Double degrees
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Arts Education (AZAAE) – Melbourne (Bundoora)
This double degree requires completion of 540 credit points over four years of full-time study or equivalent part-time study. Students complete a Bachelor of Arts degree in specific teaching disciplines and gain a secondary teaching qualification. The course provides the opportunity for students to engage in education related studies (including teaching practice in schools) while developing their knowledge in the Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines. As part of the arts degree students must take two arts disciplines offered by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and which are available to be taken as a teaching methods in the Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary) at La Trobe (see arts units listed below). Students intending to take a Languages Other Than English (LOTE) method will be required to complete the third year advanced level of their chosen language.
The first year of the degree consists of the foundation arts units. During the second and third years of the degree, students will enrol in both arts and education units, which include supervised teaching practice in schools. In the final year, students will undertake the more intensive teacher-training component of the degree, including studies in educational philosophy, curriculum, and theory, teaching practice in schools and the two teaching methods units.
Please note: students must complete a ‘Working with Children Check’ form available at Australia Post offices. Students must provide a certified copy of their valid ‘Working with Children’ card prior to undertaking teaching placements.
| Teaching period | Requirements | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First year (120 credit points) | |||||||
| TE-SEM-1 | First year unit arts discipline A (15 credit points) | First year unit arts discipline B (15 credit points) | First year arts elective (15 credit points) | First year arts elective (15 credit points) | |||
| TE-SEM-2 | First year unit arts discipline A (15 credit points) | First year unit arts discipline B (15 credit points) |
First year arts elective (15 credit points) | First year arts elective (15 credit points) | |||
| Second year (140 credit points) | |||||||
| TE-SEM-1 | Second year unit arts discipline A (20 credit points) | Second year unit arts discipline B (20 credit points) | Second year arts elective (20 credit points) | EDU2TPA Teaching Practice A (20 credit points) | |||
| TE-SEM-2 | Second year unit arts discipline A (20 credit points) | Second year unit arts discipline B (20 credit points), | EDU4HE Holistic Education (20 credit points) | ||||
| Third year (140 credit points) | |||||||
| TE-SEM-1 | Third year unit arts discipline A (20 credit points) | Third year unit arts discipline B (20 credit points) | Third year arts elective (20 credit points) | EDU4IIE Issues in Education (20 credit points) | |||
| TE-SEM-2 | Third year unit arts discipline A (20 credit points) | Third year unit arts discipline B (20 credit points) | EDU 3TPB Teaching Practice B (20 credit points) | ||||
| Fourth year (140 credit points) | |||||||
| TE-SEM-1 | EDU4COL Context of Learning (20 credit points) | Education method 1 (10 credit points) | Education method 2 (10 credit points) | EDU4TPS Teaching Practice and Skills (20 credit points) | Education elective (20 credit points) | ||
| TE-SEM-2 | EDU4SEI Issues in Secondary Education (20 credit points) | Education method 1 (10 credit points) | Education method 2 (10 credit points) | EDU4TPM Teaching Practices and Models (20 credit points) | |||
Arts disciplines available for specific methods
Students must choose their arts disciplines (A and B above) from two different methods.
Drama method
Theatre and drama.
English method
English, linguistics.
LOTE method (language other than English)
Chinese, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Modern Greek, Spanish. Students wanting to do a LOTE method must complete the third year advanced level of their chosen language.
Media studies method
Media studies, cinema studies.
Humanities or SOSE method (Studies of Society and Environment)
Aboriginal studies, anthropology, art history, development studies; gender, sexuality, and diversity studies; history, legal studies, philosophy, politics, religious studies, sociology. Students wanting to take a Humanities or SOSE method must choose both Discipline A units and two of their first year arts Electives from the disciplines listed above. Students should seek approval from the course adviser in the Faculty of Education to ensure that they have at least one discipline that is not generally classified by the teacher accreditation authority as cultural studies.
ESL method (English as a second language)
Linguistics, LOTE (language other than English) studies are also recommended.