Bachelor
Build on your qualifications and become a fully qualified early childhood teacher. This course offers flexible online study options and professional placements to enhance your learning experience.
Build on your qualifications and become a fully qualified early childhood teacher. With a Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care, you'll receive guaranteed entry and 128 points of credit (equivalent to 16 subjects).
Available for full-time or part-time online study (with accelerated options) allows for lots of flexibility to fit seamlessly into your work and home life. Our Bachelor of Education (Birth to Five Years) covers a wide spectrum of topics. You'll learn everything from early childhood pedagogical approaches to nurturing creativity in the classroom. Then you'll put your learning into practice on professional placements - including opportunities in your current workplace.
This course is part of an articulated program of study. Articulated programs allow you to build on your study to achieve the right level of qualification for you.
Standard English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements apply.
For each 8-point subject you are enrolled in, you should expect to spend 10 to 12 hours per week working on assignments and assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, and attending lectures, intensive schools, or examinations. If you are studying four subjects per session, this is equivalent to a full-time job. The workload for some subjects may vary as a result of approved course design.
You may need to attend an online or on-campus intensive school for certain subjects in this course. These schools usually involve lectures, tutorials and practicals that will give you a deeper understanding of your subject.
With this credit package students will complete fourteen (14) core subjects in addition to two (2) restricted electives.
EDU14CEarly Childhood Studies Credit128 credit ptsEDU15C192 Credit PointsWith this credit package students will complete three (3) core subjects IKC101, EMH302, and EEB427 in addition to five (5) restricted electives.
EDU15CEarly Childhood Studies Credit192 credit ptsEssential setCompulsory subjectsStudents admitted with EDU14C 128 credit point package complete all core subjects. Students admitted with EDU15C 192 credit point package complete three (3) core subjects - IKC101, EMH302 and EEB427.
EEB309Wellness and Wellbeing in Early Childhood Settings8 credit ptsIKC101First Nations Foundations: Knowing, Relating and Understanding Country8 credit ptsEMC305Investigation: Mathematics, Science and Technology8 credit ptsEML302Investigation: Literacy8 credit ptsEMH302Pedagogy of Relationships8 credit ptsEEP304Diversity and Difference in Early Childhood Education8 credit ptsEEP307Rights of the Child8 credit ptsEEP308Indigenous Education Studies8 credit ptsEEB423Leadership and Management8 credit ptsEPT308Infant Pedagogy for 0-2 Years8 credit ptsEER413Research and Practice in Early Childhood Education8 credit ptsESS424Early Intervention and Inclusion8 credit ptsEPT326Early Childhood Professional Practice8 credit ptsEEB427Leading Early Childhood8 credit ptsRestricted electivesStudents admitted with EDU14C 128 credit point package complete two (2) elective subjects from the list below. Students admitted with EDU15C 192 credit point package complete five (5) elective subjects from the list below.
EED309Environmental Sustainability in Early Childhood8 credit ptsEEP309Educational Transitions in Multiple Contexts8 credit ptsEEP310Child, Family and Community: EC Contexts8 credit ptsEMA305Thinking and Learning through the Arts in Early Childhood8 credit ptsEMT302Understanding and Using New Technologies8 credit ptsNRS325Child Health Care and Promotion8 credit ptsEMC101Enhancing mathematical learning in the early years8 credit ptsEEP101Historical and Social Contexts of Early Childhood Education8 credit ptsEEP305Multiple Understandings8 credit pts