Bachelor of Health and Physical Education
2013 Deakin University Handbook
| Award granted | Bachelor of Health and Physical Education |
|---|---|
| Campus | Offered at Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Duration | 4 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
| CRICOS course code | 073714F |
| Deakin course code | E377 |
Notes: (i) New course version commencing from 2011 at Melbourne Burwood Campus and from 2013 at Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus. (ii) Dance and Drama discipline sequences are offered at the Melbourne Burwood Campus only. (iii) English discipline sequence is offered at the Melbourne Burwood Campus only in 2013. From 2014 the English discipline sequence will be offered at both Burwood and Geelong Campuses. | |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Professional recognition
- Fees and charges
- Course rules
- Detailed course rules
- Discipline sequences
- Course structure
- Details of discipline sequences
Course overview
Deakin's Bachelor of Health and Physical Education prepares you for a career in health and physical education teaching in upper primary and secondary schools. The course provides theory and practice in the study of education, discipline studies, curriculum studies and in the specialised teaching methods of health and physical education. In addition, you will study a second teaching method of your choice from a selected range of discipline studies offered by the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment or the Faculty of Arts and Education.
You will participate in a highly rewarding professional experience program spending at least 80 days working in schools, with children and alongside experienced teachers.
Professional recognition
Approved by Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) as a preservice teaching qualification.
International students and permanent residents
Graduates of this course who are intending to apply for registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) will be required to demonstrate an IELTS of an average band score of 7.5 across all four skill areas where there is no score below 7 in any of the four skills areas and a score of no less than 8 in speaking and listening. Further information
Contact Hours
For each unit of study students are expected to participate in at least three hours of formal contact each week of trimester. A minimum of six hours of study time in addition to the formal contact is also expected for each unit each week.
Fees and charges
Unit fees can be viewed within individual unit descriptions. You can search for a unit using the Unit Search.
Please be aware:
- Fees are calculated on a per unit basis
- Fees charged will depend on the individual units chosen
- Fees per unit/credit point may increase annually due to rises in the cost of course delivery and services
Course rules
The degree requires students to complete 32 credit points over the equivalent of four years of full-time study. Students are required to complete: 18 credit points of Education units (which include studies in education, physical and health education, curriculum methods, literacy and numeracy and professional experience); 14 credit points of discipline studies (which include exercise science, applied sports science and discipline content related to the additional teaching method). Additional teaching methods may be taken from a range of discipline areas including Biology, Chemistry, Dance, Drama, English, Mathematics and History.
The School of Education teaches 18 of the 32 credit points in this award; 10 credit points of exercise science discipline are taught by the Faculty of Health and 4 units (providing discipline content for the additional teaching method) are taught by the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, along with other Schools in the Faculty of Arts and Education.
Additional Graduation requirements: Prior to graduation, students MUST have completed an Emergency First Aid Certificate (Level 2) and AUSTSWIM qualifications in order to satisfy VIT Specialist Area Physical Education requirements.
In order to satisfy the Victorian Institute of Teaching requirements for graduates to have good literacy and numeracy skills all students must successfully pass EXC425 Literacy and Numeracy in the Curriculum.
Detailed course rules
The Bachelor of Health and Physical Education may be awarded at pass level. To be awarded the Bachelor of Health and Physical Education pass degree a person shall:
1. be accepted for enrolment in a course of study leading to the award of a Bachelor Health and Physical Education pass degree and continue to be accepted for enrolment until completion of that course of study
2. complete a course of study amounting to 32 credit points provided that the course of study shall
2.1 include units amounting to 25 credit points from those units specified by Faculty Board from time to time as course-grouped units leading to the award of the degree of Bachelor of Health and Physical Education.
2.2 include units amounting to not less than 22 credit points at level 2 or higher, at least 6 credit points of which shall be taken at level 3 or higher, and at least 6 credit points of which shall be taken at level 4 or higher; and
2.3 include a major sequence of 6 units of professional education units amounting to not less than 6 credit points which include professional experience; and
2.4 include a major sequence of health and physical education studies of not less than 6 credit points; and
2.5 include a major sequence of no more than 8 credit points in a discipline area related to the curriculum method study of health and physical education; and
2.6 include a minor sequence of at least 4 credit points in an additional discipline area which is to be related to the secondary curriculum method studies undertaken as agreed with the Schools of Arts, and the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment; and
3. Prior to graduation, students are required to supply a certified copy of their level 2 Emergency First Aid and AustSwim qualifications in order to satisfy VIT Specialist Area Physical Education.
4. The course of study shall be completed within a period of not less than four years and except with the permission of the Faculty Board not more than 10 consecutive years from the date the person first enrolled in the course.
5. The course of study shall include satisfactory completion of at least 80 days of supervised school experience. Students should note that four years of tertiary study inclusive of teacher education is required for employment as a teacher in Victoria.
Discipline sequences
Discipline sequences for additional teaching methods were developed in consultation with the relevant faculties and discipline coordinators. Students must meet any prerequisites required by the offering Faculty. Units offered have been selected to most appropriately support the curriculum methodology study units while maintaining flexibility and student choice. Sequences have been designed to meet the Victorian Institute of Teaching ‘Specialist Area Guidelines’ for secondary teachers.
Specialist area Guidelines for teachers can be found on the website of the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT)
Biology
Chemistry
Dance (Burwood students only)
Drama (Burwood students only)
English - Literature (Burwood students only in 2013. For both Burwood and Geelong students from 2014.)
English - Children's literature (Burwood students only in 2013. For both Burwood and Geelong students from 2014.)
Mathematics
History
Course structure
Level 1
Trimester 1
| EPP101 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| EEH101 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| HBS109 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Plus Second Method Discipline Study 1
Trimester 2
| EPP102 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| EEH102 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| HSE102 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Plus Second Method Discipline Study 2
Level 2 (Commenced 2012 for Melbourne Burwood Campus students. Commencing 2014 for Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus students.)
Trimester 1
| EPP203 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| HSE201 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| HSE203 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Plus Second Method Discipline Study 3
Trimester 2
| EEH201 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| HSE202 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| HSE204 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Plus Second Method Discipline Study 4
Level 3 (Commencing 2013 for Melbourne Burwood Campus students. Commencing 2015 for Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus students.)
Trimester 1
| EPP304 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Plus Curriculum Study 2A for 2nd teaching method
| HSN201 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| HSE311 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Trimester 2
| EEH315 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| HSE314 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| EEH405 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Plus Curriculum Study 2A for 2nd teaching method
Level 4 (Commencing 2014 for Melbourne Burwood Campus students. Commencing 2016 for Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus students.)
Trimester 1
| EPP305 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| EEH455 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| EXC425 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| HSE301 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Trimester 2
| EPP406 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| EEH401 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| EEH404 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ESH403 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Notes:
1. All seven HSE coded units in this course have a HSE010 prerequisite zero credit point hurdle task unit that is a laboratory preparation unit.
2. EEH401 is a wholly online unit from 2014.
3. EEH404 commences from 2014 and is a core unit at Level 4.
Curriculum study method units
Biology
| ESS444 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ESS467 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Chemistry
| ESS444 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ESJ460 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Note: ESJ460 students to select Senior Chemistry: Curriculum specialism.
Dance
(ECA431/ECA432 students to select Dance specialism)
| ECA431 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ECA432 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Drama
(ECA431/ECA432 students to select Drama specialism)
| ECA431 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ECA432 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
English - Literature
| ECL461 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ECL462 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
English - Children's literature
| ECL461 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ECL462 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Mathematics
| ESM424 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ESM425 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
History
| ECS471 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ECS472 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Details of discipline sequences
Biology
| SLE111 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SLE132 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SLE254 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Choose one unit from the following:
| SLE203 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SLE234 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Details of discipline sequences
Details of discipline sequences
Chemistry
| SLE155 | Unit description is currently unavailable * |
| SLE210 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Choose two units from the following:
| SLE213 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SLE214 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SLE235 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
* SLE155 - Students without Year 12 Chemistry (or equivalent) are encouraged to complete SLE133 prior to SLE155.
Details of discipline sequences
Details of discipline sequences
English - Literature (Burwood students only in 2013. For both Burwood and Geelong students from 2014.)
| ALL101 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ALL102 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Select 2 units from the following:
| ALL201 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ALL202 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ALL260 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ALL274 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
English - Children's literature (Burwood students only in 2013. For both Burwood and Geelong students from 2014.)
| ALL153 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ALL154 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ALL228 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ALL230 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Details of discipline sequences
History
Select 2 units from the following:
| AIA104 | Unit description is currently unavailable (Final year of offer 2013.) |
| AIA105 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| AIA106 | Unit description is currently unavailable (Commencing 2014.) |
| AIH107 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| AIH108 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Select a further 2 units from the following:
| AIH205 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| AIH238 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| AIH265 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Note: AIH265 is offered in the wholly online teaching mode only.
Details of discipline sequences
Mathematics
| SIT192 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SIT194 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| SIT291 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
and
Students may select from:
| SIT281 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
or
| SIT292 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Details of discipline sequences
Drama - (Burwood students only)
| ACP101 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ACP177 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ACP279 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ACP280 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Note: ACP279 is a prerequisite of ACP280.
Details of discipline sequences
Dance - (Burwood students only)
| ACD101 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ACD102 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ACD203 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
| ACD204 | Unit description is currently unavailable |
Note: ACD203, ACD204 prerequisites apply.
Professional Experience requirements
Students are required for registration purposes (and for the award of the degree) to have completed over the duration of their course a minimum of 80 days of supervised school experience. Students are asked to ensure they are conversant with the Standards for Graduating Students as required by the Victorian Institute of Teaching. The school-based experience is organised by the Faculty of Arts and Education Professional Experience Office in consultation with schools. Students are advised that (normally) any paid or unpaid work undertaken in a school as an unqualified teacher/teacher’s aide will not be recognised for credit in the course. A satisfactory level of teaching competence during supervised school experience is required for award of the degree. An “unsatisfactory” result on any school experience placement will be referred to the Faculty Academic Progress and Discipline Committee.
Graduates of an accredited teaching course are advised that teacher registration is required in Victoria and is administered by the Victorian Institute of Teaching under the Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic.). Teacher registration includes the ability to satisfy the Standards for Graduating Students (available at: vit.vic.edu.au).
Students receive a copy of the Professional Experience Handbook each year from the Professional Experience Office (also available at deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/education/schoolexp). Information contained in the Handbook is updated annually and is a summary of Faculty rules in relation to school experience.
Schedule of new Education Studies/ Professional Experience units
| EPP101 | Unit description is currently unavailable (4 days) |
| EPP102 | Unit description is currently unavailable (6 days) |
| EPP203 | Unit description is currently unavailable (10 days) |
| EPP304 | Unit description is currently unavailable (15 days) |
| EPP305 | Unit description is currently unavailable (10 days) |
| EPP406 | Unit description is currently unavailable (35 days) |
To pass the units listed above pre-service teachers must successfully complete the unit work assignment component, submitting and passing the unit’s associated assessment pieces;
and successfully complete the appropriate professional experience days based in school/s.
The practicum component is assessed primarily by the supervising classroom teacher in consultations with the pre-service teacher. Satisfactory completion of the practicum component within each education studies/professional experience unit is compulsory in order for the student to progress.