BTeach/BA

320 cp

Minimum duration: 4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Course available at: Melbourne, Victoria

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1. Admission Requirements¹

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level, or equivalent.

Prerequisites: Units 3 and 4 – mathematical methods. Units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 30 in English (ESL) or 25 in any other English.

2. Definitions

“Major”: 80 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, including at least 10 cp at introductory level and at least 60 cp at advanced level.

“Minor”: 40 cp in prescribed units in one discipline or approved interdisciplinary area, including at least 10 cp at introductory level and at least 20 cp at advanced level.

3. Requirements for Completion of the Degree²

To qualify for the degree, a student must complete:

1. 320 cp consisting of:

1. 160 cp in accordance with the requirements for the Bachelor of Arts degree, consisting of:
   1. 80 cp from 1 Major in Mathematics;
   2. 40 cp from 1 Minor³;
   3. 40 cp from the Bachelor of Arts which may be:
      1. 40 cp from advanced level units in the discipline area of the Minor making a second Major;
      2. 40 cp from a second Minor; or
      3. 40 cp from Electives⁴;
2. 160 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:
   1. 80 cp from Education Studies;
   2. 60 cp from Curriculum Studies;
   3. 20 cp from Extended Reflective Practice;

and
2.

1. 4 Professional Experience Units; and
2. 1 Community Engagement Program Unit.

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Arts Units

Units from the following disciplines listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings for the Bachelor of Arts degree:

Major
Mathematics

A Minor either from the list above or from the list below
ICT
History
Italian
Literature
Theological Studies

If completing a second Minor, it may be selected either from the list above or below⁵
Japanese
Drama
Philosophy

Education Studies Units

Core Units

Curriculum Studies Units

Core Units

Electives

Electives Curriculum and Teaching Studies⁶

Professional Experience Units

¹ A student must also comply with the Admission Rules.
² Requirements for working with children: All students enrolled must have the appropriate approvals before they may enter a classroom. These are: Blue Card (Qld), Working with Children Check (ACT, Vic) and Prohibited Employment Declaration (NSW). International students must bring police check documentation from their own countries.
³ Arts majors and minors must be in the discipline areas in which the Curriculum Studies units are undertaken; where two minors are undertaken, the second need not be in a Curriculum Studies area.
⁴ “Electives”: units other than those required for the selected Major or Minor, listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings or from other disciplines within the University (subject to campus availability, unit limitations and having met prerequisite and co-requisite requirements).
⁵ Discussion with an Education course adviser is recommended to ensure that the choice of the minors leads to Curriculum and Teaching studies units.
⁶ 20 cp are to be taken from the one Curriculum and Teaching Studies area which builds on discipline minor sequence already taken.
To be eligible to enrol in a Curriculum and Teaching Studies sequence, a student must either have satisfactorily completed the prerequisite study prescribed for that Curriculum and Teaching Study or be able to demonstrate knowledge or skills approved by the Course Coordinator as equivalent. In the case of Religious Education, the designated Theological Studies units provide co-requisites.