In response to COVID-19, the University of Sydney has reviewed the availability of courses to be delivered remotely for students commencing their studies in Semester 1, 2021.
Some units of study and/or placements relating to this course cannot be delivered remotely or online for students commencing their study in Semester 1, 2021. You will be required to attend in-person on campus from Semester 2, 2022.
Note: The University intends to offer as many units of study as possible in a remote as well as face-to-face learning method of delivery in Semester 1, 2021 and subject to ongoing border closures and public health orders impacting attendance on campus, in Semester 2, 2021. However, some units of study and courses require students to study in-person at the relevant University of Sydney campus/es and host locations for placements and will not be available remotely.
About this course
This degree will give you a professional qualification to teach children from birth to five years in early childhood education settings.
Our innovative teacher education program incorporates introductory and advanced curriculum units, a strong social justice and leadership focus.
You will have 630 hours of work-based placement in early childhood settings that exceed minimum requirements, scope to develop and apply research skills in an honours strand, along with opportunities to develop strong practical and research skills.
You will study specialist units in early childhood education and development, complemented by generalist units in education and professional studies, as well as elective units of study in the sciences, social sciences and humanities offered by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the Faculty of Science, and the University of Sydney Business School.
During your candidature you will undertake professional experience in an early childhood setting with children from birth to three years.
By fourth year you will be competent to teach in an early learning centre using your professional judgement and autonomy.
Your final, fourth-year, 30-day internship will be complemented by a practitioner inquiry research project in which you focus on an area of specialisation.
Please note: From 2022, the University will be offering a new version of this degree, course details for the new degree will be available in due course.