D30022 Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and Bachelor of Arts

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

Education

The course develops through the five themes of Part A. Core studies, Part B. Education studies, Part C. Curriculum studies, Part D. Discipline studies and Part E. Professional experience. The nature and proportion of units required among these themes will differ depending on your course. In this double degree you will complete: 

Part A. Core studies

These studies include essential units that are part of every Bachelor of Education (Honours) course. These units are designed to ground you in evidence-based practices, preparing you to navigate diverse classroom environments and enhance student learning effectively. A key focus of this theme is developing your knowledge and skills to choose strategies that support students to learn, retain, and apply knowledge effectively.

You will explore effective teaching practices, such as sequencing for learning, modelling expected outcomes, assessing and reporting student progress, and providing constructive feedback to support student growth. Classroom management is another major component where you will learn to create structured, supportive environments using clear rules, routines, and high expectations. You will also develop skills to build positive relationships with students, engaging them actively in their learning journey. Inclusivity is embedded throughout the units and you will gain foundational knowledge of First Nations cultures and perspectives, along with other enabling factors that promote cultural responsiveness and support for diverse learners. These units will equip you to become an adaptable, culturally aware, and skilled teacher, ready to apply evidence-based practices for impactful and inclusive teaching and learning.

Part B. Education studies    

These units cover essential aspects of learning to teach and are tailored to prepare you appropriately to enter the secondary teaching profession. These studies include an examination of the learning and teaching relationship, adolescent development, alongside classroom culture and practice. You will build your professional skills, knowledge and understanding of teaching through a process of personal inquiry into effective teaching practices, informed by current research. These units will challenge you to consider global and local influences on education as well as the effective and innovative incorporation of emerging technologies 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.

Part C. Curriculum studies

With a focus on the Victorian Curriculum, these units will provide you with the content-specific knowledge pedagogies covering the Year 7 to 10 curriculum, as well as specific pedagogy appropriate for teaching VCE in a particular discipline or disciplines. You will develop the understanding and skills needed to become a skilled, innovative and effective educator who is able to draw on a repertoire of strategies to suit particular students, educational contexts and learning outcomes. You will learn how to design, plan and implement engaging learning experiences to meet diverse learners' needs. You will develop your knowledge and skills in key learning areas relevant to the educational level of your course, deepening your understanding of teaching and learning, assessment strategies, theories and practices related to the subjects you will be teaching.

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 expertise to share in the responsibility of educating literate and numerate learners.

Part D. Discipline studies

You will undertake your discipline studies as part of the partner degree. You should consult a Faculty of Education course adviser regarding your choice of majors and minors within the partner degree course to ensure you are fulfilling the requirements of the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT). Refer to the secondary specialist/discipline areas prerequisites and units list. 

Part E. Professional experience 

Integral to the course, professional experience opportunities have been designed as a developmental learning sequence that you will engage with at every stage of your course. This component is an opportunity for you to build connections between the core, education, curriculum and discipline themed 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 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 (TPA) unit.

Note: All first-year students must complete EDF1002 Preparing for the profession (0 credit points). This unit provides students with an early and consistent introduction to LANTITE requirements, preparation strategies and available support. It enables students to identify their literacy and numeracy strengths and areas for development, supporting early identification of students who may benefit from additional assistance.

Arts

A2000 Bachelor of Arts is a comprehensive course, structured in three equal parts. In this double degree course you will complete:

Part A. Major studies

These units will provide you with a focused program of study that will develop your practical and theoretical skills and knowledge in one Faculty of Arts listed major area of study. You will learn to critically analyse, apply and communicate an advanced level of understanding of the concepts and theoretical frameworks that constitute the knowledge base of the area of study.

Part B. Specified studies

These units provide you with high quality, in-class student experiences that support a broader sense of belonging within and across the Bachelor of Arts. Through these studies you will develop:

• graduate attributes in a broad base of knowledge of the humanities, social sciences and creative arts and industries;

• a global perspective in the application of that knowledge, especially focused on social, cultural and political change; and

• interdisciplinary teamwork, digital and communication upskilling focused on sharpening skills for future workplaces and global leadership.

Notes

Students enrolled in D30022 Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and Bachelor of Arts will complete:
- 12 credit points of career focused portfolio studies;
- 12 credit point of Arts elective studies; and
- 24 credit points of Arts minor studies. The minor studies must meet VIT requirements. For further advice contact the Faculty of Education.

Course progression map 

The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

You must complete 204 credit points, of which 108 credit points are from the Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and 96 points are from the Bachelor of Arts.

The 108 credit points from the Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education must include all of the requirements in Parts A, B, C, D and E and any special course requirements. 

Note:

• Students are also required to complete EDF1002 Preparing for the profession (0 credit points).

The 96 credit points from the Bachelor of Arts will include all the requirements from Parts A and B as described in the Bachelor of Arts degree.  At least 24 credit points must be completed at level 3.

Notes:

Note 1: Students enrolled in D30022 Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and Bachelor of Arts will complete:

• 12 credit points of career focused portfolio studies;

• 12 credit point of Arts elective studies; and

• 24 credit points of Arts minor studies. The minor studies must meet VIT requirements.

For further advice contact the Faculty of Education.

Note 2: For your discipline studies in the double degree secondary education course, you must complete a Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) major and minor study that qualifies you to teach in two secondary teaching areas. Your VIT major study will be your first teaching area. Your VIT minor study will be your second teaching area. The minor study must consist of four units, with no more than two units at first year level. Space for the minor study units will come from elective unit allocations on the course map. Approved disciplines can be found on the secondary specialist areas page.