BEdPri

Credit points

320

Minimum duration

4 years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Approved locations

  • Ballarat
  • Blacktown
  • Brisbane
  • Canberra
  • Melbourne
  • North Sydney
  • Strathfield

Note:

*No International intakes on the Ballarat, Blacktown, Brisbane, Canberra or North Sydney campuses.


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

An applicant must comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy , which includes meeting a minimum ATAR requirement and meeting the English Language Proficiency requirements.

In addition, applicants in Victoria will be required to demonstrate suitability for teaching.

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level or equivalent:

StatePrerequisites

Australian Capital Territory

Prerequisites: Nil

Assumed Knowledge: Studies in English (T) and Studies in Mathematics (T)

New South Wales

Prerequisites: Nil

Assumed Knowledge: A minimum of three Band 5 HSC results (including one in English), and a Mathematics Band 4 HSC result. Note: This course is structured to allow applicants to meet the three Band 5 and/or the Mathematics Band 4 entry requirements.

Queensland

Prerequisites: English (Units 3 & 4, C); General Mathematics, Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C).

Victoria

Prerequisites: English: Units 3 and 4 – a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or 25 in any other English;

Mathematics: Units 1 & 2: satisfactory completion of two units (any study combination) of General Mathematics, Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics OR Units 3 & 4: any Mathematics.

OR

b. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants may be selected following an interview with the Course Adviser and staff of the campus Indigenous Higher Education Unit. They should have:

  1. minimum of three years’ work experience; or
  2. of year 12 or equivalent; or
  3. relevant tertiary study skills or successful completion of a Tertiary Communication Skills program.

Disclaimer: The course entry requirements above are for 2027 Admission. Refer to your relevant Tertiary Admission Centre website for future years' entry requirements.



Completion requirements

To qualify for a Bachelor of Education (Primary), a student must complete 320 cp (Part A) consisting of:

a.60 cp from Education Studies units (Part A1)

b.60 cp from Effective Teaching units (Part A2)

c.140 cp from Primary Content and Pedagogy units (Part A3)

d. 60 cp from Religious Education Teaching Area units OR 20cp from Core Curriculum units, 10 cp from Specified units and 30 cp from Elective units (Part A4)

f. 0 cp from ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education units (Part A5)

OR

To qualify for a Bachelor of Education (Primary), with a SPECIAL EDUCATION Major, a student must complete 320 cp (Part B) consisting of

a.50 cp from Education Studies units (Part B1)

b.50 cp from Effective Teaching units (Part B2)

c.120 cp from Primary Content and Pedagogy units (Part B3)

d. 80 cp from Special Education Major units (Part B4)

e.20 cp from Core Curriculum units (Part B5)

f. 0 cp from ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education units (Part B6)

Other requirements

Professional Experience Requirements:

Students must successfully complete all professional experience components, including those embedded within individual units.

Requirements for Working with Children:

All enrolled students must obtain the necessary approvals before enrolling in EDES106 Contemporary Learning Cultures and Contexts. These include:

  • Blue Card (Queensland)
  • Working with Vulnerable People Registration (Australian Capital Territory)
  • Working with Children Check (New South Wales, and Victoria)
  • International Students: Must provide police check documentation from their home country.
  • National Police Check: May be required for placements in settings other than schools.
  • Students with International Residency: Any student who has lived in another country for 12 months or more must supply a police check covering that period.

Exit points

A student who has completed the course requirements for the courses listed below may graduate with the corresponding qualification. However, none of these qualifications qualify the holder to teach in Australia.

  • Undergraduate Certificate in Educational Studies
  • Diploma in Educational Studies (Tertiary Preparation)
  • Bachelor of Educational Studies

A student who does not satisfy the LANTITE requirements may exit the course through an appropriate pathway, provided they meet the criteria for that award.

Progression requirements

Before enrolling in EDET100 Effective Teaching 1: Becoming a Teacher, students must have attempted the ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education.

To be eligible to enrol in the third placement unit, EDET301 Effective Teaching 3: Engaging Learners and Managing Learning Environments, students must first complete both LNTE100 LANTITE – Literacy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students and LNTE101 LANTITE – Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students.

Students are required to follow the prescribed unit enrolment pattern outlined in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless an alternative arrangement has been approved by the Course Adviser.

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Schedule of unit offerings

Part A.1 AND Part A.2 AND Part A.3 AND Part A.4 AND Part A.5

    Part A.1 : Education Studies units

    Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:

  • EDES100Understanding Learning and Teaching10 CP
  • EDES103Understanding Learners and Their Contexts10 CP
  • EDES106Contemporary Learning Cultures and Contexts10 CP
  • EDES205Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledges, Histories and Cultures10 CP
  • EDES206Social Justice and Community Engagement for Educators10 CP
  • EDES306Professional Identity10 CP

    • Part A.2 : Effective Teaching units

    Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:

  • EDET100Effective Teaching 1: Becoming a Teacher10 CP

    15 days of Professional Experience

  • EDET201Effective Teaching 2: Curriculum and Pedagogies10 CP

    20 days of Professional Experience

  • EDET301Effective Teaching 3: Engagement in Positive Learning Environments10 CP

    20 days of Professional Experience

  • EDET300Effective Teaching 4: Students with Disability and Inclusive Education10 CP
  • EDET400Effective Teaching 5: Assessment and Data Informed Practice10 CP
  • EDET402Effective Teaching 6: Reflective Practice for Teaching and Learning10 CP

    25 days of Professional Experience

    • Part A.3 : Primary Content and Pedagogy units

    Complete exactly 140 credit points from the following:

  • EDAR150Teaching The Arts: Dance and Drama10 CP
  • EDEN100Foundations of Literacy10 CP
  • EDEN103Children's Literature for Teachers10 CP
  • EDMA150Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching10 CP
  • EDSI150Foundations of Primary Science10 CP
  • EDAR291Teaching The Arts: Music, Visual Art and Media10 CP
  • EDEN290English Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 (B-8)10 CP
  • EDHP290Health and Physical Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (F-6)10 CP
  • EDMA293Teaching Mathematics for Early Years10 CP
  • EDMA294Teaching Primary Mathematics10 CP
  • EDSI291Teaching Primary Science10 CP
  • EDSS290Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (F-6)10 CP
  • EDTE290Technologies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (F-6)10 CP
  • EDEN391Teaching Primary English and Literacy10 CP

    • Part A.4 : Religious Education Teaching Area units OR Core Curriculum, Specified and Elective units

    Part A.4.1 OR Part A.4.2

    Part A.4.1 : Religious Education Teaching Area units

    Complete exactly 60 credit points from the following:

  • RECAReligious Education60 CP
    • Part A.4.2 : Core Curriculum, Specified Units and Elective Units

    Part A.4.2.1 AND Part A.4.2.2 AND Part A.4.2.3

    Part A.4.2.1 : Core Curriculum units

    Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

  • PHCC102Being Human10 CP
  • PHCC104Ethics and the Good Life10 CP
  • PHCC106Making Sense: Practical Reasoning for Life and Career10 CP
  • THCC100Revolutionary Values: Christianity in History10 CP
  • THCC101People Matter: Catholic Social Thought10 CP
  • TPCC100Life and Meaning: Imagining Ourselves through Art and Cinema10 CP
  • PHCC201The Origins of the Sciences and Contemporary Challenges10 CP
  • THCC200Justice in the World: Catholic Social Ethics in Global Perspective10 CP
  • THCC202Sacred Land: Australian Indigenous Spiritualities and Catholic Thought10 CP
  • TPCC201Ecology and Justice10 CP
  • TPCC202Conflict, Violence and Peace-making10 CP
    • Part A.4.2.2 : Specified units

    Complete exactly 10 credit points from the following:

  • PHIL250Philosophy of Education10 CP
    • Part A.4.2.3 : Elective units

    Complete exactly 30 credit points from the following:

  • EDMH200Supporting Teacher Mental Health: The First Five Years10 CP

    Optional Elective

    • Students may undertake ANY units listed in the Schedule of Unit Offerings from any Undergraduate course, subject to campus availability, unit restrictions, and the completion of any prerequisite requirements. A list of recommended units will be available in the Course Enrolment Guide.

    Part A.5 : ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education units

    Complete exactly 2 of the following:

  • LNTE100LANTITE - Literacy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students0 CP
  • LNTE101LANTITE - Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students0 CP

Part B.1 AND Part B.2 AND Part B.3 AND Part B.4 AND Part B.5 AND Part B.6

    Part B.1 : Education Studies units

    Complete exactly 50 credit points from the following:

  • EDES100Understanding Learning and Teaching10 CP
  • EDES103Understanding Learners and Their Contexts10 CP
  • EDES106Contemporary Learning Cultures and Contexts10 CP
  • EDES205Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledges, Histories and Cultures10 CP
  • EDES206Social Justice and Community Engagement for Educators10 CP

    • Part B.2 : Effective Teaching units

    Complete exactly 50 credit points from the following:

  • EDET100Effective Teaching 1: Becoming a Teacher10 CP

    15 days of professional experience

  • EDET201Effective Teaching 2: Curriculum and Pedagogies10 CP

    20 days of professional experience

  • EDET301Effective Teaching 3: Engagement in Positive Learning Environments10 CP

    20 days of professional experience

  • EDET400Effective Teaching 5: Assessment and Data Informed Practice10 CP
  • EDET402Effective Teaching 6: Reflective Practice for Teaching and Learning10 CP

    25 days of professional experience

    • Part B.3 : Primary Content and Pedagogy units

    Complete exactly 120 credit points from the following:

  • EDEN100Foundations of Literacy10 CP
  • EDEN103Children's Literature for Teachers10 CP
  • EDMA150Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching10 CP
  • EDAR290The Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment F 610 CP
  • EDEN290English Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 1 (B-8)10 CP
  • EDHP290Health and Physical Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (F-6)10 CP
  • EDMA293Teaching Mathematics for Early Years10 CP
  • EDMA294Teaching Primary Mathematics10 CP
  • EDSI290Science Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (B-12)10 CP
  • EDSS290Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (F-6)10 CP
  • EDTE290Technologies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (F-6)10 CP
  • EDEN391Teaching Primary English and Literacy10 CP

    • Part B.4 : Special Education Major units

    Complete exactly 80 credit points from the following:

  • EDSESpecial Education80 CP

    • Part B.5 : Core Curriculum units

    Complete exactly 20 credit points from the following:

  • PHCC102Being Human10 CP
  • PHCC104Ethics and the Good Life10 CP
  • PHCC106Making Sense: Practical Reasoning for Life and Career10 CP
  • THCC100Revolutionary Values: Christianity in History10 CP
  • THCC101People Matter: Catholic Social Thought10 CP
  • TPCC100Life and Meaning: Imagining Ourselves through Art and Cinema10 CP
  • PHCC201The Origins of the Sciences and Contemporary Challenges10 CP
  • THCC200Justice in the World: Catholic Social Ethics in Global Perspective10 CP
  • THCC202Sacred Land: Australian Indigenous Spiritualities and Catholic Thought10 CP
  • TPCC201Ecology and Justice10 CP
  • TPCC202Conflict, Violence and Peace-making10 CP

    • Part B.6 : ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education units

    Complete exactly 2 of the following:

  • LNTE100LANTITE - Literacy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students0 CP
  • LNTE101LANTITE - Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students0 CP

Course map

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Always check your Course Enrolment Guide before you finalise your enrolment.

Course maps are subject to change.


Commencing Semester 1

  • Education Studies unitsEDES100 Understanding Learning and Teaching 10 cp
  • Primary Content and Pedagogy units EDEN100 Foundations of Literacy 10 cp
  • Primary Content and Pedagogy units EDSI150 Foundations of Primary Science 10 cp
  • Religious Education Teaching Area unitsOR Core Curriculum, Specified and Elective units data-sub-rule-uuid=a8e2e82b-73dd-0779-d82f-f1862cff794a>Unit 1ORAll other studentsCore Curriculum Unit 1See the ACU Core Curriculum page for details10 cp
  • Education Studies unitsEDES103 Understanding Learners and Their Contexts 10 cp
  • Education Studies unitsEDES106 Contemporary Learning Cultures and Contexts 10 cp
  • Primary Content and Pedagogy units EDMA150 Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching 10 cp
  • Primary Content and Pedagogy units EDAR150 Teaching The Arts: Dance and Drama 10 cp
  • ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education units LNTE100 LANTITE - Literacy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students ANDACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education units LNTE101 LANTITE - Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students 0 cp

Commencing Semester 1 (Special Education Major)

Commencing Semester 2

Commencing Semester 2 (Special Education Major)

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