Education and Music

Share your passion for music with the next generation through this double degree. You’ll graduate with the specialist expertise needed to help young people engage their musicality and find their own creative flair.

Breaking down this degree

This course leads to two separate degrees. Depending on your specialisation, you’ll graduate with a Bachelor of Music 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 music. Specialise in secondary education and you’ll qualify as a specialist music teacher.

What you’ll be learning

This degree will deepen your perspectives on the historical, creative, technical and cultural aspects of music.

On top of this, you’ll specialise in performance, composition, music technology or popular music. In turn, you’ll inspire the same passion in your students.

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

Look ahead to an exciting career

This double degree will not only prepare you for teaching in primary or secondary schools, you’ll also have opportunities beyond the classroom – in settings like choirs, instrumental ensembles, school and community productions, as well as therapeutic environments.

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.