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Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education) (Birth to 12)

EDUC01

Faculty:
Faculty of Human Sciences
Department:
Institute of Early Childhood
Award:
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education) (Birth to 12) (BED(ECE)(0-12))
Study Mode:
Full-time, Part-time
Attendance Mode:
Internal, External
Candidature Length:
Full-time: 4 years
Study Period Offerings:
Session 1 (March)
General requirements:
Minimum number of credit points for the degree 96
Minimum number of credit points at 300 level or above offered by the Institute of Early Childhood 45
Minimum number of credit points not offered by the Institute of Early Childhood 15
Completion of a designated People unit
Completion of a designated Planet unit
Completion of a designated PACE unit
Completion of other specific minimum requirements as set out below
Note:
Students must complete one designated People unit and one designated Planet unit. One of those units must be taken outside the Department administering the program of study which the student is admitted to, and the other unit must be taken outside the Faculty administering the program of study which the student is admitted to. Units which are already a required unit of the student's program of study will not satisfy the People unit requirement or Planet unit requirement.

In order to graduate students must ensure that they have satisfied all of the general requirements of the award: see the general requirements listed above.

Specific minimum requirements:

Credit points

100 level

Required
3
Play and Inquiry in Early Childhood (3)
 
ECH113
Required
either
or
 
Foundation Studies in Early Childhood Education (3)
 
ECH120
3
History and Philosophy or Early Childhood (3)
 
ECHE120
Required
either
or
 
Early Childhood in Australia: The Social Context (3)
 
ECH126
3
Education: The Social and Historical Context (3)
 
EDUC106
Required
3
Health in Early Childhood (3)
 
ECH130
Required
3
The Arts in Early Childhood Contexts (3)
 
ECH131
Required
3
Early Childhood Reflective Practice 1 (3)
 
ECHP122
Required
3
Exploring English (3)
 
LING120
Required
3
A View of Mathematics (3)
 
MATH106

200 level

Required
either
or
 
Infancy and Early Development (3)
 
ECH216
3
Infancy and Early Development (3)
 
ECHE118
Required
3
Child Development 4-12 Years (3)
 
ECH218
Required
either
or
 
Human Society: Understanding Diversity (3)
 
ECH230
3
PDHPE/HSIE (3)
 
ECHE330
Required
3
Young Children's Language, Literature and Literacy (3)
 
ECH231
Required
3
Young Children's Mathematics, Science and Technology 1 (3)
 
ECH232
Required
3
Early Childhood Reflective Practice 2 (3)
 
ECHP222
Required
3
Human Society and its Environment (3)
 
EDUC289

300 level

Required
3
Management and Leadership 1 - The Socio-Political Context of Teaching (3)
 
ECH315
Required
3
The Arts in Education (3)
 
ECH319
Required
3
Children, Families and Communities in a Diverse Society (3)
 
ECH326
Required
either
or
 
PDHPE: Wellness and Wellbeing (3)
 
ECH332
3
Curriculum and Teaching in Primary School 3 (3)
 
EDTE353
Required
3
Developmental Difference and Disability (3)
 
ECH333
Required
either
or
 
Young Children's Mathematics, Science and Technology 2 (3)
 
ECH335
3
Teaching and Learning Mathematics, Science and Technology 2 (3)
 
ECHE234
Required
either
or
 
Reflective Practice 3 (3)
 
ECHP323
3
Professional Experience 3 (3)
 
ECHP223
Required
either
or
 
Reflective Practice 4 (3)
 
ECHP324
3
Professional Experience 4 (3)
 
ECHP327

400 level

Required
either
or both
and
 
Early Childhood Internship (6)
C/P
ECHP499
 
Reflective Practice 6 (3)
C/P
ECHP424
6
ECH451 - ECH454
Required
3
Teaching and Learning Science and Technology (3)
 
ECH430
Required
3
Teaching and Learning Mathematics (3)
 
ECH431
Required
3
Issues in Developmental Literacy (3)
 
ECH433
Required
3
Management and Leadership II: Building Learning Environments (3)
 
ECH435
Required
either
or
 
Early Childhood Reflective Practice 5 (3)
 
ECHP421
3
Professional Experience 6 (3)
 
ECHP425

Balance of credit points required:

 
 
6
Electives

TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM

96
Note:
Units marked with a C are Capstone units.
 
Units marked with a P are PACE units.