D30072 Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and Bachelor of Business

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.

Business

B2000 Bachelor of Business is a comprehensive course, structured in three equal parts. In the double degree course you complete:

Part A. Core studies

These studies will provide you with a broad foundation for your study of business and expose you to several business disciplines. It will contribute breadth to your knowledge of business and develop your understanding of multi-disciplinary decision making in organisations. It will also give you the opportunity to learn more about each discipline before finalising your choice of major.

Part B. Major studies

Your major studies will provide you with a focused program of study that will develop your expertise. You will develop, apply and communicate an advanced level of understanding of the concepts and theoretical frameworks that constitute the knowledge base of your major area of study.

Part C. Capstone studies

This is designed to consolidate the knowledge and skills acquired throughout the study of your major.

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 credit points from the Bachelor of Business.

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 Business will include all of the requirements in Part A, B and C as described in the Bachelor of Business degree.

Notes: 

• If you are completing the Accounting major as part of your double degree, please note ECX2953 is required for professional accreditation and can be completed in Part A instead of ECF1100, and you will not be required to complete ECF1200.

• Students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education and Bachelor of Business do not need to complete a Specified Business unit as EDF3062 Creative and critical teaching meets this requirement. You must instead choose one 6-credit-point unit from the Accounting, Business Law, Business Management, or Economics and Business Strategy majors.

• EDF4068 Teaching performance assessment meets the Capstone Studies requirement; you are required to choose another 6 credit point unit from the Accounting, Business law, Business management or Economics and business strategy majors.