Education and Fine Art

Develop your craft. Shape the next generation. This double degree sets you up for a career driven by creativity – helping young people understand the value of art and artistic expression.

Breaking down this degree

This course leads to two separate degrees. Depending on your specialisation, you’ll graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Art and either the:

• Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Primary Education
• Bachelor of Education (Honours) in Secondary Education

Specialise in primary education and you’ll be able to teach across the school curriculum, with particular expertise in art. Specialise in secondary education and you’ll qualify as a specialist art teacher.

What you’ll be learning

In an experimental studio-based environment, you’ll explore and develop your knowledge and skills across painting, drawing, photography, jewellery, glass and printmaking. You’ll also be studying video art, film, installation practices and 3D print modelling for artists.

Combined with your education studies, you’ll learn how to be an innovative and effective teacher, with the capacity to bring out the artistic sensibilities in young people.

Look ahead to an exciting career

With an understanding of creative learning and development, your career options go well beyond schools. With this double degree, you might pursue work in areas like education and arts policy and planning, cultural events management, galleries and museums, arts administration, consultancy and even therapeutic settings.

About registration and accreditation

Here’s what you need to know:

• All primary and secondary education specialisations are accredited by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) using national accreditation standards.
• This means your qualification will be accepted in Victoria and all other Australian states and territories.

At the time of enrolment in a course at Monash University, you must be at least 17 years of age.

View all minimum age requirements.

All Monash undergraduate courses require you to have successfully completed a minimum of an Australian Year 12 qualification (or equivalent) and achieve the required academic entry score. Most Monash faculties generally use your most recent studies for admission however other guidelines may apply where your prior qualification may be considered.