D3005 - Bachelor of Education (Honours) and Bachelor of Science

Overview

The Bachelor of Education (Honours) double degree course will prepare you for a career as a skilled, critical and effective teacher and educator in the primary or secondary sector. Participants build a strong base for decision making in relation to their practice and establish themselves as future educational leaders in … For more content click the Read More button below. Primary education Secondary education The course will prepare you for teaching in an increasingly diverse, complex and changing world. You will engage with contemporary ideas and practices and learn how to foster the learning of children and young people with varied needs. This will enable you to develop your students’ creative, intellectual, physical, personal and social capabilities. While learning to navigate the complex nature of teaching, you will develop the specific professional knowledge and teaching skills needed to engage students of various ages and developmental stages with particular school subjects. Depending upon your specialisation, you will develop the skills and knowledge needed to teach in learning areas such as the arts and music, English, mathematics, humanities, physical education, health and wellbeing, science, and digital technologies. Professional experience offered throughout the course in urban, rural, remote or international locations and education settings, will build your knowledge of teaching and learning. As a result, you will become a thoughtful, effective and inclusive educator, able to design learning experiences that ensure that your future students have the right balance of challenge and support. The Bachelor of Education (Honours) prepares you for the global workforce. You will have a strong foundation for decision making about your practice and you will be in a position to establish yourself as an educational leader of the future. The course is available for either primary or secondary school teaching. Secondary education students will prepare as specialist science or mathematics teachers, while primary education students will be prepared to teach across the school curriculum with specialist expertise in either, English and literacy, or mathematics and numeracy, as well as with highly valued specialist expertise in science-related areas. In each case, you might also turn your skills to broader science education contexts such as science communication, museums and publishing. This double degree course offers you a high quality education in science and the possibility of a career in science or science education to inspire and engage young developing minds.

Primary education
Secondary education

The course will prepare you for teaching in an increasingly diverse, complex and changing world. You will engage with contemporary ideas and practices and learn how to foster the learning of children and young people with varied needs. This will enable you to develop your students’ creative, intellectual, physical, personal and social capabilities.

While learning to navigate the complex nature of teaching, you will develop the specific professional knowledge and teaching skills needed to engage students of various ages and developmental stages with particular school subjects. Depending upon your specialisation, you will develop the skills and knowledge needed to teach in learning areas such as the arts and music, English, mathematics, humanities, physical education, health and wellbeing, science, and digital technologies. Professional experience offered throughout the course in urban, rural, remote or international locations and education settings, will build your knowledge of teaching and learning. As a result, you will become a thoughtful, effective and inclusive educator, able to design learning experiences that ensure that your future students have the right balance of challenge and support.

The Bachelor of Education (Honours) prepares you for the global workforce. You will have a strong foundation for decision making about your practice and you will be in a position to establish yourself as an educational leader of the future.

The course is available for either primary or secondary school teaching. Secondary education students will prepare as specialist science or mathematics teachers, while primary education students will be prepared to teach across the school curriculum with specialist expertise in either, English and literacy, or mathematics and numeracy, as well as with highly valued specialist expertise in science-related areas. In each case, you might also turn your skills to broader science education contexts such as science communication, museums and publishing.

This double degree course offers you a high quality education in science and the possibility of a career in science or science education to inspire and engage young developing minds.

Mode and location

On campus

Course offering notes:

This course requires students to undertake off-campus professional experience.

Learning outcomes

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

Students in the double degree course achieve the Course Learning Outcomes of the two partner courses.

Professional recognition

The specialisations in this course are accredited by professional bodies. Refer to Professional recognition for information.

Structure

Double degree courses include the features of the component degree courses, except that electives may be reduced.

Education

D3001 Bachelor of Education (Honours) is a specialist course that develops through the four themes of education studies, curriculum studies, discipline studies and professional experience. The nature and proportion of units required among these themes will differ depending upon your specialisation.

Part A. Education studies

These studies are the nexus for the Bachelor of Education (Honours) course and focus on the core discipline of education including an examination of the learning and teaching relationship, fostering of positive behaviour, and classroom practice. You will build your professional skills, knowledge and understanding of teaching through a process of personal inquiry into effective teaching practices. These units will challenge you to consider global and local influences on education to ensure the relevance of your teaching. You will build a deep understanding of learners, families, schools and communities. Societal trends are explored as well as how to effectively engage local communities, parents and carers. In the final year of the course you will consider your personal role as a change agent in the profession. You will consider how you may contribute to continuous improvement through processes of professional learning and individual and collaborative leadership efforts, as you transition from a pre-service to beginning teacher.

Part B. Curriculum studies

With a focus on the Victorian curriculum, these units will provide you with the discipline specific pedagogies, covering Years 7–10 curriculum, as well as specific pedagogy appropriate for teaching to Year 12 in a particular discipline/s. Through these studies, you will develop the knowledge and skills you will need to become a skilled and effective educator who is able to draw on an ever-growing and flexible repertoire of strategies to suit particular children, educational contexts and learning outcomes. You will learn how to design, plan and implement engaging learning experiences in order to meet diverse learners' needs. You will develop your own knowledge and skills in key learning areas relevant to the educational level of your specialisation, deepening your understanding of teaching and learning strategies, theories and practices related to the subjects you will be teaching.

If you are enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education course, you will be prepared to teach in two secondary teaching areas. You will also be required to successfully complete a unit that develops skills in teaching literacy and numeracy across the curriculum, ensuring you have the skills and abilities to share in the responsibility of educating literate and numerate learners.

Part C. Discipline studies

The discipline studies units are designed to develop your content knowledge in the key learning areas that you will be teaching in schools or other education settings. Offered as integrated curriculum/discipline studies in the Early Childhood-Primary and Primary specialisations, and as a standalone discipline studies sequence in all other specialisations, these units will provide you with a focused sequence of study, that will deepen and advance your knowledge in your teaching specialist areas. The number of units completed in this sequence is unique to each specialisation and accordingly aligns and reflects the different needs of the Early Childhood, Primary and Secondary school sectors.

Part D. Professional experience

The professional experience opportunities, which are integral to this course, have been designed as a developmental learning sequence that you will engage with at every stage of your course. The professional experience component is an opportunity for you to build connections between the education, curriculum and discipline theme unit content and apply these in a professional context. You will operate within a particular social and legislative environment unique to your placement setting, and you will interact with sector professionals as you work collaboratively with them whilst on placement. An opportunity to further explore these professional elements is facilitated through the Teaching Performance Assessment.

Science

S2000 Bachelor of Science is a comprehensive course and it will provide you with a broad, general science education, as well as specialist training in one or more science disciplines. This course is structured in three equal parts. In the double degree course you complete:

Part A. Science specified study

This will provide you with the mathematical or statistical foundation for your study of science and address the nature of science and its communication. It will also expose you to different science disciplines contributing breadth to your understanding of science and giving you the opportunity to learn about several disciplines before finalising your choice of major.

Part B. Science listed major

This will provide you with a focused program of study that will develop your expertise in one discipline area. You will learn to develop, apply and communicate an advanced level of understanding of the concepts and theoretical frameworks that constitute the knowledge base of the discipline.

Course progression map

The course progression maps provide guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

Please refer to this guide when choosing the appropriate level one mathematics and statistics unit.

Requirements
204 credit points

Education component108 credit points

You must complete 108 credit points from the Bachelor of Education (Honours) including all of the requirements in Part A, B, C, D and any special course requirements from one of the following specialisations.

D3001

204 CP

Bachelor of Education (Honours)

Specialisations108 credit points

Science component96 credit points

In choosing the 96 credit points of Bachelor of Science listed study over Part A and Part B, you must ensure that you complete six science listed units (36 credit points) at Level 1 and ten science listed units (60 credit points) at Levels 2 and 3 with a minimum of four (24 credit points) at Level 3.

In selecting your Science studies, you must take note of the specialisms required for teaching. Students in the Secondary Education specialisation must qualify for two separate specialist teaching areas. The Secondary specialist areas available by course (https://www.monash.edu/education/students/courses/units/secondary-specialisms) shows which secondary teaching areas are available. You must complete the mathematics and statistics unit requirement within the first 72 credit points of this double degree course

The psychology extended major is not available in this double degree.

S2000

144 CP

Bachelor of Science

Alternative exit(s)

You may exit this course early and apply to graduate with either Bachelor of Education Studies or Bachelor of Science or both, provided you have satisfied the following requirements:

Bachelor of Education Studies* (D2001) after successful completion of 144 credit points of study, including a minimum of 96 credit points of education units including a minimum of 48 credit points at Level 3 or higher.
Bachelor of Science (S2000) after successful completion of 144 credit points of study, including all of the requirements in Part A and B for the Bachelor of Science.
Both Bachelor of Education Studies* (D2001) and Bachelor of Science (S2000) after successful completion of 192 credit points of study, including all of the requirements in Part A and B for the Bachelor of Science.

* This exit award does not qualify you to be registered or employed as a teacher in Australia.

Note: You cannot exit with a Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary Education or Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education.

Additional information

Special requirements

Mandatory course requirements

National Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students

You must achieve the standard in the National Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students.*

You must:

make your first attempt at completing the test by the time you have attempted 24 credit points of study; and
achieve the test standard by the time you have attempted 48 credit points of study.

If you do not achieve the standard in both the literacy and numeracy components of the test within the stipulated time you are at serious risk of exclusion from the course.

This applies unless a different completion date has been determined in consultation with the faculty's Literacy and Numeracy Development Team.

* This requirement applies to students in all specialisations

Recognition of First Nations language proficiency by the relevant cultural authority or a formal qualification in an Australian First Nations language is an acceptable alternative standard. (Noting this alternative standard is in lieu of all LANTITE requirements).

Professional experience

You must satisfactorily complete supervised professional experience as required for your specialisation.

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

meet specific security clearances that apply in the state/territory/country where the professional experience is being undertaken
meet immunisation requirements
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 procedure.

Professional experience expenses

You are responsible for any expenses incurred while undertaking professional experience (e.g. transport, equipment, immunisations, security checks and clearances).

Organisational contact information

Monash Connect: 1800 MONASH (1800 666 274)

Faculty of Education
Faculty of Science

Managing faculty:

Faculty of Education

Partner faculty:

Faculty of Science

Credit points:

204

Full time duration:

4 Years

Maximum duration:
Maximum duration includes any periods of intermission and suspension, and students must be continuously enrolled throughout

10 Years

Course duration notes:

4 years full-time (equivalent to 4.25 years of full-time study). You will overload by 12 points in second year. You have a minimum of 4 years and a maximum of 10 years to complete this course including any periods of intermission and suspension, and must be continuously enrolled throughout.

Monash course type:

Double degree (Undergraduate)

Award title:

Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary Education

Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education

Bachelor of Science

AQF Level:

Level 8 - Bachelor Honours Degree / Level 7 - Bachelor Degree

CRICOS code:

082366B