Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)

Unit of study table

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    EDEC1004 
EDGU1006
Texts and Expectations 
6     
EDEC1007
Health and Wellbeing in Early Childhood 
6    EDEC1005 and EDEC1006 and EDGU1006 
EDEC1008
History and Philosophy of ECE 
6    EDEC1005 and EDEC1006 and EDGU1006 
EDEC1009
Creative Arts in Early Childhood 1 
6    18 credit points including EDEC1005 and EDEC1006 
EDEC2009 

2000 level core units

EDEC2005
Ethics and Social Justice in ECE 
6    P 42 credit points including EDEC1005 and EDEC1006 and EDUF1020
EDEC3001 
EDEC2006
Language and Communication in EC 
6    P 42 credit points including EDEC1005 and EDEC1006 and EDUF1020
EDEC2004 
EDEC2007
Science and Technology in the Early Years 
6    P 42 credit points including EDEC2006 and EDEC2011
EDEC3005 
EDEC2008
Professional Communication 
6    72 credit points including EDEC2006 
EDEC2010 
EDEC2010
EC Professional Experience 1 
6    P 72 credit points including EDEC2006 and EDEC2011
EDEC2008 

3000 level core units

EDEC3003
Mathematics in Early Childhood 
6    90 credit points including EDEC2002 OR EDEC2010 
EDEC3007
Infant-Toddler Learning and Development 
6    84 credit points including EDEC2010 and EDEC2008 
EDEC3008 
EDEC3008
EC Professional Experience 2 
6    84 credit points including EDEC2010 and EDEC2008 
EDEC3007 
EDEC3009
Creative Arts in Early Childhood 2 
6   

C EDEC3011

96 credit points, including (EDEC2001 or EDEC2009) and EDEC2010 

EDEC3010
Leading and Managing Quality EC Services 
6    108 credit points including EDEC3008
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 132cp 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
EDEC4013
EC Internship and Practitioner Inquiry 
12   

P Completion of 168 credit points

C EDEC4010