📖Program Curriculum

A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 320 credit points as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless otherwise indicated.
Experience units MUST be undertaken in the following sequence: EPE102, EPE111, EPE211, EPE312.

Unit type Credit Points Specific requirements
Common Units
(2 units) 20
Common units totalling 20 credit points as detailed below:
CUC100 Academic Literacies Through Exploring Sustainability
CUC107 Cultural Intelligence and Capability

Select Common Units to find out more about individual units and advanced standing options.

Core Units
(28 units) 290 Compulsory Core units totalling 290 credit points as detailed below:
ECL123 Mathematics in Early Years (new title 2020)
ECL155 Preparation for Teaching in Early Childhood Education (new title 2020)
ECU100 Arts for Education
ECU101 Health and Physical Education in Schools (new title 2020)
ELA100 English Language and Literacy in Education 1
EMA100 Mathematics Education 1: Content Knowledge for Teaching
EPE102 Professional Experience: Planning for Early Childhood Learning (previously coded EPE101)
EPE111 Professional Experience: Planning for Learner Development (previously coded EPE110)
ECL224 Science in the Early Years
ECL228 Humanities, Social and Environmental Education in Early Childhood (new title 2020)
ECL246 Music and Movement in Early Childhood
ECU204 Technology and Design for Education
ELA201 Teaching English as an Additional Language
EMA200 Mathematics Education 2: Curriculum and Pedagogy in Primary Mathematics
EPE211 Professional Experience: Planning for Learning and Assessment (previously coded EPE210)
ESC220 Science in Education
EST203 Teaching Indigenous Learners
EST221 Health, Environment and Wellbeing in Early Childhood Education (new title 2020)
ECE301 Play in Early Childhood Education
ECE302 Leadership and Advocacy in Early Childhood Contexts
ECE303 Curriculum and Programming in Early Childhood
ECE304 Critical Reflection on Early Childhood Theory and Practice
ECL300 Approaches to Literacy in the Early Years
ECU301 Humanities and Social Science Pedagogy
ELA301 Literacy Capability in Context (new title 2020)
EPE312 Professional Experience: Engaging in Evidence-Based Practice (20cp) (previously EPE310)
EST302 Researching Classroom Practice
EST303 Special Needs in the Classroom
LAN020 Literacy and Numeracy (LANTITE) (0cp)

Elective
(1 unit) 10
Units totalling 10 credit points selected from 100 or 200 level units offered by the University

Units offered externally by other Higher Education Providers may be included subject to the written approval of the Course Coordinator. For example, the following units offered through BBI The Australian Institute of Theological Education:

REDU800 Foundations for Religious Education: Theory and Practice (BBI)
REDU801 Religious Education in the Contemporary Classroom (BBI)

320 Total Credit Points

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🏠 Accommodation

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

  • Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
  • Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it
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💰 Fees

Application Fee:

$0 USD

Tuition fee:

26,712 AUD per year

106,848 AUD in total

📬 Admissions Process

3 Steps to Apply to a University

Application step 1

Application step 2

Application step 3

Please choose the programs here , "You are advised to select 2-3 programs to increase your chances of getting accepted.

Required Documents:

  • Passport
  • Graduation certificate
  • Passport size photo
  • Official transcript
  • Personal statement
  • English certificate (You can take the English test online)
  • Guarantor letter

Preparing documents:

You can start your application now and send the application documents during your application. Some documents you can send later if you don’t have them right away. Some more info about preparing application documents is here

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Application process:

Applying Online is simple in just a few steps. More information is available here.

The first steps are to choose the programs, pay the application fee and upload the application documents.

Once submitted to Global Admissions, we will review your application within 2-3 days and proceed to the university or ask you for further clarification

After it has been processed to the university you will receive your unique application ID from each university.

The university may contact you directly for further questions.

We will then follow up each week with the university for updates. As soon as there is any update we will let you know. If you have made other plans, decide to withdraw / change address at any time please let us know.

After you have been accepted you will receive your admissions letter electronically and asked to pay the non-refundable deposit to the university.

Once you have paid the deposit the university will issue you the admissions letter and visa form to your home country.

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