Bachelor of Education (Primary)

Unit of study table (Table A)

This page was first published on 13 November 2025 and was last amended on 6 May 2026.
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Education (Primary)

Candidates must complete 192 credit points of units of study comprising:
(i) 132 credit points of core units;
(ii) a 48 credit point major in Education Studies; and
(iii) either 12 credit points of 4000-level Table A electives; or
(iv) 12 credit points from an optional Table A Primary Teaching specialisation.
Students complete 36 credit points in core units and 12 credit points from the Education Studies major in each year of the degree.

Core units

Students complete 132 credit points in the following sequence:
(i) 36 credit points of 1000-level core units;
(ii) 36 credit points of 2000-level core units;
(iii) 36 credit points of 3000-level core units; and
(iv) 24 credit points of 4000-level core units.
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

1000 level units

EDUP1011
Foundations of English Education
6  
EDUP1012
Science and Technology K-6 A
6 N EDUP1005
EDUP1013
Health and Physical Education 1
6  
EDUP1014
Ways of Knowing in HSIE K-6
6  
EDUP1015
Teaching Primary Mathematics 1
6  
EDUP1016
Education and the Arts 1
6  

2000 level units

EDUP2030
Professional Knowledge and Practice 1
6 P 36 credit points of 1000-level EDUP units
C EDUP2033
EDUP2033
Supporting Behaviour and Well-being
6 P 36 credit points of 1000-level EDUP units
EDUP2036
Education and the Arts 2
6 P 36 credit points of 1000-level EDUP units including EDUP1016
EDUP2031
Building English Education
6 P 36 credit points of 1000-level EDUP units
EDUP2032
Science and Technology K-6 B
6 P 36 credit points of 1000-level EDUP units
EDUP2035
Teaching Primary Mathematics 2
6 P 36 credit points of 1000-level EDUP units including EDUP1015
EDLN2000
LANTITE Undergraduate
0  
Please note, candidates must enrol in EDLN2000 LANTITE Undergraduate in Semester 2 and successfully pass the tests in order for a grade of "satisfied requirements" (SR) to be awarded.

3000 level units

EDUP3041
TESOL in Practice
6 P 36 credit points of 2000-level EDUP-coded units
EDUP3042
Science and Technology K-6 C
6 P 36 credit points of 2000-level EDUP-coded units including EDUP2032
EDUP3043
Health and Physical Education 2
6 P 36 credit points of 2000-level EDUP-coded units
EDUP3044
Creative Pedagogies for HSIE K-6
6 P 36 credit points of 2000-level EDUP-coded units
EDUP3045
Teaching Primary Mathematics 3
6 P 36 credit points of 2000-level EDUP-coded units including EDUP2035
EDUP3040
Professional Knowledge and Practice 2
6 P EDUF2021 and 36 credit points of 2000-level EDUP-coded units

4000 level core units

EDUP4091
Expanding English Horizons
6 P 36 credit points of 3000-level EDUP-coded units
N EDUP4076
EDUP4092
Personalising Literacies
6 P 36 credit points of 3000-level EDUP-coded units
EDUP4093
Digitally Enhanced Learning
6 P 36 credit points of 3000-level EDUP-coded units
EDUP4090
Professional Engagement Final Practice
6 P EDUP4091 and EDUP4092
C EDUP4093
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Optional Primary Teaching specialisation

Mathematics
A Primary teaching specialisation in Mathematics requires:
(i) 12 credit points of 4000-level core units.
EDUP4101
Leading Mathematics Learning A
6 P 36 credit points of 3000-level EDUP-coded units
A 2 units of mathematics at HSC level or equivalent
EDUP4102
Leading Mathematics Learning B
6 P EDUP4101
A 2 Units of Mathematics at the NSW High School Certificate level or equivalent
Science and Technology
A Primary teaching specialisation in Science and Technology requires:
(i) 12 credit points of core units:
EDUP4103
Advanced Science and Technology K-6 A
6 P 36 credit points of 3000-level EDUP-coded units
N EDUP4083
EDUP4104
Advanced Science and Technology K-6 B
6 P EDUP4103
N EDUP4084
Primary Languages
A Primary teaching specialisation in Primary Languages requires:
(i) 12 credit points of core units:
EDUP4105
Primary Languages Specialisation A
6 P 36 credit points of 3000-level EDUP-coded units
A Revisiting and maintaining your own proficiencies in the target language
EDUP4106
Primary Languages Specialisation B
6 P EDUP4105
A Maintenance of proficiencies and skills in the target language

Elective units of study

Where a Primary teaching specialisation is not undertaken, students complete:
(i) 12 credit points of 4000-level elective units:
EDUP4107
Specialist Pedagogies for Learning A
6 P 36 credit points of 3000-level EDUP-coded units
N EDUP4009
EDUP4108
Creativity: Practice and Pedagogy
6 P 36 credit points of 3000-level EDUP-coded units
EDUP4109
Specialist Pedagogies for Learning B
6 P EDUP4107
EDUP4110
Koori Kids: School-Community Connections
6 P 36 credit points of 3000-level EDUP-coded units
A EDUF2021, EDUP3040
EDUP4111
Teaching in Multilingual Classrooms
6 P 36 credit points of 3000-level EDUP-coded units
A EDUP3041

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
19/3/2026 EDUP4108 published as "Creativity: Pedagogy and Practice" EDUP4108 corrected to "Creativity: Practice and Pedagogy"
06/05/2026 Optional Primary Specialisation table for improperly formatted. Formatting corrected, no substantive amendments.