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Education
Undergraduate Courses | 2016
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What does a backpack have to do with Education?
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Have you ever wanted to travel
the world but feel you need
to go to uni first? By studying
education at Monash you can
do both.
Take advantage of our Professional Experience
program to gain a truly global perspective. You might
end up teaching cricket to children in the Cook
Islands, or maths to kids in South Africa, or teaching
English in Italy or China. The opportunities for you
to learn to teach across the world are diverse.
You could also choose to stay closer to home and
do a placement in a country town or in a remote
Indigenous community such as Groote Eylandt in
the Northern Territory.
Education happens beyond the classroom too, so
placements are not limited to classroom settings.
You might participate in educational programs with
groups such as Scouts Australia, the National Gallery
of Victoria, museums or the Melbourne Football
Club’s “Read Like a Demon” program. All placements
are arranged on your behalf by our Professional
Experience Office.
Even when you’ve completed your studies, the travel
opportunities don’t end there. Our graduates know
how to make a difference. They become industry
leaders in the region and globally where they create
impact within the education sector and beyond.
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Help shape minds
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Education at a glance
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Three ways to become a teacher
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Honours puts you ahead
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Double degree courses
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Experiences beyond the classroom
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Be a Student Ambassador
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Develop your leadership skills
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Bachelor of Education (Honours)
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Entry requirements
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Pathways in Education
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Monash College for international students
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Continue your journey of discovery
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How to apply
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For more information visit
monash.edu/education
Contents
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Help shape
minds
Believe in the
transformative
power of teaching.
Intellectual
New ideas
Personal
New skills
Nurture the next generation
of leaders. Develop new
ways to teach.
Physical
The world always needs teachers and educators
with knowledge, passion, ideas and commitment.
The Monash Bachelor of Education (Honours) will
launch your career as a leading educator.
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By choosing the Bachelor of Education (Honours)
at Monash you are choosing to be a leader.
You are choosing to study alongside some of
the brightest young minds under the guidance
of some of the finest educators in Australia.
At Monash, you can explore education theory and
practice, and how best to teach different ages,
abilities and needs. You will help every learner open
new doors to new ideas, new possibilities, and new
skills. This is the inspiration and the passion at the
heart of education.
New
possibilities
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Education at a
Explore teaching and learning areas
You develop the skills and knowledge to be able to teach in the core areas in
the Australian curriculum.
glance
Eight areas of
specialisation
At Monash, you can choose from
eight areas of specialisation.
These specialisations reflect the
age ranges of the children or
students whose education you
wish to commit to, and you will
graduate with an award that
reflects your expertise.
Experience teaching placements
We understand that aspiring educators need more than just
theoretical learning. That’s why we give you the chance to gain
practical skills by completing professional experience through
placements in Australia and overseas.
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gain real-world experience
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gain valuable guidance
from other educators
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develop your confidence as
a teacher and educator
put your learning into practice.
The arts
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Music
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English
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Health and wellbeing
Outdoor education and
environmental studies
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Humanities and social sciences
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Physical education
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Languages
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Science.
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Mathematics
Want to enhance your
career options?
Education for sustainability
Embedding information and
communication technologies
in learning
Combine your Primary education or
Secondary education specialisation
with a second degree in:
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Arts
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Information
Technology
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Commerce
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Computer
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Science.
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Fine Art
(Visual Arts
specialisation)
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You will complete a
minimum of 80 days of
professional experience.
Teach the
whole individual
Engagement with Asia
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander histories and cultures
Commit to education priority areas
Our society faces some significant challenges and fast rates of change.
At Monash, you can focus on these key areas of educational need.
Gain a global
perspective
Education at Monash
takes a holistic view
of education.
Complete an international
professional experience
placement in:
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Italy
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Cook
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Malaysia
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UAE.
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India
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Israel
Placement in
Australia
and overseas.
You learn how to work with
children and young people
with varied needs to develop
their creative, intellectual,
physical, personal and
social capabilities.
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You will complete a minimum of 80 days of supervised professional
experience as part of your course. Through these placements you
will have the opportunity to:
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Three ways
to become
a teacher
There are three different paths
to becoming a qualified teacher.
You choose the steps you take
and Monash will help you
get there.
Undergraduate single
degree in Education
(Honours)
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Qualified
teacher
Start your education studies from
your first day with the Bachelor
of Education (Honours). Focus
on a single sector (e.g. primary)
or gain a dual-sector qualification
(e.g. early years and primary).
Bachelor of Education (Honours)
Undergraduate
double degree with
Education (Honours))
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Combine your studies in education
with a second course such as science
or arts, to build a qualification that is
as diverse as your interests.
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Advanced master’s (Optional)
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Qualified
teacher
Bachelor of Education (Honours)
Partnered degree
Advanced master’s (Optional)
A double degree course is studied
concurrently, so you will graduate
after four years* with two degrees
instead of one.
Degree in another
discipline followed by
a Master of Teaching
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This is an accelerated course where you will be required to
undertake more than the Standard Annual Load of 48 credit
points in Year 2 and/or Year 3 in order to complete the course
in four calendar years.
Qualified
teacher
Bachelor’s degree in another discipline
Master of Teaching
For more information on the Master of Teaching visit:
monash.edu/education/future-students/courses/
teacher-education/master-of-teaching/
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If you have completed a bachelor’s
degree in another discipline you can
become a teacher by completing the
two-year Master of Teaching.
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The Bachelor of
Education (Honours)
With the Monash Bachelor of Education (Honours),
you choose your specialisation and graduate with
a degree that reflects your expertise.
Age range you are
qualified to teach (years)
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Specialisations
Degree you
graduate with
Early years education
Bachelor of Education
(Honours) in Early Years
Education
Early years and primary education
Bachelor of Education
(Honours) in Early Years
and Primary Education
Primary education2
Bachelor of Education
(Honours) in Primary
Education
Primary and secondary education
Bachelor of Education
(Honours) in Primary and
Secondary Education
Primary and secondary
Bachelor of Education (Honours)
in Primary and Secondary
Special Education
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Areas of specialisation
The Bachelor of Education (Honours)
is a four-year course1 that prepares
you to be a leader in education.
You can focus your studies in early
childhood, primary or secondary
education sectors – or a combination
of these – and choose from a wide
range of secondary teaching subjects,
graduating with a highly-focussed,
career‑ready qualification.
You can specialise to teach in the following
education sectors and graduate with an award
that reflects your expertise:
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Early years education
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Early years and primary education
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Primary education
(can be studied as a double degree)
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Primary and secondary education
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Primary and secondary special education
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Primary and secondary health and
physical education
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Secondary health and physical education
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Secondary education in a wide range of
teaching subjects (studied as a double degree).
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special education
The Monash advantage allows you to specialise
in two educational sectors further broadening
your career opportunities.
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Primary and secondary health
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and physical education
Four of our specialisations allow you to do this,
these include: Early years and primary education,
Primary and secondary education, Primary
and secondary special education, Primary and
secondary health and physical education.
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Secondary health and
physical education
Secondary education3
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Primary education may also be studied as a double degree course.
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S econdary education (other than Health and physical education) is studied as a double degree course. The subjects you will be qualified to
teach will depend on which degree course you choose to pair it with, and what subjects you choose to study in your partner degree course.
Bachelor of Education
(Honours) in Secondary
Education
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T his is an accelerated course where you will be required to undertake more than
the Standard Annual Load of 48 credit points in Year 2 and/or Year 3 in order to
complete the course in four calendar years.
Bachelor of Education
(Honours) in Secondary Health
and Physical Education
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Bachelor of Education (Honours)
in Primary and Secondary Health
and Physical Education
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Honours
puts you ahead
Double degree
courses
The honours component of your degree is embedded into a
four-year course* so that — in an Australian first — you will
graduate with an honours qualification whatever your chosen
educational setting. This is true for all single degree and
double degree courses offered by the Faculty of Education.
The Primary education and Secondary education specialisations can
be taken as part of a double degree course. Secondary education
is always studied as a double degree, with the partner degree
providing the specialist discipline knowledge for the areas in which
you will qualify to teach.
So when you graduate from Monash after four years you are ready to take a leading role in
your chosen educational setting and teaching field. It also means that if you choose to study
for a fifth year — either immediately or at sometime in the future — you will be able to qualify
with an advanced master’s degree, putting you ahead of the game.
A double degree course is a great option if you are interested
in a teaching career, but also want to broaden your knowledge
and expertise in another discipline. You will increase your
career choice, and deepen your understanding of the areas
you intend to teach.
The Bachelor of Education (Honours) at Monash:
Primary
Secondary
Arts
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Business
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Commerce
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Computer Science
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Fine Art 1
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Information Technology 2
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Music
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Science
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Fine art (Visual arts specialisation only).
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S econdary education students can select the Software development
and Business information systems majors only.
Students can select the Performance, Composition and creative technology
and Musicology and ethnomusicology specialisations only.
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Prepares you to complete an
advanced master’s in just one
additional year.
Offers the opportunity to
combine your studies with
another discipline
(in a double degree course).
Gives a grounding in research
and provides a direct pathway
into research degree courses.
Provides you with a higher
level qualification than a
standard bachelor’s degree in
the same time as a standard
Bachelor of Education.
Caillin Rolfe
Secondary education/science - double degree course
For Caillin, Education at Monash provides nothing less than the opportunity to
‘have a profound and life-altering affect’ on other people. Having been himself
inspired by his year-nine homeroom, maths and science teacher, he knows a
Monash double degree in Secondary education and science will maximise his
talents and allow him to help growing minds maximise theirs.
Caillin’s year-nine teacher ‘changed his life for the better.’ From that time on, his course
was clear to him: ‘Doing a double degree in Education and Science has been my ultimate
goal since I was 15, and now that I’m here I could not appreciate it more.’ He’s also canny
enough to realise he’s effectively ‘fast-tracking’ his career: by the time he’s 22, he’ll have two
bachelor’s degrees, and the world of teaching at his feet.
But while he’s long known where he is going, the journey has not lost the capacity for surprise.
Teaching placements in primary schools opened Caillin’s eyes to the full miracle of human
development: ‘For really the first time in my life… I learnt to appreciate the immense amount
of effort that my parents and early teachers placed into me.’
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Offers eight specialisations
preparing you to teach in
different sectors and fields.
*This is an accelerated course where you will be required to undertake more than the Standard Annual Load of 48 credit points.
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Experiences beyond
the classroom
Do your placement
overseas
Monash University prides itself on developing graduates who are ready
and well-equipped to enter the world of teaching. We place a high priority
on providing students with opportunities to develop inter-cultural learning
capacities and to gain international experiences in a diverse range of
contexts. We understand that professional experience should include
cultural competencies as well as teaching skills for diverse learners in
an increasingly interconnected global education community.
The International Professional Experience (IPE) program also endeavours to make a contribution to the host
schools and communities in which our students work. Students have the opportunity to complete international
professional experience in the following locations – China, Cook Islands, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy,
Malaysia, South Africa and United Arab Emirates.
Ryan Lucas
Education (Honours)
Education graduate Ryan Lucas credits a
fourth year overseas teacher placement
in the Cook Islands for giving him the
communication skills needed for working
with Indigenous youth in Central Australia.
Ryan spent 2013 in the Solomon Islands with the
Australian Volunteers for International Development
program. He then relocated to Alice Springs where
he worked, firstly, as youth development team
leader before moving into a new role as coordinator
for sports development and youth diversion at the
MacDonnell Regional Council, the local government
body responsible for 13 remote Indigenous
communities.
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Primary education
Completing professional experience at a local
Italian Primary school in Prato was an unforgettable
experience for Emma. Not only did she immerse herself
fully in Italian culture, she gained invaluable professional
perspective and expertise: ‘This experience helped
me realise who I wanted to be as a teacher and
what I valued as a teacher.’
Emma’s ambition – to make a difference to the education and
life chances of future generations – is about to come to fruition.
Emma has now graduated with a Primary education degree,
and is fully prepared to begin work as a prep teacher.
Aside from the inspiration her time at Prato provided, she’s
found professional placements to be ‘personally and
professionally… the most significant part of my learning.’
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“I think my previous experience in the Cook and
Solomon Islands was good preparation for Alice
Springs. The fourth year placement in the Cook
Islands gave me teaching experience in a completely
unique and removed setting from anything I’d done
before and that set me up to do this sort of remote
work. The placement opportunities overseas were a
great thing I took out of my time at Monash,” he said.
Emma Hainsworth
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Be a Student
Ambassador
Seize the opportunity to stand out by participating in our renowned
Student Ambassador Program. You will develop a wide range of
invaluable skills including leadership, teamwork, public speaking and
group facilitation. Also, access professional development activities
and receive mentoring from staff and formal recognition from the Dean
– a great addition to your CV.
“I want to become an
influential role model that
can make an impact in
children’s lives.”
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Mariah Martin
Primary and secondary special education
Mariah Martin
Primary and secondary special education
One of the best things Monash has given Mariah is the
chance to give to others. She always knew she wanted to
‘become an influential role model that can make an impact
in children’s lives.’ Now, her studies in Special Education,
and her work as a Student Ambassador, have made that
aspiration a reality.
Zoey Dong
Secondary education/visual arts double degree course
Zoey Dong loves being a Faculty of Education Student
Ambassador. She became an ambassador in her second
year at Monash University and says it has been a rich
and rewarding experience.
Being a Student Ambassador has been perhaps the most
fulfilling experience of Mariah’s time at Monash. Not only has it
allowed her to ‘give back to the Monash community’ – helping
current and future students adjust to university and make
the most of their experience – but she’s found it a massive
boost to ‘skills such as leadership, event planning, effective
teamwork, social mannerisms and planning and organisation.’
While Mariah is still choosing between a career in primary,
secondary and special education, she knows she’ll be able
to call on these skills throughout her future as an educator.
“I’ve had so much fun and met so many lovely friends.”
“Coming to Monash as an international student, I found it
difficult socially because I didn’t have any connections from
high school so becoming an ambassador opened up a
whole new network of social connections for me,” she said.
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“Some of the many highlights I’ve had include organising the
Amazing Race during O week, going to the MCG to watch
Australian Rules Football, helping with the Careers Expo and
the 50th Gala Dinner, and getting experience in design and
marketing through the group’s many events.”
The Student Ambassador Program offers a host of opportunities
to gain important leadership, teamwork, public speaking and
event management skills. Student Ambassadors have the
chance to represent and promote the Faculty of Education.
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“I’ve really enjoyed getting to know other first-year students
and, in particular, helping new international students adjust to
the campus environment and explaining how things work.”
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Develop your
leadership skills
Monash graduates become leaders in teaching practice,
public debate, policy development, and community
action around the world.
That’s why we embed leadership into your course from the beginning. As well as
helping you to become an expert in your field, every Monash student learns to lead.
You will study units specifically designed to enhance your leadership skills
and encourage innovative thinking, making you a highly sought-after graduate.
“I’ve always been passionate
about education and teaching
and can’t think of any better
field to work in. It helps
people realise their potential
and pursue many more
opportunities.”
With an almost perfect ATAR
score of 99.85 Emmeline Be knew
she could choose any course she wanted.
In her fourth and final year, Emmeline
completed her practicum in two different
schools in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Liam Bassett
Jessica Kirkham
Primary and secondary education
Early years and primary education
Liam now knows that ‘it’s the students who engage
in activities and clubs that are most focused and
enjoy university a lot more.’ It’s not just the quality of
education that has made his time at Monash a truly
life-changing experience; it’s the opportunities beyond
the classroom that have really helped him shine.
Monash gave Jess the opportunities to realise her
childhood ambition – to be a kindergarten teacher.
What advice does she have for students choosing
Education? ‘The opportunities are endless. Take the
opportunities presented to you. This can be the
beginning of an amazing learning journey.’
Liam has really got his teeth into his Education course.
Taking full advantage of the small teaching groups and
first-class resources at the Monash Berwick campus –
and of course the ‘immense amount of help’ his tutors and
lecturers have always been happy to provide – he’s worked
hard to ‘focus and refine’ his teaching skills.
For Jess, the best of those opportunities was to study
abroad. ‘During my third year, I was offered a grant through
the Australian Government and European Union to study for
four months in Denmark as part of the Global Leadership
and Citizenship in Early Childhood Education Mobility Project.
I studied at the University of Northern Denmark in Hjørring
and had a five-week placement at a Danish kindergarten.’
Now, as Vice-President of the Monash Union of Berwick
Students (MUBS), and with the confidence-building rigour
of professional placements under his belt, he has the
confidence and expertise to make his mark as an educator
of future generations.
Her experience in Denmark took her understanding of
childhood development to a new level, and gave her the
confidence she needs to excel in her current job as a
Kindergarten Teacher and Supervisor with the City of Casey.
Jess has always wanted to make a ‘positive difference to
children’s learning and development;’ now, that’s what she
does every day.
Upon graduation, Emmeline landed a
job at Balwyn High teaching accounting
and commerce.
“I’ve just started my first teaching job,
but my dream job would be setting
up education programs for an NGO
somewhere overseas, perhaps in Papua
New Guinea, Vietnam or Tanzania.”
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Emmeline Be
Education/commerce - double degree course
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“It has been such a privilege to have
taught in South Africa. I will always
cherish the opportunity of getting to
know the incredible students and people
of South Africa, and teaching in a tiny
portable classroom with fifty students
scattered around the room with absolutely
no resources. Being immersed into an
entirely different cultural context has
reinforced the fact that education is key
to empowering individuals.”
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Bachelor of Education
(Honours)
LOCATION
See specialisation
ATAR
IB SCORE
75+
27+
DURATION
4 Years#
STRUCTURE
Specialist
DEGREE AWARDED*
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Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Early Years Education
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Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Early Years
and Primary Education
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Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary Education
(also available as part of a double degree)
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Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary
and Secondary Education
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Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary
and Secondary Special Education
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Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary
and Secondary Health and Physical Education
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Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Health
and Physical Education
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Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education
(only available as part of a double degree)
T his is an accelerated course where you will be required to undertake more than the
Standard Annual Load of 48 credit points in Year 2 and/or Year 3 in order to complete
the course in four calendar years.
* The degree you are awarded will reflect your chosen specialisation.
Are you passionate about education? Do you have ideas and a desire
to engage and inspire young minds? If so, Education at Monash is for
you. Whether you choose to specialise in early childhood, primary or
secondary education – or a combination of these – you will graduate
ready for a rewarding and successful career.
In an Australian first, students in every specialisation earn an Honours
degree. Learning from today’s leaders in education, you emerge with
a highly respected qualification that equips you to become one of
tomorrow’s education leaders. Furthermore, if you choose to study for a
fifth year – either immediately or in the future – you will be able to qualify
with an advanced Master’s degree, putting you ahead of the game.
The course reflects contemporary education priorities and the needs of
the teaching profession. Offered in a mix of single and double degree
options, it will prepare you to be an innovative and effective educator.
You will learn how to foster the capabilities of children and young people
with diverse backgrounds and needs.
You will gain valuable guidance from practitioners, develop confidence
as an educator and see how theory comes alive in practice through
professional experience in urban, rural or international locations as diverse
as China, Cook Islands, Hong Kong, Italy, Malaysia and South Africa.
Leadership development is embedded from the beginning, so by
choosing the Bachelor of Education (Honours) at Monash you will be
choosing to be a leader. You will study alongside some of the brightest
minds under the tutelage of some of the finest educators in Australia.
Seize the opportunity to stand out by participating in our renowned
Student Ambassador Program, developing invaluable teamwork,
public speaking and group facilitation skills.
Across all specialisations, you will develop the skills needed to become a
critical and effective educator and the research capabilities for advanced
professional practice into the future.
Career options
There is always a demand for excellent teachers in early childhood, school
and community settings. An education degree also provides an excellent
basis for diverse careers in youth and community education, community
arts, publishing, government, and education services and management.
Double degrees
The Primary education and the Secondary education specialisations
of the Bachelor of Education (Honours) can be studied in combination
with any of the following courses:
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Arts ■ Business ■ Commerce ■ Computer Science ■ Fine Arts1
Technology ■ Music ■ Science
■ Information
Taking a double degree combination will lead to the award of two
degrees; your chosen specialisation in the Bachelor of Education
(Honours) and the degree awarded for the partner course.
In a double degree course, you will need to meet the course
requirements for both degrees. Refer to the individual course
entries for each course in your double degree.
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Visual arts specialisation only.
PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION
Our courses are accredited by:
Australian Children’s Education and
Care Quality Authority (ACECQA)
Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT)*
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VCE
IB
English: Units 3 and 4: a study
score of at least 30 in English
(EAL) or 25 in English other
than EAL
English: At least 4 in English SL
or 3 in English HL or 5 in English
B SL or 4 in English B HL
Maths: Units 1 and 2: satisfactory
completion of two units (any
study combination) of General
Mathematics or Mathematical
Methods, or Units 3 and 4: any
mathematics
Maths: Successful completion
of any mathematics subject
Overall: Successful completion
of five subjects
This means when you graduate you have the
education qualifications to be an early childhood
educator or a registered teacher in Victoria.
If you want to teach interstate or overseas,
you should check the registration requirements
with local authorities.
*Pending final accreditation
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Prerequisite studies
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Bachelor of Education (Honours) – Specialisations
Early years education
This specialisation reflects contemporary thinking on
young children’s development and learning, and will
prepare you to take a leading role in the innovative
teaching of infants and children from birth to five years
of age in childcare, kindergartens and preschools.
Designed for early childhood professionals who wish
to further develop their professional expertise, upgrade
their qualifications and advance their career, it builds
on a Diploma of Children’s Services (or equivalent) to
provide you with a four-year qualification to teach in
early childhood settings. Students with recognised prior
experience and qualifications enter the course with a
minimum of one year of advanced standing. A flexible
course delivery option allows busy professionals to
continue working whilst completing the course.
You will learn to develop the creative, physical,
personal, intellectual and social capabilities of young
children. Education studies, including contemporary
child development, psychology and the social and
cultural context of education, provide the foundations
for understanding holistic and play-based learning and
effective early years teaching practice. You will acquire
a rich repertoire of strategies to promote children’s early
literacy and numeracy – and their concepts of health,
science, the arts, technology and environment – and
support their transition to school.
Up to 80 days of professional experience will provide
hands-on teaching practice in early childhood centres,
preschools and kindergartens. You will learn to work in
partnership with families and communities to support
children’s learning and to advocate for children, their
families and the early childhood profession.
Early years education course map – sample only
Year
01
02
01
04
01
City, Peninsula, Singapore
Intake
Peninsula - Semester 1 and Semester 2
City - Term 1 (January) and Term 3 (July)
• Change and transition in
children’s education
• Children’s literacy development
• Investigating our world: Science,
technology and the environment
• Leadership and management in
education contexts
• Art, environment and community
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15 Professional
experience
• Innovation in curriculum and pedagogy
in schools
• Early childhood learning though new
media and technologies
• Play in lifelong learning
• Research project in education
Education Studies
Requirements
Integrated Curriculum and Discipline Studies
The entrance requirements for this specialisation are
different to the others. Admission into the Early years
specialisation requires successful completion of a
graded Diploma of Children’s Services or equivalent.
Applicants who meet this requirement will enter the
course with a minimum of one year of advanced standing.
Professional Studies
Specialisation is only for Diploma of Children’s services holders.
10 Professional
experience
Days of professional experience
Overload (additional course load subject)
If you are looking forward to creating the future by teaching
young children, but are open minded about the particular
age group or the education sector you work in, this
specialisation is for you. It will qualify you to teach infants
and children from birth to 12 years of age in childcare,
kindergartens, preschools and primary schools.
Early years and primary education course map – sample only
Year
01
Early years education is an important growth area in
education and there is an increasing demand for highly
qualified early childhood professionals. There is also an
ongoing need for excellent primary teachers. This dual
sector qualification will offer you multiple options as a
graduate, ensuring your flexible skills remain in demand
across a range of communities and contexts.
You will study in depth how to develop children’s creative,
physical, personal, intellectual and social capabilities,
engaging them in meaningful learning through innovative
teaching approaches. Education studies include
contemporary child development, psychology and the
social and cultural context of education. This provides the
foundations for understanding holistic and play-based
learning and implementing effective early childhood and
primary teaching practice.
You will acquire a rich repertoire of strategies to promote
children’s literacy and numeracy and support their
transition to school. You will study how primary-schoolaged children learn and how they can be effectively taught
across the primary curriculum. Areas of study will include
the following: English and literacies, mathematics, arts
education, humanities and social education, science,
health and physical education, and studies of the
environment and sustainability.
01
02
01
04
01
Location
Berwick, Peninsula
Intake
Semester 1
ATAR
IB Score
Berwick: 75.45
Peninsula: 76.90
Berwick: 28
Peninsula: 28
Overload
02
02
20 Professional
experience
• Innovation in curriculum and pedagogy
in schools
• Thinking mathematically in primary
education
• Science and technology education in
the primary years
• Research project in education
Unit types
Education Studies
Integrated Curriculum and Discipline Studies
Professional Studies
Days of professional experience
Overload (additional course load subject)
For in-depth course descriptions and structures visit:
study.monash/courses
10 Professional
experience
• Change and transition in
children’s education
• Children’s literacy development
• Investigating our world: Science,
technology and the environment
• Leadership and management in
education contexts
• Art, environment and community
20 Professional
experience
• Contemporary theories of learning
development
• Humanities and social education in
the primary years
• Health and physical education for
wellbeing in the primary curriculum
• Researching teaching
and learning
10 Professional
experience
• Learning with children, their families
and communities
• Learning about patterns, shapes
and numbers through play
• Health and physical wellbeing in
the young child
• Children and childhood across time:
Policies and practices
10 Professional
experience
• Diversity in child development
• Local and global perspectives in
education policy
• Children’s literature, storytelling
and the arts
• Professionalism, ethics and
interdisciplinary work in education
•Professional studies
Career options
02
Overload
01
5 Professional
experience
• Learning and educational inquiry 2
• Thinking mathematically
from an early age
• Education for environment
and sustainability
• Inclusivity and partnerships in
early childhood education
10 Professional
experience
• Contemporary child development
theories and practices
• Indigenous perspectives on teaching
and learning
• Learning through play pedagogies
• Curriculum, assessment and
documentation in education
03
02
5 Professional
experience
• Learning and educational inquiry 1
• English and literacy learning
• Creative learning in childhood
through music and the arts
• Introduction to the early
childhood education field
At least 90 days of professional experience will provide
hands-on teaching practice in early childhood centres,
kindergartens, preschools and primary schools. You will
learn to work in partnership with families and communities
to support children’s learning.
This qualification provides an excellent preparation for
your future as a leader and manager in a range of early
childhood education and primary school settings.
SemesterS
For in-depth course descriptions and structures visit:
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MONASH EDUCATIOn
Monash EDUCATION
02
Unit types
20
Overload
15 Professional
experience
• Sociology of early childhood
• Educating the young mathematician
• Understanding place, space
and education
• Researching teaching and learning
10 Professional
experience
• Learning with children, their families
and communities
• Learning about patterns, shapes
and numbers through play
• Health and physical wellbeing in
the young child
• Children and childhood across time:
Policies and practices
15 Professional
experience
• Diversity in child development
• Local and global perspectives
in education policy
• Children’s literature, storytelling
and the arts
• Professionalism, ethics and
interdisciplinary work in education
•Professional studies
Location
02
Overload
01
5 Professional
experience
• Learning and educational inquiry 2
• Thinking mathematically
from an early age
• Education for environment
and sustainability
• Inclusivity and partnerships in
early childhood education
5 Professional
experience
• Contemporary child development
theories and practices
• Indigenous perspectives on
teaching and learning
• Learning through play pedagogies
• Curriculum, assessment and
documentation in education
03
02
5 Professional
experience
• Learning and educational inquiry 1
• English and literacy learning
• Creative learning in childhood
through music and the arts
• Introduction to the early
childhood education field
Career options
Early childhood education is one of the most important
growth areas in education and is attracting a significant
amount of government investment. There is an increasing
demand for highly qualified early childhood education
professionals. With this qualification you will be in demand
as a future leader in this vital sector.
SemesterS
01
This specialisation is offered full time at the Peninsula
campus and also flexibly at our Melbourne city location,
where independent study is augmented by face-to-face
intensive workshops held over two weekends in each of
the four terms each year.
Early years and primary education
21
Bachelor of Education (Honours) – Specialisations
Primary education course map – sample only
Primary education
DID YOU KNOW
If you are looking forward to expanding the horizons of
children and developing their capabilities as engaged,
curious and active learners, then this specialisation is
for you. It will qualify you to teach children from five to
12 years of age in primary schools.
Year
01
While an education degree specialising in Primary
education provides a fine basis for your career as a
teacher, you can choose to enhance your career options
by studying it concurrently with a second degree in Arts,
Business, Commerce, Computer Science, Fine Art,
Information Technology, Music or Science.
Education studies include contemporary child
development, psychology and the social and cultural
context of education. This will provide you with the
foundations for implementing effective primary teaching
practice across all curriculum areas, as you study how
children of primary school age think and learn, and how
they can be effectively and creatively taught.
02
03
Double degrees
■
■
1
2
01
5 Professional
experience
■■
Leadership in English and literacy
■■
• Learning and educational inquiry 2
• Learners with special needs in the
primary classroom
• Discipline/stream unit 2
• Education elective
■■
Leadership in Mathematics
and numeracy
Languages other than English
(LOTE)
02
5 Professional
experience
5 Professional
experience
• Indigenous perspectives on
teaching and learning
• English and literacies 1
• Active citizenship and community
connections: Local and global
• Discipline/stream unit 4
• Education priorities
Overload
01
04
01
Arts ■ Business ■ Commerce ■ Computer Science
Fine Art1 ■ Information Technology ■ Music2 ■ Science
02
10 Professional
experience
10 Professional
experience
• Inclusive education: Teaching diverse
learners
• Arts education in the primary years
• Advanced pedagogy in the primary
years B
• Discipline/stream unit 6
02
20 Professional
experience
• Curriculum, assessment and
evaluation
• Humanities and social
education in the primary years
• Health and physical education for
wellbeing in the primary curriculum
• Researching teaching and learning
Visual arts specialisation only.
Students can select the Performance, Composition and creative technology and
Musicology and ethnomusicology specialisations only.
When you choose your discipline
studies, you choose from:
Overload
• Education policy and practice
• Mathematics and numeracy 2
• Advanced pedagogy in the primary
years A
• Discipline/stream unit 5
•Professional studies
If you choose to combine your Primary education studies
with a second degree, your second degree units will replace
the discipline studies units and some education electives.
02
5 Professional
experience
• Child and adolescent development
• Mathematics and numeracy 1
• Health, wellbeing and social learning
in primary contexts
• Discipline/stream unit 3
Career options
In either case, at least 80 days of professional experience
will provide you with hands-on teaching practice in primary
schools, and you will be well prepared for a future as a
leading teacher in a range of primary school settings.
01
• Learning and educational inquiry 1
• Information and communication
technologies across the curriculum
• Discipline/stream unit 1
• Education elective
You will develop your discipline knowledge of English and
literacies, mathematics, arts education, humanities and
social education, science, health and physical education,
and studies of the environment and sustainability, while
also developing a rich repertoire of strategies for promoting
children’s learning and development, and for diagnosing
and assessing their progress across these curriculum areas.
Students opting for the single degree course will
complete additional discipline studies, developing a highly
marketable strength in their choice of English and literacy,
or in mathematics and numeracy, or in a language other
than English (LOTE). For students opting for a double
degree course, the second degree will replace this
discipline study and some education electives.
SemesterS
20 Professional
experience
• English and literacies 2
• Science and technology
education in the primary years
• Studies of science, environment
and sustainability
• Research project in education
Unit types
Location
Clayton (double degrees), Peninsula
Curriculum Studies
Professional Studies
Semester 1
Days of professional experience
ATAR
IB Score
Single degree: 75.45
Double degree: E: 85+
Single degree: 28
Double degree: E: 31+
Overload (additional course load subject)
E – Expected: The provided score is estimated and is to be used as a guide only.
For in-depth course descriptions and structures visit:
study.monash/courses
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Monash EDUCATION
Education Studies
Discipline Studies
Intake
22
23
Bachelor of Education (Honours) – Specialisations
Primary and secondary education
If you are looking forward to expanding the horizons of
young people, and developing their minds, but are open
minded about the particular age group or the education
sector you teach in, this specialisation is for you. It will
qualify you to teach children and adolescents aged five
to 18 years, in both primary and secondary schools.
Primary and secondary education course map – sample only
Year
01
Meeting the need for highly qualified educators, this
dual sector qualification will offer you multiple career
options, ensuring your flexible skills remain in demand
across primary and secondary schools and a range of
community contexts.
You will develop your discipline knowledge of the primary
curriculum areas, including: English and literacies,
mathematics, arts education, humanities and social
education, science, health and physical education, and
studies of the environment and sustainability. You will
also develop specialist discipline knowledge in at least
two secondary teaching areas, with a broad range of
options available spanning the arts, humanities, social
sciences, science, mathematics, business, commerce,
and information technology.
You will study how children and adolescents think
and learn and hence how they can be effectively
and creatively taught. Education studies include
contemporary child and adolescent development,
psychology and the social and cultural context of
education. These provide you with the foundations for
implementing effective teaching practice. You will acquire
a rich repertoire of strategies for promoting the learning
of young people and for diagnosing and assessing
their progress. You will also attain the skills needed for
curriculum planning, implementation and evaluation.
At least 85 days of professional experience will provide you
with hands-on teaching practice in primary and secondary
schools, and a further 20 days of fieldwork will give you
practical experience in other educational settings.
SemesterS
01
• Learning and educational inquiry 1
• Mathematics education 1
• Discipline 1 unit 1
• Discipline 2 unit 1
02
Overload
01
03
• Indigenous perspectives on teaching
and learning
• Science education
• Discipline 1 unit 4
• Discipline 2 unit 4
• Classroom practice
01
04
01
02
02
20 Professional
experience
• Researching teaching and learning
• Curriculum, assessment and
evaluation
• English education 3
• Health and physical education
Intake
Semester 1
Curriculum Studies
25 Professional
experience
• Research project in education
• Professional engagement and
leadership
• Mathematics education 3
• Secondary pedagogy B
Education Studies
If your passion is to make a difference in the lives of
children and young people, particularly those with
additional needs, then this specialisation is for you. It will
qualify you to teach children and adolescents aged from five
to 18 years in primary and secondary schools, equipping
you with specialist knowledge and skills for working in
inclusive and special education settings.
You will learn how to create positive classroom and
school environments that engage the diversity of
learners, and be able to adapt curriculum for children
with additional needs including, but not limited to,
disability, giftedness, mental health issues and those
from non-English speaking backgrounds.
You will also develop the discipline basis for the broad
primary curriculum, including: English and literacies,
mathematics, arts education, humanities and social
education, science, health and physical education, and
the environment and sustainability, as well as specialist
knowledge in at least one secondary teaching area.
You will study how children and adolescents think and
learn, especially those with additional needs, and how
they can be effectively and creatively taught, acquiring
a rich repertoire of strategies for promoting learning.
You will learn to diagnose and assess learners’ needs
and adapt curriculum accordingly. You will also learn
to access resources to assist students with complex
needs, including those with multiple disabilities or whose
disabilities may require a high level of support.
You will acquire advanced skills of collaboration and
consultation – with other teachers, support personnel,
parents, allied health professionals and agency
representatives – that are critical for teachers working
with children with diverse needs.
Career options
Professional Studies
75.4
27
Days of professional or fieldwork experience
01
SemesterS
01
02
Overload
01
03
01
01
02
Overload
10 Professional
experience
• Investigating our world: Science,
technology and the environment
• Mathematics education 3
• Teaching and learning of students
with complex needs
• Social education
• Creative arts education
02
20 Professional
experience
• Researching teaching and learning
• English education 3
• Curriculum, assessment and
evaluation
• Health and physical education
10 Professional
experience
• Indigenous perspectives on
teaching and learning
• Science education
• Learning and teaching for students
with diverse needs in various
education settings
• Discipline 2 unit 4
• Classroom practice
10 Professional
experience
• Education policy and practice
• Mathematics education 2
• Curriculum in inclusive education
• Secondary pedagogy A
04
02
25 Professional
experience
• Research project in education
• Professional engagement and
leadership
• Collaborative principles,
partnerships and procedures
• Secondary pedagogy B
Unit types
Education Studies
Curriculum Studies
ATAR
IB Score
Discipline Studies
77.20
28
Professional Studies
Overload (additional course load subject)
For in-depth course descriptions and structures visit:
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Days of professional or fieldwork experience
For in-depth course descriptions and structures visit:
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10 Fieldwork
experience
• Learning and educational inquiry 2
• English education 1
• Using assessment to respond to
diversity across the school years
• Discipline 2 unit 2
10 Professional
experience
• Child and adolescent development
• English education 2
• Understanding behaviour in
classrooms and schools
• Discipline 2 unit 3
Berwick
02
10 Fieldwork
experience
• Learning and educational inquiry 1
• Mathematics education 1
• Foundations to inclusive education
• Discipline 2 unit 1
Location
Semester 1
IB Score
Year
With this qualification you will be in demand in a range of
school contexts – including inclusive and special education
settings – and well prepared for a future as a leading teacher.
Intake
ATAR
Primary and secondary special education course map – sample only
At least 85 days of professional experience will provide
you with hands-on teaching practice in primary and
secondary schools, and special education settings.
A further 20 days of fieldwork will give you experience
in other educational settings.
Discipline Studies
Overload (additional course load subject)
Monash EDUCATION
10 Professional
experience
• Inclusive education: Teaching diverse
learners
• Creative arts education
• Discipline 1 unit 6
•Social education
• Investigating our world: Science,
technology and the environment
Unit types
24
10 Professional
experience
Overload
Career options
Berwick
02
10 Professional
experience
• Education policy and practice
• Mathematics education 2
• Discipline 1 unit 5
• Secondary pedagogy A
Location
10 Fieldwork
experience
• Learning and educational inquiry 2
• English education 1
• Discipline 1 unit 2
• Discipline 2 unit 2
10 Professional
experience
• Child and adolescent development
• English education 2
• Discipline 1 unit 3
• Discipline 2 unit 3
This qualification will create opportunities across a range of
primary and secondary school settings, and prepare you
for a future as a leading teacher.
02
10 Fieldwork
experience
Primary and secondary special education
25
Bachelor of Education (Honours) – Specialisations
Primary and secondary health
and physical education
If you are passionate about educating children from a
young age on the importance of physical activity, and
health and wellbeing, then this specialisation is for you.
Primary and secondary health and physical education
course map – sample only
Year
01
You will qualify as a generalist primary school teacher, a
specialist health and physical education primary school
teacher, and a secondary school teacher with health and
physical education as your two specialist teaching areas.
This will give you the flexibility and expertise to turn your
passion into a productive and rewarding career in a wide
range of settings.
You will develop discipline knowledge for the
primary curriculum, including: English and literacies,
mathematics, arts education, humanities and social
education, science, and the environment and
sustainability, and specialist expertise in the
teaching areas of health and physical education.
You will learn about the biophysical and behavioural
foundations of health and physical education, and how to
optimise individual potential for health and wellbeing, and
build healthy, active communities. In learning how humans
develop movement skills, you will acquire theoretical
foundations and practical approaches to coaching
across contexts including games, challenges and sports
– developing advanced laboratory and field-based skills
for sport and exercise science.
You will study how children and adolescents think and
learn and how they can be effectively and creatively
taught. Education studies include contemporary child and
adolescent development, psychology and the social and
cultural context of education, and provide the foundations
for implementing effective teaching practice. You will
develop a rich repertoire of strategies for promoting
learning and for diagnosing and assessing progress,
and will acquire the skills needed for curriculum planning,
implementation and evaluation.
At least 85 days of professional experience will provide
you with hands-on teaching practice in primary and
secondary schools.
SemesterS
01
• Learning and educational inquiry 1
• Introduction to health and
physical education
• Mathematics education 1
• Sociocultural foundations of health
and physical education
02
01
03
• Learning and educational inquiry 2
• Contemporary issues in health and
physical education
• English education 1
• Biophysical and behavioural
foundations of health and physical
education
02
5 Professional
experience
•E
ducation priorities
•S
ocial and environmental influences
on health and physical education
•S
cience education
• Applied movement contexts in health
and physical education 1
01
04
01
02
10 Professional
experience
• Mathematics education 2
• Community development and
partnerships
• Leadership, policy and pedagogies
in health and physical education
• Applied movement contexts in health
and physical education 2
• Inclusive education: Teaching diverse
learners
• Creative arts education
• Social education
• Inclusion and diversity in movement
contexts
• Food, health and wellbeing
02
20 Professional
experience
• Researching teaching and learning
• Curriculum, assessment and
evaluation
• English education 3
• Physical education method
25 Professional
experience
• Research project in education
• Professional engagement and
leadership
• Mathematics education 3
• Health method
Unit types
Semester 1
Curriculum Studies
IB Score
75.65
28
Days of professional experience
Overload (additional course load subject)
Year
01
You will study how young people think and learn and
hence how they can be effectively and creatively taught
about health and physical activity. Education studies,
including contemporary adolescent development,
psychology and the social and cultural context of
education, provide the foundation for effective teaching.
You will develop a rich repertoire of strategies for
promoting learning and for diagnosing and assessing
progress, and will acquire the skills needed for planning,
implementation and evaluation.
You will learn about the biophysical and behavioural
foundations of health and physical education, and how
to optimise individual potential for health and wellbeing
and build healthy, active communities. In learning how
humans develop movement skills, you will acquire
theoretical foundations and practical approaches to
coaching across contexts including games, challenges
and sports – developing advanced laboratory and fieldbased skills relevant to sport and exercise science.
01
02
01
01
04
You will be well prepared for a future as a leading health
and physical educator in a range of schools, community,
recreational and sporting settings.
01
02
5 Professional
experience
02
5 Professional
experience
5 Professional
experience
• Developing multiple
literacies in education
• Food, health and wellbeing
• Inclusion and diversity in
movement contexts
• Discipline unit 6 or elective
25 Professional
experience
02
25 Professional
experience
• Researching teaching and learning
• Research project in education
• Advanced sport and exercise science • P
rofessional engagement and
leadership
• Physical education method
•H
ealth method
• Method unit A
• Method unit B
Location
Peninsula
Unit types
Intake
Semester 1
Education Studies
Curriculum Studies
ATAR
IB Score
75.2
27
Discipline Studies
Professional Studies
Days of professional experience
Overload (additional course load subject)
For in-depth course descriptions and structures visit:
study.monash/courses
5 Professional
experience
• Adolescent development and learning
• Social and environmental influences
on health and physical education
• Applied movement contexts in health
and physical education 1
• Discipline unit 4
Overload
• Schooling, education and equity:
Local and global perspectives
• Community development and
partnerships
• Applied movement contexts in health
and physical education 2
• Discipline unit 5 or elective
• Leadership, policy and pedagogies
in health and physical education
5 Professional
experience
• Learning and educational inquiry 2
• Contemporary issues in health and
physical education
• Biophysical and behavioural
foundations of health and physical
education
• Discipline unit 2
Overload
• Professional responsibilities,
practice and relationships
• Interdisciplinary approaches to
health and physical education
• Motor control and skill acquisition
• Discipline unit 3
• Perspectives on health
03
02
5 Professional
experience
• Learning and educational inquiry 1
• Introduction to health and physical
education
• Sociocultural foundations of health
and physical education
• Discipline unit 1
Your third teaching area could be outdoor education and
environmental studies, biology with a focus on exercise
physiology, business, geography, mathematics or
perhaps social education.
At least 80 days of professional experience will provide you
with hands-on teaching practice in secondary schools.
Outdoor education and environmental studies students
undertake additional days of fieldwork experience.
SemesterS
Specialisation is only for Diploma of Children’s services holders.
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ATAR
Professional Studies
Secondary health and physical education
course map – sample only
You will qualify as a specialist secondary school teacher
of both health (including human development) and
physical education, and a third teaching area of your
choice. The skills you attain with this qualification –
physical education and health and human development
teaching, coaching and leadership expertise – will be in
demand in schools and in the broader community.
Education Studies
Intake
Discipline Studies
Monash EDUCATION
10 Professional
experience
Do you want to educate young people on the importance
of health and physical activity – not just for themselves
but also for happier and healthier communities?
Do you have a passion for the outdoors? If so, then
this specialisation is for you, qualifying you to teach
adolescents from 12 to 18 years of age.
Career options
Location
26
5 Professional
experience
Overload
Career options
Peninsula
5 Professional
experience
Overload
• Child and adolescent development
• Interdisciplinary studies in health and
physical education
• English education 2
• Motor control and skill acquisition
• Perspectives on health
This qualification will open up a range of opportunities in
primary and secondary school settings. You will be well
prepared for a future as a leading educator.
02
5 Professional
experience
Secondary health and physical education
27
Bachelor of Education (Honours) – Specialisations
Secondary education
Is there a subject you are passionate about? Perhaps
music or mathematics, biology or business, information
technology or languages. Can you imagine sharing your
passion with young people as they grow intellectually
from childhood to adulthood? If so, this specialisation
is ideal for you, enabling you to combine your favourite
subjects with a highly respected education degree.
It will qualify you in two teaching areas, working with
adolescents from 12 to 18 years of age, as they progress
through the secondary years. Secondary education is
always studied as a double degree, with the partner
degree providing the specialist discipline knowledge
for the areas in which you will qualify to teach.
An extensive number of secondary teaching areas are
available at Monash, which draw on a wide range of
majors and specialisations in the eight partner degrees:
Arts, Business, Commerce, Computer Science, Fine Art,
Information Technology, Music and Science. (Note: that
Health and Human Development, Physical Education,
and Outdoor Education are available in the single degree
specialisations in Health and Physical Education).
You will learn how adolescents think and learn and
hence how they can be effectively and creatively taught.
Education studies, including contemporary adolescent
development, psychology and the social and cultural
context of secondary education, will provide you with the
foundations for implementing effective classroom teaching
practice. You will develop a rich repertoire of strategies
for promoting students’ learning and for diagnosing and
assessing their progress, and acquire the skills needed for
curriculum planning, implementation and evaluation.
Secondary education course map – sample only –
Bachelor of Education (Honours) and Bachelor of Arts
Year
01
This qualification will prepare you for a future as an expert
specialist teacher capable of leading innovation in a range
of secondary school settings.
02
03
Overload
01
01
04
01
Intake
Overload
02
5 Professional
experience
• Adolescent development and learning
• Becoming a specialist teacher
• Arts Major
• Arts Minor
• Arts elective
02
5 Professional
experience
5 Professional
experience
• Developing multiple literacies
in education
• Education elective
• Arts Major
• Arts Major
02
25 Professional
experience
• Researching teaching and learning
• Curriculum, assessment and
education policy
• Method unit 1A
• Method unit 2A
5 Professional
experience
• Learning and educational inquiry 2
• Arts Major
• Arts Minor
• Arts elective
5 Professional
experience
• Schooling, education and equity:
Local and global perspectives
• Curriculum development and
innovative practice
• Arts Major
• Arts Major
Clayton (double degree only)
02
5 Professional
experience
• Professional responsibilities,
practice and relationships
• Education priorities
• Arts Major
• Arts Minor
• Arts elective
Location
25 Professional
experience
• Research project in education
• Professional engagement and
leadership
• Method unit 1B
• Method unit 2B
Unit types
Semester 1
ATAR
E: 85+
01
• Learning and educational inquiry 1
• Arts Major
• Arts Minor
• Arts elective
At least 80 days of professional experience will provide you
with hands-on teaching practice in secondary schools.
Career options
SemesterS
IB Score
E: 31+
E – Expected: The provided score is estimated and is to be used as a guide only.
Education Studies
Curriculum Studies
Discipline Studies
Professional Studies
Days of professional experience
Double degrees available with
Overload (additional course load subject)
Arts ■ Business ■ Commerce ■ Computer Science
■ Fine Art1 ■ Information Technology2 ■ Music3 ■ Science
28
Visual arts specialisation only.
Software development and Business information systems specialisations only
3
Performance, Composition and creative technology and Musicology and
ethnomusicology.
1
2
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Entry requirements
Course
Duration
(Years)1
Prerequisites
English
Level Level
1
2
Mathematics
Level Level Level
1
2
3
Degree awarded
Science
Approved list or specified
Location Indicative Indicative Page
ATAR IB score
Education
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Early Years Education2
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Early Years and Primary Education
Academic prerequisite subjects
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary Education
Education
All Monash undergraduate courses require you to have previously studied and
achieved required standards in certain specified subjects.
4.25 3
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■
The table below outlines the requirements and the course listing tells you which
categories apply to each course. Note that some courses have special requirements
such as folios, special admissions tests or interviews. Make sure you check if this
applies to your course of choice in the courses section of this guide.
English
Level 1
VCE
IB
Units 3 and 4: a study score
of at least 30 in English
(EAL) or 25 in English other
than EAL
At least 4 in English SL or 3
in English HL or 5 in English
B SL or 4 in English B HL
Mathematics
Level 2
Units 3 and 4: a study score
of at least 35 in English
(EAL) or 30 in English other
than EAL
At least 5 in English SL or 4
in English HL or 6 in English
B SL or 5 in English B HL
Level 1
Units 1 and 2: Satisfactory
completion in 2 units (any
combination) of General
Maths or Maths Methods
Successful completion of any
mathematics subject
Level 2
Units 3 and 4: a study
score of at least 25 in
any mathematics
At least 4 in Mathematics SL
or 4 in Further Mathematics
SL or 4 in Mathematical
Studies SL or 3 in
Mathematics HL
* Science approved list:
VCE: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental science, Geography, Maths methods (CAS), Specialist maths, Physics or psychology.
IB: Biology (any), Chemistry (any), Geography (any), Mathematics SL, Mathematics HL, Physics or psychology.
Units 3 and 4: a study score
of at least 25 in one of
Mathematical Methods (CAS)
or Specialist Mathematics
At least 4 in Mathematics SL
or 3 in Mathematics HL or 4
in Further Mathematics SL
Science approved list*
Units 3 and 4: a study score
of at least 25 in one of
Science approved list, unless
otherwise stated
At least 4 at Standard Level
(SL) or 3 at Higher Level
(HL) in Science approved list
unless otherwise stated
Education / Arts ^
4.25 3
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Education /
Business
4.25
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Education /
Commerce
4.25
Education /
4.25
Computer Science
NA
Berwick
75.45
28
Peninsula
76.90
28
Peninsula
75.45
28
20
21
22
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary and Secondary Education
Berwick
75.4
27
24
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary and Secondary Special Education
Berwick
77.20
28
25
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary and Secondary Health and
Physical Education
Peninsula
75.65
28
26
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Health and Physical Education
Peninsula
75.2
27
27
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education (only available as
part of a double degree)
Clayton4
E: 85+
E: 31+
28
85.75
31
85.05
31
Caulfield,
Clayton
E: 85+
E: 31+
Clayton
E: 92+
E: 35+
Clayton
E: 85+
E: 31+
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary Education and Bachelor of Arts
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Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary Education and Bachelor of Business
■
■
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and Bachelor of Business
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary Education and
Bachelor of Commerce
■
■
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and
Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary Education and
Bachelor of Computer Science
■
Education /
Information
Technology
4.25
■
■
Education / Music
4.25
■
■
Education /
Science
4.25
■
■
Education /
Fine Art
4.25
■
■
NA – Not Available.
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and
Bachelor of Computer Science
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary Education and
Bachelor of Information Technology
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and
Bachelor of Information Technology
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary Education and Bachelor of Music
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and Bachelor of Music
Clayton
28
Clayton
E: 85+
E: 31+
Clayton
RC
RC
85.4
31
85.45
31
RC
RC
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary Education and Bachelor of Science
RC – Range of Criteria.
■
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary Education and Bachelor of Fine Art
Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and Bachelor of Fine Art
Clayton
Caulfield,
Clayton
E – Expected: The provided score is estimated and is to be used as a guide only.
1 Duration is based on a standard full time load of 48 credit points per annum.
2. Admission into this specialisation requires successful completion of a graded Diploma
of Children’s Services or equivalent. Where students are admitted to the specialisation on
the basis of a graded Diploma of Children’s Services , the mathematics prerequisites will
be considered to have been achieved.
3. The Bachelor of Education is an accelerated course where you will be required to
undertake more than the Standard Annual Load of 48 credit points in Year 2 and/or Year 3
in order to complete the course in four calendar years.
* Science approved list:
VCE: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental science, Geography, Maths methods (CAS), Specialist maths, Physics or
psychology.
IB: Biology (any), Chemistry (any), Geography (any), Mathematics SL, Mathematics HL, Physics or psychology.
MONASH EDUCATIOn
Depending upon your Arts major you may take the Arts component at Clayton or
Caulfield.
^
Monash EDUCATION
NA
Double Degrees
Science
Level 3
Peninsula,
City
4. Study at other campuses may be required depending on your choice of double degree.
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Pathways in
education
Our students follow many different paths to their teaching degree,
including TAFE studies or transfer from another university course.
At Monash your age is not a factor when you apply – just your
education background and experience. The year of entry depends
on what you have studied previously and your results.
Diploma of Higher Education
(DoHE)
Monash Access Program
(MAP)
Diploma of Tertiary Studies
(DoTS)
The Diploma of Higher Education
provides an alternative entry pathway
into an undergraduate course in
science, mathematics or related
areas. It is designed for students
who didn’t get the ATAR required
for direct entry into the Bachelor of
Science at Monash or are returning
to study after working or travelling.
MAP is an enabling course for
mature age students.*
If you are
motivated to learn and want to study
at university,
but don’t meet the
standard admission requirements,
MAP
may provide you with the skills
and knowledge to gain access.
It prepares you for successful
academic study at university level.
It will give you a solid foundation to
progress into a range of bachelor’s
degrees at Monash University.
DoTS can help you get into Monash if:
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Priority will be given to students who
have experienced financial or other
disadvantage.
you didn’t achieve the Year 12
score you expected, or
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you are returning to study.
Through DoTS, you can start
studying your chosen field from
day one of university, and it won’t
add any time to your course.
On completion of the DoTS program
you can transfer into the second year
of a range of Education (Honours)
specialisations.
*Applicants need to be aged 21 years or older as at 1 January
of the year they enrol.
For more information on education pathways available visit:
study.monash/courses/entry-pathways-domestic
MONASH EDUCATIOn
Monash EDUCATION
This one-year course is equivalent
to the first year of a university
undergraduate course. If you
successfully complete the course,
with the required grade average,
you will be able to progress into
second year of the Bachelor of
Science or the double degree
course Bachelor of Education
(Honours) and Bachelor of
Science at Monash University.
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Monash College for
international students
Monash University Foundation Year
English-language courses
Monash English Bridging
Monash English
The Monash University Foundation Year is
a preferred academic pathway into Monash
University.
The Monash University English
Language Centre is the preferred
English pathway into Monash
University.
Monash English Bridging (MEB) is
ideal if you have met the academic
requirements for Monash, but
have narrowly missed the English
requirements.
Monash English (ME) will improve
your English language skills to
prepare you for entry into MEB or
Monash University. The program is
taught from beginner to advanced
levels. As you improve, you can
move to the next level of ME.
Year 11
The program provides international students
with the skills and knowledge required to
succeed at Monash University.
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Foundation
Year
MEB offers students direct entry into
Monash University.* Students who
successfully complete the Bridging
program do not need more testing.
* Not accepted for entry into all degrees. If you need extra
English help, consider Monash English.
1st year
Monash
University
For more information on Monash College academic pathways visit:
monashcollege.edu.au/foundation-year
For more information on English-language
pathways visit: monashcollege.edu.au/english-courses
To enter the University you will
need to sit an IELTS test. We have
workshops to help you practice and
develop the skills you need to sit the
test. Monash English courses start
every five weeks.
MONASH EDUCATION
MONASH EDUCATION
After successful completion of the Foundation
Year program and achieving the required
marks, you will have a guaranteed place in the
first year of your chosen Education course.
If you do not meet the English
language requirement for direct entry
you may receive a conditional offer
for one of our two programs:
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Continue your
journey of
discovery
How to
apply
Domestic (Australian) and onshore
international students
Scholarships
Apply through VTAC
Fees
If you are an Australian or New Zealand citizen, an Australian permanent
resident, or you are an international student studying an Australian Year
12 or IB in Australia or New Zealand, apply through the Victorian Tertiary
Admission Centre (VTAC).
Commonwealth Supported Places
Visit vtac.edu.au
Visit monash.edu/scholarships
Reduced course fees for eligible applicants, and HECS-HELP.
Visit monash.edu.au/enrolments/loans/commonwealthsupported-place.html
For the Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Early Years Education, apply
directly to Monash.
FEE-HELP
Only the Early Years Education specialisation has a mid year intake.
Loan options for eligible applicants.
Monash Access Program – apply directly to Monash.
Visit monash.edu.au/enrolments/loans/domestic-full-fee.html
Direct applications:
Visit monash.edu/admissions/apply/online.html
International students
Monash Residential Services (MRS)
International students should apply directly to the University.
Monash Residential Services offers an opportunity to join a
community that will provide you with a high-quality student
accommodation experience which is vibrant and diverse. Our oncampus accommodation offers secure living, allowing you to focus on
your studies in the knowledge that you are engaged in a supportive
environment focused on your academic and personal wellbeing. MRS
offers more than just a room, Monash will become your home away from
home. All of our on-campus accommodation offers secure living allowing
you to focus on your studies in the knowledge that we are looking out
for your health, safety and general welfare.
For more information visit:
monash.edu/study/international
Once you complete the Bachelor of
Education (Honours), you can choose
from a range of postgraduate courses
that further enhance your expertise.
And because you have already completed an honours
degree, you will be able to complete an advanced
master’s degree in just one more year.
Monash EDUCATION
You can choose from:
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Master of Education
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Master of Leadership
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Master of Counselling
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Master of TESOL.
Pathways to Graduate Research courses
The Bachelor of Education (Honours) provides a
grounding in research and provides a direct pathway
into graduate research courses.
Students who are eligible to continue their studies
through enrolment in a PhD will be required
to complete additional research preparation
within the first 12 months of their program.
This would extend their capacity to engage in
independent research and contribute toward
development of their doctoral program.
To explore the full range of postgraduate study options within
the Faculty of Education refer to monash.edu/education
Fees
Fees for each course can be found at:
study.monash/courses
The MRS Residential Support Team is available 24/7 to provide care,
support and enrichment within each residence and to engage you in
academic, cultural, personal, social and recreational activities. All you need
to bring is a willingness to be open to possibilities – we supply the rest.
New residential precinct
Our new residential precinct situated right in the heart of the Clayton
campus offers studio apartment rooms, complete with ensuite bathroom
and kitchenette. You will have access to a diverse range of food, public
entertainment and sporting spaces, retail areas and plenty of green
space to relax and connect.
Visit mrs.monash.edu
Education
Undergraduate Courses | 2016
Monash online
monash.edu/education
Find a course
study.monash/courses
International students
monash.edu/study/international
Scholarships
monash.edu/scholarships
Off-campus learning
monash.edu/offcampus
Future student enquiries
Australian citizens, permanent residents,
and New Zealand citizens
Tel: 1800 MONASH (666 274)
Email: future@monash.edu
monash.edu/study/contact
International students
Australia freecall tel: 1800 181 838
Tel: +61 3 9903 4788 (outside Australia)
Email: study@monash.edu
facebook.com/EducationMonash
youtube.com/monashunivideo
The information in this brochure was correct at the
time of publication (April 2015). Monash University
reserves the right to alter this information should the
need arise. You should always check with the relevant
Faculty office when considering a course.
CRICOS provider: Monash University 00008C
Monash College 01857J