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 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