Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Birth to Five Years) (Accelerated)

BEarlChildEd(B-5)

Credit points

240

Minimum duration

18-months

Approved locations

• Ballarat
• Melbourne

EFTSL value of units : All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

Admission requirements

Completion requirements

To qualify for the degree, a student must complete 240 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings, consisting of:

1. 60 cp from Education Studies (Part A)
2. 50 cp from Effective Teaching Units (Part B)
3. 110 cp from Early Childhood Units (Part C)
4. 20 cp from Core Curriculum Units (Part D)

Other requirements

1. Students must pass all professional experience components, including professional experience embedded within units.
2. Requirements for working with children: All students enrolled must have the appropriate approvals before they may enter a classroom. These are: Working with Children Check or equivalent requirements in other states and territories. International students must bring police check documentation from their own countries. To meet the requirements for working in settings other than schools, a National Police check may be required. All students who have lived in another country for 12 months or more must provide a police check from that country for that period.

Exit points

A student who has successfully completed the following requirements may exit from the course with that qualification:[1]

1. Non-Award Certificate in Educational Studies
2. Diploma in Educational Studies (Tertiary Preparation)
3. Bachelor of Educational Studies

Part A : Education Studies

Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
EDES100	Understanding Learning and Teaching	10
EDES101	Educational Thought	10
EDES104	Digital Cultures and Capabilities	10
EDES105	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledges, Histories and Cultures	10
EDES300	Comparative Education: Local and Global Contexts	10
EDES302	Professional Communication	10

Part B : Effective Teaching Units

Complete exactly 50 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
EDET100	Effective Teaching 1: Becoming a Teacher	10
EDET111	Effective Teaching 2: Curriculum Planning and Pedagogy	10
EDET211	Effective Teaching 3 Positive Environments to Engage Young Learners	10
EDET460	Effective Teaching 5: Understanding and Implementing Assessment and Data Informed Practice	10
EDET461	Effective Teaching 6: Professional Engagement and Reflection	10

Part C : Early Childhood Units

Complete exactly 110 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
EDAR460	Arts as Meaning in Early Childhood	10
EDEC111	Early Years Curriculum and Play-Based Pedagogies	10
EDEC360	Professional Identities in Early Childhood	10
EDEC366	Positive Environments for Learning and Development	10
EDEC461	Pedagogy of Relationships in Early Childhood	10
EDEN100	Foundations of Literacy	10
EDEN102	Children's Literature for Early Reading	10
EDEN290	English Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 (B-8)	10
EDMA163	Exploring Mathematics and Numeracy	10
EDMA290	Mathematics Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 (B-12)	10
EDSI168	Science, Inquiry and Sustainability	10

Part D : Core Curriculum Units

Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
UNCC100	Self and Community: Exploring the Anatomy of Modern Society	10
OR
PHCC102	Being Human	10
OR
PHCC104	Ethics and the Good Life	10

Code	Title	Credit Points	Notes
UNCC300	Justice and Change in a Global World	10
OR
PHCC320	The Just Society	10