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Bachelor of Teaching (Birth to Five Years)

TEAC02

Faculty:
Faculty of Human Sciences
Department:
Institute of Early Childhood
Award:
Bachelor of Teaching (Birth to Five Years) (BTeach(0-5))
Study Mode:
Full-time, Part-time
Attendance Mode:
Internal, External
Candidature Length:
Full-time: 3 years
Study Period Offerings:
Session 1 (March), Session 2 (August)
General requirements:
Minimum number of credit points for the degree 72
Minimum number of credit points at 200 level or above 38
Minimum number of credit points at 300 level or above 18
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
3
Early Childhood in Australia: The Social Context (3)
 
ECH126
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
either
or
 
Early Childhood Studies I (3)
 
ECST110
3
Early Childhood Pedagogies and Curriculum (3)
 
ECHE220

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
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
either
or
 
Early Childhood Studies II (3)
 
ECST220
3
Infant and Toddler Curriculum and Pedagogy (3)
 
ECHE311

300 level

Required
3
Management and Leadership 1 - The Socio-Political Context of Teaching (3)
 
ECH315
Required
3
Children, Families and Communities in a Diverse Society (3)
 
ECH326
Required
3
Developmental Difference and Disability (3)
 
ECH333
Required
3
Early Childhood Studies III (3)
 
ECST330

400 level

Required
6
Early Childhood Internship (6)
C/P
ECHP499

Balance of credit points required:

 
 
15
Electives

TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM

72
Note:
Units marked with a C are Capstone units.
 
Units marked with a P are PACE units.