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Bachelor of Arts (Humanities and Social Sciences)/Bachelor of Education


Important information

Gippsland campus

Course code: SBHEDG

Contact: Ms Jane Southcott (course adviser)

The course

This double degree is a four-year full-time or eight-year part-time course which provides students with skills and knowledge in two areas of major study in arts (English, Indonesian, sociology, history/politics) together with a major in education and professional teacher preparation at both primary and secondary level. This course offers the most common pathway to teaching by way of a double degree program in arts and education.

Objectives

In keeping with the mission statement of Monash University the general aim of the BA(Hum&SocSc)/BEd course is to provide a program of studies which should prepare its graduates with:

The objectives of the Bachelor of Arts (Humanities and Social Sciences)/BEd course are to provide students with knowledge and understanding of: Students should develop the skills to: The course should encourage the following attitudes in students:

Outcomes

Students are expected to acquire skills and knowledge which will equip them for ethical and competent practice in education and related areas of employment in a changing technological, social and political environment. Students should also acquire skills and understanding to equip them for research and further studies.

Entry requirements

Applicants must have completed a VCE (or equivalent) with at least a C average in units 3 and 4 of English and a D average in any three other VCE studies. All applicants should be willing to undertake a normal workload of forty-eight points a year full-time or twenty-four points to thirty-two a year part-time. Most studies must be taken on-campus but a few may be available by distance mode.

Course structure and sequence

A candidate for the double degree must fulfil the following requirements to receive the awards of Bachelor of Arts (Humanities and Social Sciences) and Bachelor of Education:

(a) successfully complete subjects totalling 208 but not more than 216 points;

(b) successfully complete two arts major sequences (fifty-two points each) offered by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences;

(c) successfully complete a major sequence in education studies (fifty-two points) and a major sequence in teaching and curriculum studies (fifty-two points).

Major sequences in arts

The arts major sequences may be chosen from English, history/politics, Indonesian, or sociology.

First-year sequences in education studies, and teaching and curriculum studies

The education studies, and teaching and curriculum studies sequences in the first year include:

First semester

Second semester Note that applicants should consult the course adviser for appropriate subject selection at enrolment.

Further information

Further information regarding this course may be obtained from the student administration office, Gippsland School of Education (telephone (051) 22 6375 or (03) 9902 6375).


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