Primary school (kinder – year 6) is the critical period where children cultivate life-long skills. Discover how you can empower the next generation and influence positive change.

Study in our state-of-the-art technologies: SimTeach, SimCave and SimSchool. These immerse students in both virtual reality and hands-on experiences and prepare students for diverse contexts and diverse students. Our technologies are used to reflect our commitment to equity, excellence and indigenous knowledge, through shared experiences, indigenous storytelling and reflective practice.

Key study areas include:

• Foundations of primary education
• how to teach K-6 curriculum
• language and literacy development
• psychology of learning and teaching
• behaviour management

Study courses in any of the following areas:

• human society and its environment
• creative arts
• English
• personal development, health and physical education
• mathematics
• science and technology
• special education

Core

Course List

Creative Arts

Choose 40 units from the following course list with no more than 20 units at the 1000 level and a minimum of 20 units of EDUC courses.

• Creativity in practice: drama pedagogies for imaginative learning
• Knowledge and Communication Technologies
• Media Arts Learning in Primary School: An Integrated Approach
• Teaching Science with The Creative Arts

Human Society and its Environment

Choose 40 units from the following course list with no more than 20 units at the 1000 level and a minimum of 20 units of EDUC courses.

• Applied Learning in Diverse Contexts
• Auslan Language and Culture Beginners 1
• Chinese Language and Culture Beginners 2 (A1.1 to A1.2) for students with other language backgrounds
• Chinese Language and culture Beginners 1 (A0 to A1.1) for students with other language backgrounds
• Civics and Citizenship Education
• Communicating with Aboriginal People Across Genres
• Education in Global Perspective: Issues for Australian teachers
• Environment and Society
• Europe and the World
• French Language and Culture Beginners 1 (A0 to A1.1)
• French Language and Culture Beginners 2 (A1.1 to A1.2)
• German Language and Culture Beginners 1 (A0 to A1.1)
• German Language and Culture Beginners 2 (A1.1 to A1.2)
• Global Education Pedagogies
• Intercultural Understanding for Educators
• Introduction to Human Geography
• Japanese Language and Culture Beginners 1 (A0 to A1.1)
• Japanese Language and Culture Beginners 2 (A1.1 to A1.2)
• Social Development and the Environment
• Specialist Studies in Languages 1
• What is Anthropology
• World Religions

Personal Development, Health and Physical Ed

Choose 40 units from the following course list with no more than 20 units at the 1000 level and a minimum of 20 units of EDUC courses.

• Lifetime Physical Activities
• Nutrition in Childhood
• PE Studies 1: Motor Development and Skill Acquisition
• PE Studies 3: Performance Activities
• Physical Education, Physical Activity and Health Research in Primary Schools
• Primary Kinetics 1
• The Daughters and Dads program: Optimising children's physical activity and well-being

Mathematics

Choose 40 units from the following course list with no more than 20 units at the 1000 level and a minimum of 20 units of EDUC courses.

• Mathematics With a View to Teaching
• Physical Education, Physical Activity and Health Research in Primary Schools
• Specialist Studies in Mathematics 1
• Thinking and Working Mathematically

Science and Technology

Choose 40 units from the following course list with no more than 20 units at the 1000 level and a minimum of 20 units of EDUC/EDST courses.

• Climate and Energy
• Earth: Our Dynamic Planet
• Environmental Science Concepts and Methods
• Introduction to Astronomy
• Introductory Chemistry I
• Introductory Chemistry II
• Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences
• Knowledge and Communication Technologies
• Molecules, Cells and Organisms
• Organisms to Ecosystems
• Our Oceans
• Psychology Introduction 1
• Teaching Science with The Creative Arts

Special Education

Choose 40 units from the following course list. Students undertaking Special Education Discipline Depth must complete EDUC4167 Special Education Internship.

• Assessing and Addressing Learning Difficulties
• Meet Spec. Needs in Diverse Social and Educ. Context
• Planning for Teaching in Special Education
• Supporting Behaviour Change

These are courses currently available in "Course List", for full requirements and availability always refer to the handbook.

Core Courses

Course List

2024 Program Handbook

The courses shown above are a guide, and don't reflect the exact year-by-year structure of the program, you should always refer to the program handbook for details of the complete program structure, course requirements and availability.

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Diversify your skills and career pathways by qualifying for both teaching and non-teaching roles. Work with diverse families and children in various educational settings.

Professional outcomes

On completion of this degree, you’ll be able to work in roles such as:

• Primary School Teacher
• Specialist Teacher in Primary School
• English as a Second Language Teacher
• Community Educator
• Education Policy Analyst
• Curriculum Developer or Evaluator

Admission to our undergraduate degree programs usually requires successful completion of a senior secondary school qualification similar to the Higher School Certificate (HSC).

TOEFL paper-based test score of 610; TOEFL internet based score of 102; IELTS (Academic) score of 7.5. (Listing, Speaking: 8.0; Reading, writing: 7.5); PTE GSE score of 73; Cambridge English: Advanced score of 74.