Course code: 2026
Contact: Associate Professor Glenn Rowley
Normally the Bachelor of Commerce degree and the Bachelor of Education degree are each of three years duration. When the degrees are taken in combination, students are able to complete both courses in four-and-a-half years full-time study at a normal course load for each year. Students may complete the course in four years full-time by special arrangement with both faculties. A feature of this course is its interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of some subjects.
The course is aimed at post-primary/adult education. Upon completion of the double degree, graduates will have completed a sound preparation for entry into the business, education and training professions and have developed a broad cross-disciplinary approach to professional development and working in the community.
The objectives of the Bachelor of Education course are to provide
students with:
* a knowledge of the theory and practice of education;
* a knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research techniques;
* an understanding of the place of education in society;
* an understanding of theories of learning and how students learn;
* the skills to teach effectively in the chosen field of education;
* the skills to communicate effectively in written, oral and electronic
form, with a range of audiences.
The objectives of the Bachelor of Commerce are set out in the Business and
Economics handbook.
Applicants must have satisfactorily completed the Victorian Certificate of Education or its equivalent, including the following subjects at level 3 and 4 with grades of C or higher: English, and either Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics.
Applicants contemplating admission to this course may seek formal credit or recognition of prior learning. Applicants should apply for credit prior to enrolment but currently enrolled students may also apply. The Faculty of Education considers each application on its merits within the context of the faculty guidelines on credit transfer which are contained in a booklet `Learning from experience' available from the Professional Development Institute, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Gippsland campus, Churchill 3842 ($7 postage and packing).
To receive the awards of Bachelor of Commerce/Bachelor of Education, a candidate for the double degree must successfully complete subjects totalling 212 points, consisting of:
(a) studies in commerce comprising a major study (three years study in a single discipline), a minor study (two years study in a single discipline), and two additional first-year subjects;
(b) two sequences in education - one in education studies and one in teaching and curriculum studies (which includes a practicum).
There must be a total of sixty points of second and third-year commerce subjects with no more than thirty-six points from the same year level. There must be at least eighteen points in a commerce specialisation at each of second and third-year level.
Candidates need to be aware that their major and minor studies in commerce must satisfy the requirements for the study of two teaching methods in their fourth year and the requirements for employment laid down by the Victorian Department of Education and non-government authorities.
Generally to qualify for a teaching method in fourth year, a candidate will require a minimum of two years full academic study in that discipline.
Progressively over the course students will be completing more of the education component, until the final year which will be entirely education, including an extended teaching practicum. This practicum is a program of field visits to different educational sites which will be provided in conjunction with subjects. Students will be required to complete projects related to their field visits. The visits are an integrated part of work in the Bachelor of Education.
* GED1011 Beyond the classroom (6 points)
* GED1020 How teachers teach (6 points)
* GED1021 The teachers' world (6 points)
This course consists of four and a half years full-time study or equivalent part-time taken on campus, with school or industry visits for practica. (Students may be able to complete the course in four years by taking subjects in summer schools.) The expected number of hours per week for a full-time student is forty-eight.
Students are referred to the subject descriptions in the Business and Economics handbook and the Education handbook for details of all subjects, including reading lists. Not all subjects are offered each year and students should consult the timetable available from each faculty or the course adviser(s).
Further information regarding this course may be obtained from the inquiry office, Faculty of Education, Clayton campus (telephone 9905 2899 or 9905 2784).