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Undergraduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education

Certificate

Learn how to support, engage and teach young children in their most formative years. This course provides a pathway to the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary) with credit for completed subjects.

Key details

Degree Type

Certificate

Duration

0.5 - 1 years full-time

Study Mode

In person

Intake Months

Mar, Jul

Domestic Fees

$3,948 per year

About this course

Overview

Learn how to support, engage and teach young children in their most formative years. Start your career or build upon your interest in early childhood development with the Undergraduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education from Charles Sturt University.

This course is also the ideal pathway to the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary). Complete your certificate and get entry - with credit - into the bachelor's.

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.

Entry requirements

A completed High School Certificate (or equivalent) OR
A completed AQF Certificate III (or higher) qualification OR
A completed Tertiary Preparation Course from an Australian University or an accredited provider demonstrating a reasonable prospect of success through the Grade Point Average (GPA) gained in these studies OR
Work experience, within the same industry as the course profile, of at least two years full time or equivalent, evidenced by a detailed resume

Standard English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements apply. Click here to view the specific international course entry requirements.

What you will learn

This course is also the ideal pathway to the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary). Complete your certificate and get entry - with credit - into the bachelor's.

At Charles Sturt you can create a world worth living in. Let's do it together.

Course structure

Essential set (32 pts)Core subjects16 Credit PointsCodeTitleCredit PointsEED110Child Development: The Early Years8 credit ptsEPT124Play and Learning8 credit ptsRestricted electives16 Credit Points

Select two subjects

CodeTitleCredit PointsEEB207Leading Healthy and Safe Environments8 credit ptsEMM106Mathematical and Scientific Learning in the Early Years8 credit ptsEMM112Mathematics and Numeracy Studies8 credit ptsEPT174Everyday Language and Literacies: Learning and Practice8 credit ptsIKC101First Nations Foundations: Knowing, Relating and Understanding Country8 credit ptsLIT101Books change your life: Improving literacy through literature8 credit pts

Credit for prior study or work

If you've completed relevant tertiary study, or work experience related to your course, you could receive credit towards your degree. Which would mean completing your qualification quicker. Find out how to apply for credit and see our credit policy.

How to apply

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Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Teacher Education courses at Charles Sturt University.

81.7%

Overall satisfaction

77.8%

Skill scale

70.5%

Teaching scale

86.6%

Employed full-time

$68k

Average salary

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