Adventure education
• EDF2614 Outdoor leadership and programming
• EDF2616 Coaching

Plus 24 points of approved business/commerce studies

Third year

Sport and outdoor recreation units (totalling 24 points):

• 18 points of approved sport and outdoor recreation elective units
• EDF3617 Professional practice in sport and outdoor recreation

Plus 24 points of major/minor approved business/commerce studies

Fourth year

Sport and outdoor recreation units (totalling 24 points):

• four approved sport and outdoor recreation electives

Plus 24 points of approved business/commerce studies

BSOR elective units

• EDF1616 Lifespan physical activity and wellness
• EDF1615 Experiential environmental education
• EDF2615 Community physical activity and wellness
• EDF3614 Expeditionary learning
• EDF3616 Camp planning and practice
• EDF2612 Experiential education in sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF3613 Research issues in sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF3619 Sport and physical activity education
• EDF3615 Experiencing the Australian landscape
• EDF3618 Research planning in sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF4161 Sports injury prevention
• EDF2618 Dance in education

Field experience

Depending upon sport and outdoor recreation units studied, students must successfully complete the outdoor experiences and physical activity requirements of each unit.

To be eligible to progress to a graduate diploma specialism:

• in physical education, a student must have studied at undergraduate level a minimum of 12 units which must include EDF1616, EDF2616, EDF3619, EDF2618 and EDF3613
• in outdoor education, a student must have studied at undergraduate level a minimum of eight units which must include EDF1615, EDF2612 and one of EDF3614, EDF3616 or EDF3615.

Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation

Bachelor of Business and Commerce

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

Bachelor of Education

This course is designed to fully prepare students for a career in a range of early childhood educational settings. The course explores a wide range of issues in teaching and children's learning, and covers the key learning areas of the arts, literacy, numeracy, health, wellbeing, physical education, science, Studies of Society and Environment(SOSE), and technology. It also provides recognised teaching qualifications in primary and early childhood settings.

Students must complete teaching practice which consists of a minimum of 80 days of satisfactory supervised school experience. Those students who are employed in schools must complete a minimum of 50 per cent of supervised placement in a setting other than the school in which they are employed. Students must be available to undertake school placements on a full-time basis and attend their placement for full days at times determined by the faculty.

This course is designed to provide students with a program of studies and experiences, which should enable them to:

• develop knowledge of, and critically reflect on, the theoretical foundations of human development and of education, especially those relevant to early childhood education
• relate their own views and experiences in education, family and society to those of others and critically reflect on these
• appreciate the implications the family, social, cultural and political contexts have for children's development and learning, and how they impact on early childhood services
• understand the professional role of the early childhood educator in a diverse and complex society which is undergoing rapid and continuous social and technological change
• develop skills that will allow them to instigate and respond to change and to advocate effectively for young children, families and the early childhood profession
• demonstrate competence in general care, appropriate curriculum planning and teaching skills, as well as administration and management across a range of children's services
• develop effective research, communication and interpersonal skills
• have the skills and attitudes that foster a positive view of continued personal and professional development.

The degree consists of two groups of studies:

• teaching and curriculum studies, including teaching placements, totalling 120 points
• education studies, concerned with major issues in education, especially early childhood education, totalling 72 points.

Candidates must satisfactorily complete each of the units comprising the two groups of study, and receive a satisfactory teaching assessment to be eligible for the award.

First year

• EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1 (five days professional placement)
• EDF1304 Learning and educational inquiry 2 (five days professional placement)
• EDF1305 Entering the profession 1
• EDF1306 Spaces of difference
• EDF1307 Early literacy and numeracy 1
• EDF1321 ECE movement, environment and community
• EDF1322 ECE: science and technology
• EDF1324 ECE: creative arts

Second year

• EDF2301 Multiliteracies: mediating the world
• EDF2306 Global educational contexts: policy, practice and research
• EDF2303 Movement, environment and community
• EDF2302 Re-imagining children's learning
• EDF2321 Working with diverse learners
• EDF2304 Early literacy and numeracy 2
• EDF2323 Inquiry in professional practice: upper primary (20 days professional placement)
• EDF2324 Inquiry in professional practice: junior primary (20 days professional placement)

Third year

• EDF3301 Numeracy
• EDF3303 Integrating the curriculum 1: creative exchange
• EDF3304 Integrating the curriculum 2: different places
• EDF3306 Literacy
• EDF3321 Assessment in the ECE curriculum
• EDF3322 Inquiry in professional practice: infants and toddlers (20 days professional placement)
• EDF3323 Inquiry in professional practice: child care (20 days professional placement)
• EDF3324 Contexts for child development: the developing child

Fourth year

• EDF4321 Health and wellbeing in early childhood settings
• EDF4322 Issues in child development
• EDF4323 Leadership and management in ECE
• EDF4324 Professional engagement: entering the ECE profession
• EDF4325 The early childhood curriculum (15 days professional placement)
• EDF4326 Early childhood field studies (25 days professional placement)
• EDF4327 Practice informing research
• EDF4328 Play and pedagogy

Graduates will be eligible for registration and employment as primary school teachers in Victoria, and qualified for employment in preschools, childcare centres, primary schools, and other children's services and specialist early childhood settings in Victoria. For interstate and overseas positions, applicants are advised to check with local authorities.

Bachelor of Early Childhood Education

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

This course is intended for students who have completed a Diploma of Community Services (Children's Services) or an equivalent and who wish to develop advanced skills and experience in teaching in early childhood education. It is especially suitable for those wishing to upgrade their qualifications to a teaching degree suitable for prior-to-school settings.

Students must complete teaching practice which consists of a minimum of 80 days of satisfactory supervised early childhood education experience. Those who are employed in early childhood settings must complete a minimum of 40 days of supervised fieldwork in a setting other than the one in which they are employed. Students must be available to undertake fieldwork placements full time.

The broad objective of this course is to provide early childhood educators with the additional skills and understandings necessary to teach across a range of early childhood education settings, including kindergarten. Specific course objectives are that students will develop:

• a deeper understanding of child development, learning theories and early childhood pedagogy
• further understandings about early childhood curriculum development in literacy, numeracy, science, technology, music, visual arts and expressive arts
• the ability to critically reflect upon contemporary issues in early childhood education, family studies, and research
• an appreciation of the cultural contexts of early childhood settings and the diversity of children and families who experience these contexts
• a broad foundation of professional practice, to undertake effectively the role of early childhood educator.

The course consists of 16 units, which are linked with four professional experience rounds arranged throughout the course. Students will be in early childhood settings for a total of up to 80 days. Candidates must satisfactorily complete each of the 16 units of study and receive a satisfactory teaching assessment to be eligible for the award.

First year

• Credit for prior studies equivalent to 48 points

Second and third year

• EDF1321 ECE: Movement, environment and community
• EDF1324 Creative arts
• EDF1503 Foundations in early childhood education* (10 days fieldwork)
• EDF2202 Child development 2
• EDF2507 Early childhood teaching studies 1* (three to five days fieldwork)
• EDF3501 Early childhood literacy
• EDF3502 Contexts and issues in family studies
• EDF3504 Early childhood expressive arts
• EDF3508 Early childhood teaching studies 4* (20 days fieldwork)
• EDF4201 Child development 4: children with additional educational needs
• EDF4303 Teacher as a researcher
• EDF4501 Early childhood maths, science and technology
• EDF4502 The early childhood professional
• EDF4504 Contemporary issues in early childhood
• EDF4507 Early childhood teaching studies 5* (33 days fieldwork)
• EDF4508 Early childhood teaching studies 6* (15 days fieldwork)

* Applicants with significant work history in the field would be eligible to apply for up to a further six months of advanced standing based on recognition of prior learning (RPL) for this experience and would not be required to complete these units.

On completion of the Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies, graduates will be eligible for appointment as kindergarten teachers in pre-schools or childcare centres in Victoria. For interstate and overseas positions, applicants are advised to check with local authorities.

Bachelor of Early Childhood Studies

On completion of the Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education (secondary) program of studies, graduates will have a sound preparation for entry into the music education and training professions. The course design draws on important traditional approaches to teaching and learning, and brings together the latest theory, practice and research. There is an emphasis on ethical reflexive practices and the development of an engaged professional identity.

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.

This double-degree course provides a sound preparation for entry into the teaching profession in areas associated with music education with the ability to register as teachers in a range of music education contexts, including schools, arts centres and community-based settings. Students develop a wide range of professional knowledge, understanding and skills, and there is a high level of flexibility in the pathways offered for students to link with their discipline-based studies in music.

To receive the awards of Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education, a student must successfully complete units totalling 216 points consisting of the following:

• studies in music (108 points). There are two major study sequences in music, one of which is performance and the other is either musicology, composition or ethnomusicology (or an approved combination of more than one of these areas). For information on the requirements of all music studies offered, refer to the 'Areas of study' at http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/undergrad/arts-ug-areas-of-study.html
• studies in education (108 points), comprising a series of units relating to the theory and practice of education, teaching and curriculum. Professional placement units are also included.

Students need to be aware that their major and minor studies in music 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 secondary curriculum specialism units, 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

Education component

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

Music component

• MUS1100 Exploring music I
• MUS1110 Exploring music II
• MUS1980 Chief practical study I
• MUS1990 Chief practical study II

plus one pair of the following:

• MUS1120 Ensemble studies I and MUS1130 Ensemble studies II
• MUS1040 American music and popular culture, and MUS1060 Gamelan performing arts

Second year

Education component

• EDF2004 Issues in classroom environments
• EDF2005 Professional responsibilities, practice and relationships

Music component

• MUS2020 Professional practice 1
• MUS2030 Professional practice 2
• MUS2110 Analytical and compositional techniques I
• MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques II
• MUS2980 Chief practical study III
• MUS2990 Chief practical study IV

Third year

Education component

• EDF3006 Adolescent development and learning
• EDF3007 Mediating the world of learning
• EDF3008 Researching educational practices
• EDF3009 Schooling: local - global

Music component

• MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology
• MUS3980 Chief practical study V
• MUS3990 Chief practical study VI
• 18 points of third-year-level music electives in approved combinations of music performance, composition, musicology and ethnomusicology

Fourth year

Education component

• 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

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

Bachelor of Education

Bachelor of Music

On completion of the Bachelor of Music/Bachelor of Education (primary) program of studies, graduates will have a sound preparation for entry into the music education and training professions. This course provides the opportunity to focus on music concepts as well as the theory and practice of teaching, and qualifies graduates as primary school teachers in Victoria.

Students must complete teaching practice which consists of a minimum of 80 days of satisfactory supervised school experience. Those students who are employed in schools must complete a minimum of 50 per cent of supervised placement in a setting other than the school in which they are employed. Students must be available to undertake school placements on a full-time basis and attend their placement for full days at times determined by the faculty.

Specific learning objectives for the Bachelor of Education include the development of confident and competent teachers well equipped to effectively apply their knowledge and skills to a diverse range of learners and learning contexts and key curriculum areas within schools. Life long learning is encouraged and the ability to be critical, self reflective practitioners who draw upon current research and their own experiences to enhance pedagogy. The music component of the degree will equip students to develop practical skills in performing music on a chosen instrument, as well as developing skills in one of the areas of composition, musicology or ethnomusicology. To ensure graduates can successfully work not only as generalist primary school teachers, but music specialists, students will gain knowledge and skills in a variety of approaches to teaching music.

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

• studies in music* (108 points). There are two major study sequences in music, one of which is performance and the other is either musicology, composition or ethnomusicology (or an approved combination of more than one of these areas). For information on the requirements for these areas of study visit http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/undergrad/arts-ug-areas-of-study.html
• studies in education (96 points), comprising a series of units relating to the theory and practice of education, teaching and curriculum. Fieldwork placements are also included.

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

Education component

(All first year education and music units are undertaken at Clayton)

• EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1 (five days professional placement)
• EDF1304 Learning and educational inquiry 2 (five days professional placement)

Music component

(All music units are undertaken at Clayton)

Students undertake 36 points of approved music studies at first-year level, including:

• MUS1100 Exploring music I
• MUS1110 Exploring music II
• MUS1980 Chief practical study I
• MUS1990 Chief practical study II

plus one pair of the following:

• MUS1120 Ensemble studies I and MUS1130 Ensemble studies II
• MUS1040 American music and popular culture, and MUS1060 Gamelan performing arts

Second year

Education component

(All second year education units are undertaken at Peninsula)

• EDF1307 Early literacy and numeracy 1 (10 days professional placement)
• EDF2302 Re-imagining children's learning (five days professional placement)

Music component

(All music units are undertaken at Clayton)

Students undertake 36 points of approved music studies at second-year level:

• MUS2020 Professional practice 1
• MUS2030 Professional practice 2
• MUS2110 Analytical and compositional techniques I
• MUS2120 Analytical and compositional techniques II
• MUS2980 Chief practical study III
• MUS2990 Chief practical study IV

Third year

Education component

(All third year education units are undertaken at Peninsula)

• EDF2301 Multiliteracies: mediating the world
• EDF2304 Early literacy and numeracy 2
• EDF3301 Numeracy
• EDF3311 Understanding space and place (15 days professional placement)

Music component

(All music units are undertaken at Clayton)

Students undertake 36 points of approved music studies at third-year level:

• MUS3390 Music aesthetics, criticism, sociology and psychology
• MUS3980 Chief practical study V
• MUS3990 Chief practical study VI
• 18 points of third-year-level music electives in approved combinations of music performance, composition, musicology and ethnomusicology

Fourth year

Education component

(All fourth year units are undertaken at Peninsula)

• EDF2303 Movement, environment and community
• EDF3303 Integrating the curriculum 1: creative exchange
• EDF3304 Integrating the curriculum 2: different places
• EDF3306 Literacy
• EDF4311 Professional contexts 1 (20 days professional placement)
• EDF4312 Professional contexts 2 (20 days professional placement)
• EDF4314 Entering the profession 2
• education elective

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

Bachelor of Education

Bachelor of Music

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

This is a specialised course designed to fully prepare students for careers as a teacher in primary schools. It provides graduates with a comprehensive background in primary education.

Students must complete teaching practice which consists of a minimum of 80 days of satisfactory supervised school experience. Students who are employed in schools must complete at least 50 per cent of their supervised fieldwork in a setting other than the school in which they are employed. Students must be available to undertake fieldwork placements full time.

Students will acquire the skills that will effectively allow them to plan and deliver primary and middle school* educational programs. They will gain an understanding of curriculum development and the significance of the key learning areas taught in primary schools; knowledge about child development underlying professional practice, and an understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of primary teacher education. Further they will understand and appreciate the cultural contexts of schooling and the diversity of the student population. Finally they will develop the capacity to be responsive to the needs of young children, their families and communities in a flexible and innovative way.

* Optional specialisation for Gippsland students.

Students study a range of units that provide them with essential understandings relating to children's learning and teaching and units that cover each of the key learning areas of the primary school curriculum - including 18 core education units, 4 education electives and 10 discipline study units. The course requires students to complete 80 days of placements (organised by the Faculty of Education).

Students on the Peninsula campus will do a broad selection of 10 discipline units in the Faculty of Education. Students on the Gippsland campus will be required to do two discipline sequences (six units plus four units) or three discipline sequences (two units plus four units plus four units) in other partner faculties. One of these sequences must be in the areas of science or mathematics.

Middle school specialism (Gippsland only)

Gippsland students will have the option of completing a middle school specialisation where their four education electives will be replaced with two middle school units and two specialism units (for teaching years 7-10) related to their chosen discipline sequences. These students will be required to do 25 days placement in a secondary school, and 55 days placement in a primary school.

First year

Semester 1

• EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1 (five days professional placement)
• EDF1305 Entering the profession 1

Peninsula only

• EDF1120 Multicultures in Australian society
• EDF1124 Music fundamentals

Gippsland only

• Discipline sequence 1
• Discipline sequence 2

Semester 2

• EDF1304 Learning and educational inquiry 2 (five days professional placement)
• EDF1306 Spaces of difference

Peninsula only

• EDF1121 Exploring science
• EDF1126 Information and computer technology in education

Gippsland only

• Discipline sequence 1
• Discipline sequence 2

Second year

Semester 1

• EDF1307 Early literacy and numeracy 1 (10 days professional placement)

Peninsula only

• EDF2123 Exploring mathematics
• EDF3125 Children's literature: issues and analysis
• Education elective

Gippsland only

• Education elective or EDF3006 Adolescent development and learning
• Discipline sequence 1
• Discipline sequence 2

Semester 2

• EDF2302 Re-imagining children's learning (five days professional placement)

Peninsula only

• EDF2125 Fitness leadership
• EDF2127 Art fundamentals
• Education elective

Gippsland only

• Discipline sequence 1
• Discipline sequence 2
• Education elective, or EDF2330 The middle years: a period of transition

Third year

Semester 1

• EDF2301 Multiliteracies: mediating the world
• EDF3301 Numeracy

Peninsula only

• Education elective
• EDF2120 Indigenous issues

Gippsland only

• Education elective, or Specialism 1 (7-10)
• Discipline sequence 2, or Discipline sequence 3

Semester 2

• EDF2304 Early literacy and numeracy 2
• EDF2306 Global educational contexts: policy, practice and research
• EDF3311 Understanding space and place (15 days professional placement)

Peninsula only

• EDF1125 Sustainable futures

Gippsland only

• Discipline sequence 2 or Discipline sequence 3

Fourth year

Semester 1

• EDF3303 Integrating the curriculum 1: creative exchange
• EDF2303 Movement, environment and community
• EDF4311 Professional contexts 1 (20 days professional placement)

Peninsula only

• Education elective

Gippsland only

• Education elective or Specialism 2 (7-10)

Semester 2

• EDF3304 Integrating the curriculum 2: different places
• EDF3306 Literacy
• EDF4312 Professional contexts 2 (20 days professional placement)
• EDF4314 Entering the profession 2

Graduates will be eligible for registration and employment in Victoria as primary school teachers within state, independent and Catholic schools and related teaching services. Students undertaking the middle school option available at Gippsland will be eligible for registration and employment in Victoria to teach P-10 in their discipline area for the secondary years. For interstate and overseas positions, applicants are advised to check registration and employment requirements with local authorities.

Bachelor of Primary Education

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

The course design draws on important traditional approaches to teaching and learning, and brings together the latest theory, practice and research. There is an emphasis on ethical reflexive practices and the development of an engaged professional identity. Upon completion of the Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Education (secondary) program of studies, graduates will have a sound preparation for entry into the science and/or education and training professions, in a range of science education contexts, including schools, industry and community-based settings.

The course includes a minimum of 80 days of placement, with some placement being undertaken in each year of the course.

First, second and third year: Placements are tied to education units offered.

Fourth year: 50 days placement are tied to the four Professional experience units.

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 placement 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.

Semester one

EDF4730 - Professional experience 1A (3 credit points) / EDF4731 - Professional experience 1B (3 credit points)

Semester two

EDF4732 - Professional experience 2A (3 credit points) / EDF4733 - Professional experience 2B (3 credit points)

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.

This double-degree course provides a sound preparation for entry into the teaching profession in areas associated with science education. Students develop a wide range of professional knowledge, understanding and skills, and there is a high level of flexibility in the pathways offered for students to link with their discipline-based studies in the sciences.

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

(a.) studies in science (96 points). Students must complete a major sequence in a science discipline (48 credit points - normally 12 points at level one, 12 points at level two and 24 points at level three), a minor sequence in a different science discipline (24 credit points - 12 points at level one and 12 points at level two), and two additional science units.

Students must also complete:

• SCI2010 The practice and application of science

plus one of*:

• MTH1030 Techniques for modelling
• SCI1020 Introduction to statistical reasoning
• STA1010 Statistical methods for science

* The unit(s) taken will depend on the student's mathematics background and interests. The statistics units SCI1020 and STA1010 are normally recommended for students planning to study areas where experimental design and data analysis skills are particularly important, such as the life sciences. SCI1020 is for students without a strong mathematics background, while STA1010 requires Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Mathematical Methods 3 & 4 (or equivalent). The mathematical methods unit MTH1030 is recommended for students with an interest in mathematics and/or physics. MTH1030 requires VCE Specialist Mathematics (or equivalent) or MTH1020.

Within the science component of the double degree, students cannot include more than 36 points of level-one science units and no less than 24 points of level-three science units overall. The science studies must be chosen from the approved science units and sequences for the relevant campus of study listed in the Science areas of study and sequence's section of this Handbook.

(b.) Studies in education (108 points). Students must complete a series of units relating to the theory and practice of education, teaching and curriculum. Professional placement units are also included.

Students need to be aware that their major and minor studies in science 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
• 36 points of science studies

Second year

• EDF2004 Issues in classroom environments
• EDF2005 Professional responsibilities, practice and relationships
• 36 points of science 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 science 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
• two general electives (EDFxxxx) from an existing suite of units

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

Bachelor of Education

Bachelor of Science

This double degree course provides the opportunity to focus on science concepts as well as the theory and practice of teaching. On completion of the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Education (primary) program of studies, graduates will have a sound preparation for entry into the science and/or education and training professions.

Students must complete teaching practice which consists of a minimum of 80 days of satisfactory supervised school experience. Those students who are employed in schools must complete a minimum of 50 per cent of supervised placement in a setting other than the school in which they are employed. Students must be available to undertake fieldwork placements full time. Students will be required to complete projects related to their field visits.

Specific learning objectives for the Bachelor of Education include the development of confident and competent teachers well equipped to effectively apply their knowledge and skills to a diverse range of learners and key curriculum areas within schools. Life long learning is encouraged and the ability to be critical, self reflective practitioners who draw upon current research as well as their own experiences to enhance pedagogy. The science component of the degree allows students to do complete a major and minor sequence in two areas of science. Students will develop the necessary skills to critically analyse and communicate scientific ideas and information, and develop the capacity to apply disciplinary knowledge and critical thinking to define and analyse problems, and develop effective solutions.

To receive the awards of Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Education, a student must successfully complete units totaling 192 points consisting of:

(a.) Studies in science (96 points). Students must complete a major sequence in a science discipline (48 credit points - normally 12 points at level one, 12 points at level two and 24 points at level three), a minor sequence in a different science discipline (24 credit points - 12 points at level one and 12 points at level two), and two additional science units.

Students must also complete:

• SCI2010 The practice and application of science

plus one of:*

• SCI1020 Introduction to statistical reasoning
• STA1010 Statistical methods for science
• MTH1030 Techniques for modelling (Clayton) or MAT1085 Mathematics 1B (Gippsland)

* The unit(s) taken will depend on the student's mathematics background and interests. The statistics units SCI1020 and STA1010 are normally recommended for students planning to study areas where experimental design and data analysis skills are particularly important, such as the life sciences. SCI1020 is for students without a strong mathematics background, while STA1010 requires Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) Mathematical Methods 3 and 4 (or equivalent). The mathematical methods units MTH1030 (Clayton) and MAT1085 (Gippsland) are recommended for students with an interest in mathematics and/or physics. MTH1030 requires VCE Specialist Mathematics (or equivalent) or MTH1020, while MAT1085 requires MAT1055 (Mathematics 1A).

Within the science component of the double degree, students cannot include more than 36 points at level one science units and no less than 24 points at level three of science units overall.

The science studies must be chosen from the approved science units and sequences for the relevant campus of study listed in the 'Science areas of study and sequences' section of this handbook.

(b.) Studies in education (96 points). Students must complete a series of units relating to the theory and practice of education, teaching and curriculum. Professional placements are also included.

In order to meet the prerequisites for teaching specialisms, students must select major/minor science discipline sequences from the following 'fields of study':

• biological sciences
• chemistry
• computer science
• geography
• geosciences (only if a major/minor/part in biology, chemistry or physics is also completed)
• mathematics
• physics
• psychology.

To meet the minimum requirements for general science as a teaching specialism students must select - together with a part (two units) in biology, chemistry, geosciences or physics - a major or minor sequence in any of:

• biological sciences,
• chemistry,
• geosciences
• physics.

For science major/minor sequences available refer to the Science areas of study and sequences - links available from http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2009handbooks/undergrad/sci.html.

For course advise regarding the science component of the double degree contact the Faculty of Science at http://www.sci.monash.edu.au.

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

Peninsula students: All first year units are undertaken at Clayton*

• EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1 (five days professional placement)
• EDF1304 Learning and educational inquiry 2 (five days professional placement)
• 36 points of science studies

* Gippsland students: All units in all years are undertaken at Gippsland.

Second year

Peninsula students: All second year education units are undertaken at Peninsula; all science units are undertaken at Clayton

• EDF1307 Early literacy and numeracy 1 (10 days professional placement)
• EDF2302 Re-imagining children's learning (five days professional placement)
• 36 points of science studies

Third year

Peninsula students: All third year education units are undertaken at Peninsula; all science units are undertaken at Clayton

• EDF2301 Multiliteracies: mediating the world
• EDF2304 Early literacy and numeracy 2
• EDF3301 Numeracy
• EDF3311 Understanding space and place (15 days professional placement)
• 24 points of science studies

Fourth year

Peninsula students: All fourth year units are undertaken at Peninsula

• EDF2303 Movement, environment and community
• EDF3303 Integrating the curriculum 1: creative exchange
• EDF3304 Integrating the curriculum 2: different places
• EDF3306 Literacy
• EDF4311 Professional contexts 1 (20 days professional placement)
• EDF4312 Professional contexts 2 (20 days professional placement)
• EDF4314 Entering the profession 2
• education elective

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

Bachelor of Education

Bachelor of Science

This course offers an interdisciplinary program which focuses specifically on the employment and training needs of those employed in the expanding sport and outdoor recreation industries. The course offers sequences of units for students in areas such as business/management, tourism, environmental science and health science. Graduates of the program will have qualifications which enable them to enter the sport and outdoor recreation and tourism industries.

Students must successfully complete the outdoor experiences and physical activity requirements of each unit (approximately 40-60 days total over the program duration).

Students develop the knowledge and skills of those seeking to work in the expanding sport, outdoor recreation, community education and active lifestyles, wellbeing and health promotion professions.

To receive the award of Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation, a candidate must successfully complete units totalling 144 points.

First year

Sport and outdoor recreation units (36 points)

• EDF1611 Introduction to sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF1612 Outdoor recreation education
• EDF1613 Biophysical foundations of physical activity A
• EDF1614 Biophysical foundations of physical activity B
• EDF1615 Experiential environmental education
• EDF1616 Lifespan physical activity and wellness

Minor studies (12 points)

• two approved 6-point discipline units in consultation with BSOR course adviser

Second year

Sport and outdoor recreation units (36 points)

• EDF2611 Experiencing aquatic environments
• EDF2612 Experiential education in sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF2613 Adventure education
• EDF2614 Outdoor leadership and programming
• EDF2615 Community physical activity and wellness
• EDF2616 Coaching

Minor studies (12 points)

• two approved 6-point discipline units

Third year

Sport and outdoor recreation units (48 points)

• EDF2618 Dance in education
• EDF3613 Research issues in sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF3614 Expeditionary learning
• EDF3615 Experiencing the Australian landscape
• EDF3616 Camp planning and practice
• EDF3618 Research planning in sport and outdoor recreation, or EDF3617 Professional practice in sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF3619 Sport and physical activity education
• one approved SOR elective*

* Elective to be approved by BSOR course adviser.

Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation

The course provides attractive sequences of studies for students interested in sport and outdoor recreation studies and or the theory and practice of education, teaching and curriculum.

Students must successfully complete the outdoor experiences and physical activity requirements of each unit (a minimum of approximately 40-60 days total over the program duration).

Students must complete teaching practice which consists of a minimum of 80 days of satisfactory supervised school experience. Those students who are employed in schools must complete a minimum of 50 per cent of supervised placement in a setting other than the school in which they are employed. Students must be available to undertake school placements on a full-time basis and attend their placement for full days at times determined by the faculty.

Students develop the knowledge and skills of those seeking to work in primary school settings as a teacher, including physical/sport and outdoor/camps education, and in the expanding movement, sport, outdoor recreation and health/community development professions.

To receive the awards of Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation and Bachelor of Education, a student must successfully complete units totaling 192 points consisting of:

(a.) studies in sport and outdoor recreation (96 points).

(b.) studies in education (96 points), comprising a series of units relating to the theory and practice of education, teaching and curriculum. Fieldwork placements are also included.

First year

• EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1 (five days professional placement)
• EDF1304 Learning and educational inquiry 2 (five days professional placement)
• EDF1611 Introduction to sport fitness and outdoor recreation
• EDF1612 Outdoor recreation education
• EDF1613 Biophysical foundations of physical activity A
• EDF1614 Biophysical foundations of physical activity B
• EDF1615 Experiential environmental education
• EDF1616 Lifespan physical activity and wellness

Second year

• EDF1307 Early literacy and numeracy 1 (10 days professional placement)
• EDF2302 Re-imagining children's learning (five days professional placement)
• EDF2611 Experiencing aquatic environments*
• EDF2612 Experiential education in sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF2615 Community, physical activity and wellness
• EDF2616 Coaching
• two BSOR electives

Third year

• EDF2301 Multiliteracies: mediating the world
• EDF2304 Early literacy and numeracy 2
• EDF2618 Dance in education
• EDF3301 Numeracy
• EDF3311 Understanding space and place (15 days professional placement)
• EDF3616 Camp planning and practices, or BSOR elective
• EDF3619 Sport and physical activity education
• one BSOR elective

Fourth year

• EDF2303 Movement, environment and community
• EDF3303 Integrating the curriculum 1: creative exchange
• EDF3304 Integrating the curriculum 2: different places
• EDF3306 Literacy
• EDF4311 Professional contexts 1 (20 days professional placement)
• EDF4312 Professional contexts 2 (20 days professional placement)
• EDF4314 Entering the profession 2
• Education elective or Research and the teacher OCL

* Students wishing to major in physical education are required to complete the AUSTSWIM certificate and an approved qualification in first aid (level 2) in addition to their studies.

Graduates will be qualified to register as primary school teachers in Victoria (including health and physical education if the approved unit sequence is followed). For interstate and overseas positions, applicants are advised to check teacher registration requirements with local authorities.

Bachelor of Education

Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation

The course may provide sequences of study in a number of disciplinary areas outside of the faculty of education including business/management, tourism, environmental science and health science. This is a unique, interdisciplinary program which focuses specifically on the employment and training needs of those seeking to work in physical education, sport and outdoor education as secondary school teachers within Victoria, and the expanding sport and outdoor recreation industries. In the process of studying this course, students will engage in a range of teaching and learning approaches, in university and fieldwork settings.

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.

To receive the awards of Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation and Bachelor of Education, a student must successfully complete units totalling 204 points consisting of:

(a.) studies in sport and outdoor recreation (96 points), including studies in academic disciplines appropriate for the sport and recreation industry and/or teaching at the secondary level and the adult and vocational education sector

(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 discipline sequence 1 and discipline sequence 2 must satisfy the requirements for the study of two curriculum specialism units in their fourth year and the requirements for registration 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. Particular care must be taken in unit choice by those wishing to qualify as health and physical or outdoor education teachers.

Pathway 1 (physical education/outdoor education option)

First year

• EDF1303 Learning and educational enquiry 1
• EDF1304 Learning and educational enquiry 2
• EDF1611 Introduction to sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF1612 Outdoor recreation education
• EDF1613 Biophysical foundations of physical activity A
• EDF1614 Biophysical foundations of physical activity B
• EDF1615 Experiential environmental education
• EDF1616 Lifespan physical activity and wellness

Second year

• EDF2004 Issues in classroom environments
• EDF2005 Professional responsibilities, practice and relationships
• EDF2611 Experiencing aquatic environments*
• EDF2612 Experiential education in sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF2613 Adventure education
• EDF2614 Outdoor leadership and programming
• EDF2615 Community physical activity and wellness
• EDF2616 Coaching

Third year

• EDF3006 Adolescent development and learning
• EDF3007 Mediating the world of learning
• EDF3008 Researching educational practices
• EDF3009 Schooling: local - global
• EDF3614 Expeditionary learning, or EDF3616 Camp planning and practices
• EDF3615 Experiencing the Australian landscape
• EDF2618 Dance in education
• EDF3619 Sport and physical activity education

Fourth year

• EDF3613 Research issues in sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF3617 Professional practice in sport and outdoor recreation or EDF3618 Research planning in sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF4004 Assessing learning (core education unit)
• EDF4006 Professional engagement (core education unit)
• EDF4114 Health, outdoor and physical education (Core curriculum unit)
• EDF4730 Professional experience 1A and EDF4731 Professional experience 1B
• EDF4733 Professional experience 2A and EDF4734 Professional experience 2B
• plus one core curriculum (EDF41xx) or one elective curriculum unit (EDF45xx)

plus the following two curriculum specialism units:

• EDF4422 Outdoor education
• EDF4423 Physical education

* Students wishing to major in physical education are required to complete the AUSTSWIM certificate and an approved qualification in First Aid (level2) in addition to their studies.

Students wishing to major in outdoor education are required to complete an approved qualification in First Aid (level 2) in addition to their studies.

Pathway 2 (physical education and alternative second specialism)

First year

• EDF1303 Learning and educational enquiry 1
• EDF1304 Learning and educational enquiry 2
• EDF1611 Introduction to sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF1612 Outdoor recreation education
• EDF1613 Biophysical foundations of physical activity A
• EDF1614 Biophysical foundations of physical activity B
• EDF1615 Experiential environmental education
• EDF1616 Lifespan physical activity and wellness

Second year

• EDF2004 Issues in classroom environments
• EDF2005 Professional responsibilities, practice and relationships
• EDF2611 Experiencing aquatic environments*
• EDF2612 Experiential education in sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF2615 Community physical activity and wellness
• EDF2616 Coaching
• plus two units from second discipline sequence

Third year

• EDF3006 Adolescent development and learning
• EDF3007 Mediating the world of learning
• EDF3008 Researching educational practices
• EDF3009 Schooling: local - global
• EDF2618 Dance in education
• EDF3619 Sport and physical activity education
• plus two units from second discipline sequence

Fourth year

• EDF3613 Research issues in sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF3617 Professional practice in sport and outdoor recreation or EDF3618 Research planning in sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF4004 Assessing learning (core education unit)
• EDF4006 Professional engagement (core education unit)
• EDF4114 Health, outdoor and physical education
• EDF4423 Physical education
• plus one core curriculum (EDF41xx) or one elective curriculum unit (EDF45xx)
• plus one other curriculum specialism unit (EDF44xx)
• EDF4730 Professional experience 1A and EDF4731 Professional experience 1B
• EDF4733 Professional experience 2A and EDF4734 Professional experience 2B

* Students wishing to major in physical education are required to complete the AUSTSWIM certificate and an approved qualification in first aid (Level 2) in addition to their studies.

Pathway 3 (outdoor education and alternative second specialism)

First year

• EDF1303 Learning and educational enquiry 1
• EDF1304 Learning and educational enquiry 2
• EDF1611 Introduction to sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF1612 Outdoor recreation education
• EDF1613 Biophysical foundations of physical activity A
• EDF1614 Biophysical foundations of physical activity B
• EDF1615 Experiential environmental education
• EDF1616 Lifespan physical activity and wellness

Second year

• EDF2004 Issues in classroom environments
• EDF2005 Professional responsibilities, practice and relationships
• EDF2611 Experiencing aquatic environments*
• EDF2612 Experiential education in sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF2614 Outdoor leadership and programming
• plus two units from second discipline sequence

Third year

• EDF3006 Adolescent development and learning
• EDF3007 Mediating the world of learning
• EDF3008 Researching educational practices
• EDF3009 Schooling: local - global
• EDF3614 Expeditionary learning, or EDF3616 Camp planning and practice
• EDF3615 Experiencing the Australian landscape
• plus two units from second discipline sequence

Fourth year

• EDF3613 Research issues in sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF3617 Professional practice in sport and outdoor recreation or EDF3618 Research planning in sport and outdoor recreation
• EDF4004 Assessing learning (core education unit)
• EDF4006 Professional engagement (core education unit)
• EDF4114 Health, outdoor and physical education
• EDF4422 Outdoor education
• plus one core curriculum (EDF41xx), or one elective curriculum unit (EDF45xx)
• plus one other curriculum specialism unit (EDF44xx)
• EDF4730 Professional experience 1A and EDF4731 Professional experience 1B
• EDF4733 Professional experience 2A and EDF4734 Professional experience 2B

* Students wishing to major in outdoor education are required to complete an approved qualification in First Aid (Level 2) in addition to their studies.

Note:

(1.) Students should refer to the Victorian Institute of Teaching specialist area (consult the VIT website at http://www.vit.vic.edu.au in consultation) and Faculty of Education guidelines for information on definitions, teaching methodologies and specialist areas.

(2.) Students should consult their course advisor to assist in planning their program.

Graduates will be qualified to register as secondary school teachers in Victoria if the approved units are followed. For interstate and overseas positions, applicants are advised to check with local authorities.

Students seeking registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching (or their local authority) should check the latest registration requirements for certifications in first aid and/or AUSTSWIM or similar.

Bachelor of Education

Bachelor of Sport and Outdoor Recreation

Students must complete teaching practice which consists of a minimum of 80 days of satisfactory supervised school experience. Those students who are employed in schools must complete a minimum of 50 per cent of supervised placement in a setting other than the school in which they are employed. Students must be available to undertake fieldwork placements full time. This fieldwork is a program of field visits to different educational sites and includes structured teaching experience. Students will be required to complete projects related to their field visits.

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 192 points, consisting of:

(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 (96 points), comprising a series of units relating to the theory and practice of education, teaching and curriculum. School placements are also included.

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.

This course is offered at the Peninsula and Gippsland campuses, however those students enrolled at Peninsula will be required to undertake some studies at Clayton and Caulfield campuses as follows:

• first year education units (EDF1303 and EDF1304) are taught at Clayton
• all visual arts units (ie those not coded EDF) in all years are taught at Caulfield.

For Gippsland students, all visual arts and education components of the double degree will be undertaken at the Gippsland campus.

First year

• EDF1303 Learning and educational inquiry 1 (five days professional placement)
• EDF1304 Learning and educational inquiry 2 (five days professional placement)
• DWG1201 Drawing 1B
• DWG1202 Drawing 2B
• OHS1000 Introduction to art and design health and safety
• TAD1101 Introduction to visual language
• TAD1102 Modernism and the avantgardes
• VIS1111 Visual arts studio 1
• VIS1112 Visual Arts Studio 2

Second year

• EDF1307 Early literacy and numeracy 1 (10 days professional placement)
• EDF2302 Re-imagining children's learning (five days professional placement)
• 36 points of approved visual arts studies

Third year

• EDF2301 Multiliteracies: mediating the world
• EDF2304 Early literacy and numeracy 2
• EDF3301 Numeracy
• EDF3311 Understanding space and place (15 days professional placement)
• 24 points of approved visual arts studies

Fourth year

• EDF2303 Movement, environment and community
• EDF3303 Integrating the curriculum 1: creative exchange
• EDF3304 Integrating the curriculum 2: different places
• EDF3306 Literacy
• EDF4311 Professional contexts 1 (20 days professional placement)
• EDF4312 Professional contexts 2 (20 days professional placement)
• EDF4314 Entering the profession 2
• education elective

On completion of the Bachelor of Visual Arts and Bachelor of Education (primary) program of studies, graduates will be eligible for registration and employment as primary 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

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.

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

Students will be eligible for admission to the Honours degree of Bachelor of Education within five years of the year of completion of a relevant undergraduate degree (eg BA/BEd, BPrimEd). Normally, students must achieve an average grade of distinction or average or higher in the final two years of their undegraduate studies.

Following completion of the HonsBEd degree, students will have:

• acquired an understanding of various research methods in education
• demonstrated content mastery in a substantive issue or problem domain within education
• demonstrated the capacity to design, frame, conduct and report a small-scale inquiry in education.

To receive the award of the Honours degree of Bachelor of Education, a candidate must successfully complete approved studies equivalent to 48 points, consisting of coursework studies (24 points) and an honours thesis of 12,000 to 16,000 words (24 points).

Coursework units (24 points)

Students select:

• an appropriate 12-point research unit from the faculty's research methodology units (taken on advice from the supervisor and honours coordinator). a substantive or advanced 12-point theory unit.

Thesis (24 points)

• EDF5151 Honours thesis part 1
• EDF5152 Honours thesis part 2

Honours degree of Bachelor of Education

* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.