Bachelor
The Bachelor of Adult and Vocational Education is designed for teachers and workplace trainers, offering tailored study options and recognizing prior vocational qualifications. It fulfills professional development requirements and is approved under the Victorian TAFE Teaching Staff Agreement 2018.
If you're currently a teacher or workplace trainer or seeking to become a teacher or workplace trainer in adult and vocational education, this course is for you. Our Bachelor of Adult and Vocational Education meets the professional needs of students with vocational qualifications who want to teach in their discipline area in an adult learning environment or within their particular vocational setting.
Our course recognises the diversity of the adult and vocational education sectors, offering a number of major fields of study to allow you to focus study towards a particular field of development. Or you can select from a wide range of elective subjects to tailor study to meet your personal or professional learning goals.
The course recognises your previous vocational qualifications and professional experience by awarding a full year of entry-level credit and allows further credit if you have previously completed Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. Completion of this course also fulfils the professional development requirements for vocational trainers and educators.
The Bachelor of Adult and Vocational Education is an approved qualification for the purposes of the Victorian TAFE Teaching Staff Agreement 2018 (MEA).
This course is part of an articulated program of study. Articulated programs allow you to build on your study to achieve the right level of qualification for you.
Students must have a recognised vocational qualification as noted below:
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Completion of previous university study and/or work experience relevant to adult or vocational education that can be assessed by the Course Director as equivalent to a Certificate III as part of a completed apprenticeship leading to trade recognition and accreditation and a minimum of three years relevant industrial experience.
Standard English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements apply. Click here to view the specific international course entry requirements.
For each 8-point subject you are enrolled in, you should expect to spend 10 to 12 hours per week working on assignments and assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, and attending lectures, intensive schools, or examinations. If you are studying four subjects per session, this is equivalent to a full-time job. The workload for some subjects may vary as a result of approved course design.
You may need to attend an online or on-campus intensive school for certain subjects in this course. These schools usually involve lectures, tutorials and practicals that will give you a deeper understanding of your subject.
The course consists of core foundation knowledge students have developed in their prior study and work experience and is captured as VET08C credit, the Adult and Vocational Foundation subjects OR the Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Foundation subjects, and completion of a major area of study, or eight restricted electives.
Credit Package (64 pts)Students receive VET08C Entry Level Vocational Credit (64 points) on admission for completion of prior qualifications and work experience: these qualifications and work experience are the core learning for the associate degree (the first year of study).
Essential Set (128 pts)Adult and Vocational Teaching OR Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy foundation64 Credit PointsStudents select from eight adult and vocational education teaching subjects, or eight adult language, literacy or numeracy subjects.
Adult and Vocational Teaching 64 Credit PointsCompulsory subjects32 Credit PointsCodeTitleCredit PointsIKC101First Nations Foundations: Knowing, Relating and Understanding Country8EML102Written Communication8EEL320Learning Theories for Post Compulsory Education8EEE304Assessment Practices in Adult and Vocational Education8Professional extension 8 Credit PointsCodeTitleCredit PointsEMV302Adult and Vocational Education in Australia8OREMV303The Expert Adult and Vocational Education Teacher8