Diploma of Tertiary Studies - 2019

The Diploma of Tertiary Studies is a pathway course to university study. If you have the drive and desire to study at university but you have experienced educational disadvantage, don't quite meet the requirements for entry into your preferred course at Monash University, are returning to study after some time away, or would benefit from additional learning support, the Diploma of Tertiary Studies can help you achieve your academic goals. The course will enhance your critical and analytical thinking, and oral and writing skills. It will provide you with the skills to be an independent learner and will also provide you with an introduction to tertiary studies in your area of interest.

When you apply for the Diploma of Tertiary Studies, you will select a stream from business, education or nursing. These streams provide a direct pathway into the second year of specified Monash degree courses.

You may also use your successful completion of the Diploma of Tertiary Studies as the basis for an application to other courses at Monash. All your study is at university level so if you progress to a bachelor's degree course you will be eligible to apply for credit for prior study. The amount of credit granted will be at the discretion of the relevant faculty and will not automatically allow for progression into the second year of your preferred course.

Business

In business, you will be introduced to a range of core business disciplines and the impact they have on multi-discipline decision making in organisations spanning the business, professional and public policy communities.

Education

In education, you will be introduced to studies about learning, learners and teaching and build a foundation for the skills and knowledge required to practise as a teacher/educator in a range of educational settings, from early years to secondary schools.

Nursing

In nursing, you will be introduced to nursing and healthcare as a profession. You will study foundational knowledge in human bioscience, nursing and midwifery, health assessment and professional practice.

Mandatory checks and security clearances

Before participating in professional experience in education: (Police check, WWCC)(Police check, WWCC) (http://www.monash.edu/education/current-students/professional-experience/teacher-placements/clearances) You must meet specific security clearances that apply to the state or territory where the placement is being undertaken.

Before participating in professional experience in nursing: (Police checkPolice check (http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html), WWCCWWCC (http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html), immunisationimmunisation (http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation/)) You must meet specific security clearances that apply to the state or territory where the placement is being undertaken.

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 5 and Monash Graduate Attributes.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that you will be able to:

1. achieve success in your studies and proceed to a Monash University undergraduate degree course
2. achieve first-year equivalent standard in an area of study in order to gain entry to a relevant degree course
3. demonstrate the intellectual capabilities necessary for tertiary study and scholarship
4. operate as a self-directed and independent tertiary learner through the development of positive learning habits including analytical, problem-solving, oral and writing skills.

This course consists of two parts: Part A. Foundation knowledge and Part B. Specialist discipline knowledge within the area of study corresponding to your chosen field.

Part A. Foundation knowledge

These units will provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to be an independent learner who can succeed at university studies. You will develop enhanced writing and critical reading skills and learn how to produce essays and reports that present a critical argument and adhere to the conventions of academic presentation. You will also learn how to maximise lectures, tutorials and learning materials and understand the expectations of university studies.

If you do not have the mathematics prerequisites for your desired Monash course, you will have the opportunity to gain the required level of mathematics in the introductory units. If you already meet the mathematics prerequisites, you will take a unit in understanding knowledge and its contexts, which will help you to identify, compare and discuss different approaches to knowledge.

Part B. Specialist discipline knowledge

You will complete specialist discipline knowledge units taken from the course you are aiming for. These units will introduce you to the fundamentals of your chosen field of business, education or nursing and will ensure you have the knowledge and skills necessary to take the next step in your higher education studies.

The course requires 48 credit points comprising Part A. Foundation knowledge (12 points) for successful tertiary study and Part B. Specialist discipline knowledge (36 points) in your chosen field of business, education or nursing.

The units required for each field are detailed below. The course progression mapcourse progression map (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2019handbooks/maps/map-d0502.pdf) provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

If you are in the field of education you must be available to undertake professional experience in early years or school settings and attend professional experience at times and in a format determined by the faculty.

Units are 6 credit points unless stated otherwise.

Part A. Foundation knowledge (12 points)

You must complete:

• EDF1010 Learning in a university context

and one of:

• EDF1011 Knowledge and context
• EDF1012 Mathematics for tertiary study*
• ETF2700 Mathematics for business**

* If you need to meet the mathematics prerequisite for your destination courses: business administration, education, or nursing.

** If you need to meet the mathematics prerequisite for your destination course: business.

Part B. Specialist discipline knowledge (36 points)

You must complete the units listed in their chosen destination field.

Business

Business or business administration

You must complete:

• ACB1100 Introduction to financial accounting or ACB1200 Accounting for managers
• BTB1010 Commercial law
• ETB1100 Business statistics
• MGB1010 Introduction to management

and two units chosen in consultation with the Faculty of Business and Economics, such as:

• BFB1001 Foundations of finance
• ECB1101 Introductory microeconomics
• ECB1102 Introductory macroeconomics
• MKB1700 Fundamentals of marketing

Education

Early years education

You must complete:

• EDF1051 Early years professional experience 1A (0 pts)
• EDF1052 Early years professional experience 1B (0 pts)
• EDF1030 English and literacy learning
• EDF1031 Creative learning in childhood through music and the arts
• EDF1032 Thinking mathematically from an early age
• EDF1033 Education for environment and sustainability
• EDF1303 Understanding learning and learners
• EDF1304 Understanding teaching for learning

Early years and primary education

You must complete:

• EDF1051 Early years professional experience 1A (0 pts)
• EDF1052 Early years professional experience 1B (0 pts)
• EDF1030 English and literacy learning
• EDF1031 Creative learning in childhood through music and the arts
• EDF1032 Thinking mathematically from an early age
• EDF1033 Education for environment and sustainability
• EDF1303 Understanding learning and learners
• EDF1304 Understanding teaching for learning

Primary education

You must complete:

• EDF1053 Primary professional experience 1A (0 pts)
• EDF1054 Primary professional experience 1B (0 pts)
• EDF1028 Information and communication technologies across the curriculum
• EDF1029 Learners with special needs in the primary classroom
• EDF1303 Understanding learning and learners
• EDF1304 Understanding teaching for learning

and one of the following sequences:

• EDF1151 Fundamentals of the English language and EDF1152 Reading and writing the world
• EDF1161 Doing and learning mathematics and EDF1162 Subject knowledge for teaching: Number and algebra
• a language sequence of two level 1 units from the Faculty of Arts selected from: Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese or Spanish.

Secondary health and physical education

You must complete:

• EDF1055 Secondary professional experience 1A (0 pts)
• EDF1056 Secondary professional experience 1B (0 pts)
• EDF1071 Introduction to health and physical education
• EDF1072 Contemporary issues in health and physical education
• EDF1171 Sociocultural foundations of health and physical education
• EDF1172 Biophysical and behavioural foundations of health and physical education
• EDF1303 Understanding learning and learners
• EDF1304 Understanding teaching for learning

Professional experience

Before participating in professional experience in any education setting, you must:

• meet specific security clearancessecurity clearances (http://www.monash.edu/education/current-students/professional-experience/teacher-placements/clearances) that apply in the state/territory/country where the placement is being undertaken
• complete professional experience orientation provided by the faculty.

For advice on professional experience intervention, support and unsatisfactory progress refer to the Professional experience intervention and support policyProfessional experience intervention and support policy (http://www.monash.edu/education/current-students/policies-and-procedures/professional-experience-intervention-and-support-policy).

Nursing

You must complete:

• NUR1013 Indigenous health for nursing and midwifery practice (0 pts)
• NUR1111 Global health and cultural competence in nursing and midwifery practice
• NUR1112 Fundamental skills and knowledge for nursing and midwifery practice 1 (12 pts)
• NUR1113 Law, ethics and leadership in nursing and midwifery
• NUR1114 Fundamental skills and knowledge for nursing and midwifery practice 2 (12 pts)

Special course requirements

You must refer to the information available on the special requirements outlined below. It is your responsibility to ensure you have the correct documentation.

Police checks

You must have a current Police check regarding your suitability to undertake placements. Refer to the faculty's Police checksPolice checks (http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/police-checks.html) webpage.

Working with Children checks

You must have a current Working with Children check regarding your suitability to undertake placements. Refer to the faculty's Working with Children checksWorking with Children checks (http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/wwc-check.html) webpage.

Immunisation and infection requirements

In accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council recommendations, this course requires that you comply with the faculty's Immunisation and vaccination policy and proceduresImmunisation and vaccination policy and procedures (http://www.med.monash.edu.au/current/immunisation/). These are designed to provide maximum protection against the increased risk of some vaccine-preventable diseases for you, patients and workers in a health care setting.

This policy, and the associated procedures require that you have certain specified vaccinations, and have their bloodborne virus status determined, before they commence a clinical placement. If you have not complied with this policy you may not be able to undertake clinical placement, with the attendant academic consequences.

You are provided detailed information on the effect of bloodborne virus infection on the scope of practice of health care workers. If you test positive to a bloodborne virus (including HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C) you will be required to consult a specialist medical practitioner approved by the faculty to provide advice on any necessary restrictions on work practices to protect patients and others from infection.

Drug Administration policy

You should be aware of your legal responsibilities regarding the administration and storage of drugs in keeping with the Drugs Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic) and the Drugs Poisons and Controlled Substances Regulations 2006 (Vic). The School of Nursing and Midwifery have formulated a policy and you should be aware of the drug administration policy relevant to your particular year of study. Refer to the faculty's clinical guidelines webpage.

Fieldwork

This course requires you to undertake off-campus rural and metropolitan clinical placements. In the clinical setting you will have an opportunity to apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the clinical component of each unit. Where your skill or knowledge is found to be inadequate, access to the clinical component of the unit will be denied. You may be withdrawn from a clinical practicum if required skills and knowledge are deemed inadequate, or on other grounds deemed appropriate by the head of school.

Clinical Expenses

You are responsible for all travel and accommodation expenses during clinical placement. Uniforms and accessories are required for clinical placements and you will be notified regarding purchase arrangements upon commencement.

If you achieve the minimum required average grade in the Diploma of Tertiary Studies you are eligible for articulation into either the Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Education (Honours) or Bachelor of Nursing courses.

To be eligible to apply for an internal course transfer to gain direct admission into the second year of a destination course, you must:

• pass each unit in the diploma on the first (and only) attempt; and
• achieve the average mark required for the destination course.

If you do not meet this requirement you are encouraged to apply for admission through VTAC. Should you gain successful admission through VTAC you will receive credit towards the degree for the units you have passed in the diploma.

Business

• B2000 Bachelor of Business
• B2007 Bachelor of Business Administration

Education

• D3001 Bachelor of Education (Honours)

Specialisations:

• Early years education
• Early years and primary education
• Primary education
• Secondary health and physical education

You are required to achieve the standard in the CASPer testCASPer test (https://takecasper.com/) prior to gaining admission to the Bachelor of Education (Honours). Once enrolled in the BEd(Hons), students will be required to achieve the standard in the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students. See D3001 Bachelor of Education (Honours) for more information.

Nursing

• M2006 Bachelor of Nursing

The Diploma of Tertiary Studies course can also provide a pathway into other Monash degree courses that are not destination degrees. You can apply for other courses through VTAC and you will need to make sure that you have met the prerequisites for those courses.