Education and Social Work
Study options (+ guides and planners)
Offering
Our early childhood degree qualifies you to teach children from birth to five years in prior-to-school settings.
Offering
Our primary education degree qualifies you to teach primary school aged children from five to 12 years (Kindergarten – Year 6).
Offerings
Education Studies (major)
Offering
*A professional qualification that is accredited by the Australian Association of Social Workers.
Offerings
- Indigenous Studies (major)*
- Indigenous Studies (minor)*
*Available to all students studying the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Visual Arts, as well as all combined Bachelor of Advanced Studies degrees.
Guide and planner
Important information
A number of Education courses have minimum Maths, English and HSC band requirements and prerequisites. Please check admissions information on the degree course page for details.
For students whose HSC results or subject choices do not meet the mathematics prerequisite for enrolment, the University offers a 30-hour massive open online course (MOOC) entitled "Introduction to Calculus", as a way to satisify the mathematics prerequisite before the deadline for finalising UAC preferences has passed.
Information about this option – including the October 2023 registration dates for exams related to enrolment in Semester One, 2024 – is available from the MOOC for mathematics webpage.
Applicants to all teacher-education degrees in Australia, except early childhood, are required to complete a brief personal statement that will allows us to assess their suitability for teaching against the non-academic qualities commonly found in successful teachers.
Sydney School of Education and Social Work will hold an interactive online session for Wednesday, September 20, from 4–4.30pm, to guide teaching-degree applicants through the process of preparing their personal statement. The session will cover both local and international application processes.