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Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)

Unit of study table

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 31 January 2024.
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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 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

Education Studies major

A major in education studies requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units;
(ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units;
(iii) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units;
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level selective units;
(v) 6 credit points of 3000-level capstone units; and
(vi) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units.

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

1000 level units of study

EDUF1020
Rethinking Education
6 N EDUF1018
EDUF1021
Sociological Perspectives in Education
6 P EDUF1020
N EDUF2007

2000 level units of study

EDUF2021
Aboriginal Education in Context
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Education Studies
EDUF2022
Special and Inclusive Education
6 P 12 credit points at 1000 level in Education Studies

3000 level units of study

Core
EDUF3040
Psychological Perspectives in Education

Capstone
EDUF3050
Education Capstone

Selectives

Students in the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) must enrol in EDUF3136 Research with Young Children as their 3000 level Education Studies major selective unit.

EDUF3041
Dynamics of Child Development and Educational Neuroscience
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
EDUF3042
Motivation, Engagement and Learning
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
EDUF3043
Sex, Gender and Sexuality in Education
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
EDUF3044
Advanced Educational Foundations
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
EDUF3045
Transforming Education: Pedagogy, Leadership and Change
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
EDUF3046
Empowering Learners Across the Lifespan
6 P 12 credit points of 2000-level EDUF-coded units
EDUF3047
De/colonising Indigenous Education
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
EDUF3039
Designing for Social Innovation
6 P 96 credit points
EDUF3032
Curriculum and Assessment
6 P 12 credit points of 2000-level EDUF units
EDUF3135
Aboriginal Community Engagement
6 P 48 credit points
EDUF3028
Mentoring in Educational Contexts
6 P 42 credit points of units
EDUF3037
Creativity, Learning and Teacher Artistry
6 P 42 credit points of units
EDUF3026
Global Perspectives, Poverty and Education
6 P 42 credit points of units
EDUF3027
International Education
6 P 42 credit points of units
EDUF3038
International Experience
6 P 96 credit points of units
EDUF3136
Research with Young Children
6 P 48 credit points
EDUF3553
Education Exchange
6  
EDUF3558
Education Exchange
6  

Interdisciplinary project

If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major.
If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major.
If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major.
FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6 P Completion of at least 90 credit points
FASS3333
Industry and Community Project
6 C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major
P 72 credit points

Post-publication amendments

Date
Original publication
Post-publication amendment
23/11/2023 EDEC2011 was not available for section EDEC2011 available for selection
23/11/2023 Education Studies major selectives collection text missing Education Studies major selectives collection text added:
Students in the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) must enrol in EDUF3136 Research with Young Children as their 3000 level Education Studies major selective unit.
31/01/2024 Prerequisites (P) for EDUF3046 published as:
P 12 credit points of 2000-level EDUF-coded units
Prerequisites (P) for EDUF3046 amended to:
P 12 credit points of 2000-level EDUF units
31/01/2024
Prerequisites (P) for EDUF3032 published as:
P 42 credit points of units
Prerequisites (P) for EDUF3032 amended to:
P 12 credit points of 2000-level EDUF units