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Bachelor of Education (Primary)

Unit of study table (Table A)

This page was first published on 15 November 2023 and was last amended on 31 January 2024.
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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 36cp of 1000-level EDUP units
C EDUP2033
EDUP2033
Supporting Behaviour and Well-being
6 P 36cp of 1000-level EDUP units
EDUP2036
Education and the Arts 2
6 P 36cp of 1000-level EDUP units
EDUP2031
Building English Education
6 P 36cp of 1000-level EDUP units
EDUP2032
Science and Technology K-6 B
6 P 36cp of 1000-level EDUP units
EDUP2035
Teaching Primary Mathematics 2
6 P 36cp of 1000-level EDUP units
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
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
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 Horizons of English Education
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
(available from 2025)
EDUP4092
Personalising Literacies
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
(available from 2025)
EDUP4093
Digitally Enhanced Learning
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
(available from 2025)
EDUP4090
Professional Engagement Final Practice
6 This unit of study is being developed, subject to change
(available from 2025)

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 (available from 2025)
EDUP4102 Mathematics Learning B (available from 2025)
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 (available from 2025)
EDUP4104 Advanced Science and Technology K-6 B (available from 2025)
Primary Languages
A Primary teaching specialisation in Primary Languages requires:
(i) 12 credit points of core units:
EDUP4105 Primary Languages Specialisation A (available from 2025)
EDUP4106 Primary Languages Specialisation B (available from 2025)
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 (available from 2025)
EDUP4108 Creativity: Pedagogy and Practice (available from 2025)
EDUP4109 Special Education B (available from 2025)
EDUP4110 Supporting Aboriginal Students K-6 (available from 2025)
EDUP4111 Teaching in Multilingual Classrooms (available from 2025)

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
(available from 2024)
Capstone
EDUF3050
Education Capstone
(available from 2024)
Selectives
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
01/01/2023 Unit prefix 'EDUFXXXX' in supplementary text for collection "optional teaching specialisations" published as:
EDUFXXXX
Unit prefix 'EDUFXXXX' in supplementary text for collection "optional teaching specialisations" amended to:
EDUPXXXX
31/01/2024 No prerequisites (P) for EDUF3046. Prerequisites (P) for EDUF3046 added:
P 12 credit points of 2000-level EDUF-coded 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