CC14 Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)

In order to complete this course, you must:

  1. Complete the core structure

Core Structure

Number of units: 32 Total credit points: 192

As part of the five year review process, approval from both the QCT and ACECQA was accomplished.

Year 1 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDED11454 Education as a Profession
EDCU11031 Development and Learning through Life
EDCU11032 Health and Physical Education
EDCU11033 Multiliteracies
Year 1 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDED11456 Communication in Educational Environments
EDED11457 Responding to Diversity and Inclusion
EDED11455 Curriculum Foundations and Decision-Making
EDFE11038 Professional Practice 1 - Introduction to Teaching
Year 1 - Term 3
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDED11458 Indigenous Studies and Learning
EDEC11027 Early Childhood Pedagogies
Year 2 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDCU12039 Design and Digital Technologies
EDCU12044 Literacy and Numeracy for Teachers
EDCU12040 Biological and Earth and Space Sciences
EDEC11026 The Arts and Learning in the Early Years
Year 2 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDCU12038 Teaching for Mathematical Proficiency
EDCU12042 History Curriculum and Pedagogy
EDCU12043 English - Teaching Language Use in Context
EDFE11039 Professional Practice 2 (ECE) – Kindergarten
Year 3 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDCU13018 The Arts
EDCU13019 English - Teaching Reading
EDED13433 Assessment and Reporting
Year 3 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDCU13020 Mathematics Curriculum
EDCU13017 Chemical and Physical Sciences
EDEC11030 Teaching Health and Sustainability in the Early Years
EDEC11029 Policy and Research in Early Childhood
Year 3 - Term 3
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDFE13032 Professional Practice 3 (Primary/ECE) - Managing the Differentiated Classroom
Year 4 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDCU14033 Geography
EDCU14034 Teaching English Language Learners
EDEC11028 Leadership, Advocacy and Management in Early Childhood
Year 4 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDED14354 The Ethical Professional
EDFE14021 Professional Practice 4 - Engaged Teaching and Learning
EDFE14020 Professional Practice Specialisation

Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood) Catholic Strand

Year 1 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDED11454 Education as a Profession
EDCU11032 Health and Physical Education
EDCU11033 Multiliteracies
EDCU11031 Development and Learning through Life
Year 1 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDED11457 Responding to Diversity and Inclusion
EDED11456 Communication in Educational Environments
EDFE11038 Professional Practice 1 - Introduction to Teaching
EDED11455 Curriculum Foundations and Decision-Making
Year 1 - Term 3
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDED11458 Indigenous Studies and Learning
EDEC11027 Early Childhood Pedagogies
Year 2 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDCU12039 Design and Digital Technologies
EDCU12040 Biological and Earth and Space Sciences
EDEC11026 The Arts and Learning in the Early Years
EDCU12044 Literacy and Numeracy for Teachers
Year 2 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDCU12038 Teaching for Mathematical Proficiency
EDCU12043 English - Teaching Language Use in Context
EDCU12042 History Curriculum and Pedagogy
EDFE11039 Professional Practice 2 (ECE) – Kindergarten
Year 3 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDCU13018 The Arts
EDCU13019 English - Teaching Reading
EDED13433 Assessment and Reporting
Year 3 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
RELG13001 Contemporary Meanings and Religious Texts
EDEC11029 Policy and Research in Early Childhood
EDCU13020 Mathematics Curriculum
EDCU13017 Chemical and Physical Sciences
Year 3 - Term 3
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDFE12044 Professional Practice 3 - The Catholic School Placement
Year 4 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDCU14033 Geography
EDCU14034 Teaching English Language Learners
EDEC11028 Leadership, Advocacy and Management in Early Childhood
Year 4 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
EDFE14021 Professional Practice 4 - Engaged Teaching and Learning
EDCU13021 Teaching Religious Education in a Catholic School
EDFE13034 Specialisation and Teaching in the Catholic School Community

Optional Early Childhood Education and Care Placement

If students want to complete the Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care, they will need to enrol in the following additional unit.

Year 1 - Term 3
Students must complete 1 from the following units:
EDFE40002 Early Childhood Education and Care Placement