• Course Information (including Teaching areas and Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment Units) (PDF)
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Undergraduate students at ACU participate in ACU Core Curriculum studies that support your learning and growth as a person.

This includes:

• Two coursework units
  Core Curriculum 1 and Core Curriculum 2 on your map
  • Please visit the ACU Core Curriculum site for information about the Core Curriculum, including the unit schedule for 2027
  • Core Curriculum 1 will be chosen from the list of 100-level units.
  • Core Curriculum 2 will be chosen from the list of 200-level units.


• One community engagement unit
  EDES206 Social Justice and Community Engagement for Teachers

The National School of Education endeavours to offer all units in alignment with the published course maps.

Depending on student numbers and needs, units might be offered in different modes (multi-mode, online scheduled or online unscheduled). If you are unsure which mode is the most suitable for you, please go to the 'Get Help?' Tab to seek further information prior to enrolling.

Some units may be offered in different semesters or study periods on different maps. You may be able to enrol in some of these alternative offerings of a unit. Some unit offerings are restricted to specific groups of students and are not available to all students.

Students must follow their course map to ensure timely course progression and completion.

You must enrol for the whole academic year for each year of your course. This means that you should enrol in all units for Semester 1 and 2 for the following year at the time of re-enrolment.

You must not over-enrol in units for the academic year. A full-time load is four (4) units in any six-month period. Your total enrolment in the first or second half of the year, including all enrolments in semesters or terms, must not exceed four (4) units the overload is included on your course map.

Students wishing to over-enrol for any reason must seek approval from their Course Advisor.

You can change your enrolment up until the census date for each semester or Study Period. See the Academic Calendar for key dates.

International Students: You must select the multimode unit, whenever available.

Student visa regulations set minimum requirements for in-person attendance. Some units in your course will only be available online and these are monitored to ensure that your in-person attendance requirement will be met.

This means that you must enrol in the multimode offering of each unit in your course, whenever available. You should seek approval from your Course Advisor to enrol in an online unit.

Please note:

Minimum enrolment numbers apply to all units. The University reserves the right to cancel units with low enrolment numbers. Students will be advised of cancellations prior to the start of semester and offered an alternative unit if one is available.

The Bachelor of Education suite of courses is structured to provide you with relevant, up-to-date learning designed to prepare you to teach in your chosen school sector.

This course includes several types of units you will study. Units in these areas are designed to support your development over the course of your studies.

• Education Studies
  Foundational knowledge and skills units that support you to meet professional standards and expectations of teachers.
• Effective Teaching
  Professional practice units that build your skills and experience in teaching and learning in your chosen sector/s.
• Content, Curriculum and Pedagogy
  Developing content knowledge in relevant teaching areas alongside pedagogical knowledge specific to teaching and learning for each relevant teaching area.
• Catholic Tradition
  Engagement in thinking and acting in alignment with ACU’s mission; either through the University Common Core or Religious Education studies.

The unit codes indicate this progression as follows:

• 100-level (100-199) are designed as first year units
• 200-level (200-299) are designed as second year units
• 300-level (100-199) are designed as third/fourth year units
• 400-level (100-199) are designed as fourth year units

Generally, you should study units with a 100 code (100-199) before units with a 200 code (200-299) and so on.

Unit prerequisites are designed to ensure that your learning progresses smoothly.

Some units have prerequisites listed within the unit outline. This is a list of the units or activities that you must complete before you can study that unit.

To meet the prerequisites for a unit, you must have either completed the prerequisites, or be currently enrolled in the prerequisite. This means that you can enrol in a unit in Semester 2 so long as you are enrolled in any prerequisite unit required in Semester 1.

It is a regulatory requirement that all graduates from an initial teaching qualification must either pass the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Educators (LaNTITE) or meet the Australian First Nations language proficiency alternative.

ACU has processes in place to ensure that all students meet the regulatory requirements. You will need to (1) attempt LaNTITE within your  first year, and (2) pass LaNTITE before your final placement.

Please self-enrol in the Education LaNTITE Support site for up-to-date information about the LaNTITE requirement and links to support provided by ACU.

Please see the ACER website for information about the LaNTITE tests

LaNTITE Progression Requirements

There are two LaNTITE requirements that you must complete on time to avoid a delay in your course progression. These requirements cannot be waivered and if you do not complete them, your progress will be delayed as specific units will be unavailable to you.

Requirement 1: ATTEMPT LaNTITE in first year

You will need to have made at least one attempt at both tests - literacy and numeracy - to be able to complete EDET100 - Effective Teaching 1: Becoming a Teacher. LaNTITE is included as a Hurdle Task in EDET100.

EDET100 is usually studied in Semester 1 of Year 2. You will be removed from this unit if you have not attempted both ACER LaNTITE tests prior to the commencement of EDET100.

This means that you should plan to make your first attempt no later than Testing Window 4 (November/December) in your 1st year.

Requirement 2: PASS LaNTITE in second year

You will need to pass both tests - literacy and numeracy - to be able to enrol in EDET301 Effective Teaching 3: Engaging for Positive Learning and Environments (EDET200 or EDET211 in the old sequence). LaNTITE is included as a prerequisite in EDET301 (and EDET200/211).

This is the placement unit that is usually offered in Semester 1 or 2 of Year 3. Please check your course map to be sure.

This means that you must have completed ACER LaNTITE

• by Testing Window 4 (November/December) of the year before to enrol in EDET200 in Semester 1, or
• by Testing Window 2 (May) to enrol in EDET200 in Semester 2.