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Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)

Unit of study table

This page was first published on 14 November 2024 and was last amended on 4 February 2025.
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Education (Early Childhood)

Candidates must complete 192 credit points of units of study comprising:
(i) 144 credit points of core units; and
(ii) a 48 credit point major in Education Studies.

Core units

(i) 36 credit points of 1000-level core units;
(ii) 36 credit points of 2000-level units;
(iii) 36 credit points of 3000-level units; and
(iv) 36 credit points of 4000-level units.
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

1000 level core units

EDEC1005
Introduction to EC Education
6  
EDEC1006
Learning Through Play in Early Childhood
6 N EDEC1004
EDGU1006
Texts and Expectations
6  
EDEC1007
Health and Wellbeing in Early Childhood
6 P EDEC1005 and EDEC1006 and EDGU1006
EDEC1008
History and Philosophy of ECE
6 P EDEC1005 and EDEC1006 and EDGU1006
EDEC1009
Creative Arts in Early Childhood 1
6 P 18 credit points including EDEC1005 and EDEC1006
N EDEC2009

2000 level core units

EDEC2005
Ethics and Social Justice in ECE
6 P 42 credit points including EDEC1005 and EDEC1006 and EDUF1020
N EDEC3001
EDEC2006
Language and Communication in EC
6 P 42 credit points including EDEC1005 and EDEC1006 and EDUF1020
N EDEC2004
C EDEC2011
EDEC2007
Science and Technology in the Early Years
6 P 42 credit points including EDEC2006 and EDEC2011
N EDEC3005
EDEC2008
Professional Communication
6 P 72 credit points including EDEC2006
C EDEC2010
EDEC2010
EC Professional Experience 1
6 P 72 credit points including EDEC2006 and EDEC2011
C EDEC2008
EDEC2011
Child Development (3-8 Years)
6 P 42 credit points including (EDEC1005 and EDEC1006 and EDEC1007 and EDEC1008)
C EDEC2006

3000 level core units

EDEC3003
Mathematics in Early Childhood
6 P 90 credit points including EDEC2002 or EDEC2010
EDEC3007
Infant-Toddler Learning and Development
6 P 84 credit points including EDEC2010 and EDEC2008
C EDEC3008
EDEC3008
EC Professional Experience 2
6 P 84 credit points including EDEC2010 and EDEC2008
C EDEC3007
EDEC3009
Creative Arts in Early Childhood 2
6 C EDEC3011
P 96 credit points, including (EDEC2001 or EDEC2009) and EDEC2010
EDEC3010
Leading and Managing Quality EC Services
6 P 108 credit points including EDEC3008
C EDEC3011
EDEC3011
EC Professional Experience 3
6 P 108 credit points including (EDEC3008 or EDUF2022)
C EDEC3009 and EDEC3010

4000 level core units

EDEC4007
Partnering with Families on the Margins
6 P EDEC3010 and EDEC3011
EDEC4008
STEM in Early Childhood
6 P 132 credit points including EDEC2007 and EDEC3003
EDEC4009
Language and Literacies
6 P 132 credit points including EDEC3007 and EDEC3008 and EDEC3011
EDEC4010
Early Childhood Policy and Advocacy
6 P 152 credit points including EDEC4007
EDEC4012
Early Childhood Internship
6 P 18 credit points in 4000-level EDEC coded units
C EDEC4010 and (EDUF3050 or EDEC4011)
EDEC4014
Trauma-Informed Early Education
6 A EDEC2005, EDEC2011, EDEC3007, EDEC4007
P 18 credit points in 4000-level EDEC coded units

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
4/02/2025 Education Studies major present in this unit of study table. Education Studies major removed from this unit of study table. For enrolment information about the Education Studies major, navigate to the Education Studies major unit of study table (Table A).