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Bachelor of Education (Primary)

Unit of study table (Table A)

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

Optional Primary Teaching specialisation

Mathematics
A Primary teaching specialisation in Mathematics requires:
(i) 12 credit points of 4000-level core units.
EDUP4101 Mathematics Learning A
EDUP4102 Mathematics Learning B
Science and Technology specialisation
A Primary teaching specialisation in Science and Technology requires:
(i) 12 credit points of core units:
EDUP4103 Advanced Science and Technology K-6 A
EDUP4104 Advanced Science and Technology K-6 B
Primary Languages
A Primary teaching specialisation in Primary Languages requires:
(i) 12 credit points of core units:
EDUP4105 Primary Languages Specialisation A
EDUP4106 Primary Languages Specialisation B
Elective units of study
Where a Primary teaching specialisation is not undertaken, students complete:
(i) 12 credit points of 4000-level elective units:
EDUP4107 Special Education A
EDUP4108 Creativity: Pedagogy and Practice
EDUP4109 Special Education B
EDUP4110 Supporting Aboriginal Students K-6
EDUP4111 Teaching in Multilingual Classrooms