Teachers and education professionals have the power to scaffold and shape young minds. Start a rewarding career working with children with the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary).

Graduates qualify to work across a wide age range:

• Preschool and early childhood (birth – 5 years): Play a meaningful role in intellectual and social development during the crucial early years.
• Primary school (kinder – year 6): Work across the full scale of children’s intellectual, physical and social development.

Study in our state-of-the-art technologies. SimTeach, SimCave and SimSchool immerse students in virtual reality and hands-on experiences. These technologies 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

You can study a range of courses in:

• psychology of learning and teaching
• children's learning and growth across the span of birth to 12 years
• families and society
• programming and planning for children aged 0-5 years
• language and mathematical learning
• aboriginal education
• policy and issues
• behaviour management
• special education
• ethics and professional codes of conduct.

Core Courses

Complete the following core courses to fulfil the requirements of this program.

• Aboriginal Education, Policies and Issues
• Becoming a Teacher: Primary and Early Childhood Context
• Culture, Diversity and Inclusion in Early Childhood and Primary School Settings
• Early Childhood Education and Care: Children's places
• Early Childhood/Primary Professional Experience
• Educational Psychology: Learners and the Learning Process
• Elementary Mathematics
• Foundation of Creative Arts for Early Childhood and Primary Teachers
• Foundations of Child Development
• Foundations of Early Childhood Health and Well-Being
• Foundations of Language - Primary and Early Childhood contexts
• Foundations of Science and Technology
• Inclusive Education in Early Childhood and Primary Settings
• Inquiry into Early Childhood Philosophy and Practices
• K-6 Creative Arts
• K-6 Literacy 1
• K-6 Numeracy
• K-6 PDHPE
• K-6 Science and Technology
• K-6 Society and Environment
• Leadership, Advocacy and Administration in EC Settings
• Multiliteracies, Communication and the Young Child
• Pedagogies of Numeracy from Birth to 12 Years
• Pedagogies of Reading and Writing: Birth to 12 Years
• Quality Teaching and Student Learning K-6
• Research as Practice
• Schooling, Identity and Society
• Teaching, Learning and Play in Early Childhood
• The Australian Experience
• The Future of Teaching and Learning

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

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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While most study Education to become teachers, your qualification opens doors to careers in related industries, including leadership and professional roles in research and policy development.

Professional outcomes

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

• Early Childhood Teacher
• Early Childhood Centre Director
• Specialist Teacher in Primary School
• 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.