Course Content
The Bachelor of Education (Primary) requires the completion of 400 credit points including:
- 350 credit points of core units;
- a 37.5 credit point teaching proficiences;
- 12.5 credit points of Elective units and;
- 80 days of Professional Placement
Your teaching proficiency consists of 37.5 credit points completed across the third and fourth years of your degree. The proficiencies available are:
- Creative Arts
- English
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Languages
- Literacy and Numeracy 5 to 8 years.
- Mathematics
- Science
- Technologies
All students must complete the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) in order to graduate the course. You must complete the LANTITE after your first semester and before you graduate.
Core units
Year 1 (Complete all 100 credit points of Core Year 1 units)
- Foundations of Teaching
- Curriculum and Pedagogy
- Growth and Motor Development Across the Lifespan
- Academic Literacies
- Personal and Professional Numeracy
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culturally Inclusive Curriculum and Pedagogy
- Foundations of English
- Arts Education: Music & Visual Arts
Year 2 (Complete all 100 credit points of Core units and 20 days of Professional Experience)
- Planning for Positive Behaviour
- Assessment for Learning
- Professional Experience 1
- Introduction to Primary Science Education
- Developing Understandings of English
- Primary Mathematics Pedagogy
- Introduction to HPE
- Introduction to Humanities and Social Sciences Education
- Design and Technologies
Year 3 (Complete all 87.5 credit points of core units and the first 12.5 credit points of your Teaching Proficiency.You will also complete 30 days of professional experience)
- Education, Ethics and Professional Practice
- Professional Experience 2
- Languages and Language Acquisition
- Inclusive Practices in Education Settings
- Arts Education: Drama & Dance
- Advanced HPE
- Advanced Humanities and Social Sciences Education
- Digital Technologies
Year 4 (Complete 62.5 credit points of Core units, 25 credit points of your Teaching Proficiency and a 12.5 credit point Elective unit.You will also complete 30 days of Professional Experience.)
- Equity, Diversity and Schooling
- Preparing for the Profession
- Professional Experience 3
- Critical Approaches To English
- Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics
- Planning and Assessing in Primary Science
LANTITE
All students must complete the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) in order to graduate the course. You must complete the LANTITE after your first semester and before you graduate.
- Literacy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students
- Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students
Elective units
Year 3
Teaching Proficiency
Creative Arts
- Transforming Learning Contexts through the 4Cs
English
- Literature, Multimodality and Media
Humanities and Social Sciences
- Myths and Mysteries of Australian History
Languages
- Languages Teaching
Literacy and Numeracy 5 to 8 years
- Literacy and Numeracy 5 to 8 years
Mathematics
- Inclusive Mathematics
Science
- STEM Education for Sustainable Development (STEM4ESD)
Technologies
- Technologies Education: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Year 4 (You will need to complete a total of 37.5 credit points from your chosen Teaching Proficiency. Normally, you will complete 12.5 credit points of your proficiency in your third year and 25 credit points in your fourth year)
Teaching Proficiency
Creative Arts
- Curriculum Proficiency Capstone Unit
- The Photo Essay: Storytelling with image and text
English
- Curriculum Proficiency Capstone Unit
- Linguistics for Literacy
Humanities and Social Sciences
- Curriculum Proficiency Capstone Unit
- Australian History in a Global Context
Languages
- Curriculum Proficiency Capstone Unit
Language acquisition
- Introduction to French 1A
- Introduction to German 1A
- Introduction to Chinese 1A
- Introduction to Japanese 1A
- Introduction to Indonesian 1A
Literacy and Numeracy 5 to 8 years
- Transforming Learning Contexts through the 4Cs
- Curriculum Proficiency Capstone Unit
Mathematics
- Curriculum Proficiency Capstone Unit
- Extending Understanding of Primary Mathematics
Science
- Curriculum Proficiency Capstone Unit
- Engaging with Sustainability
Technologies
- Curriculum Proficiency Capstone Unit
- Programming Fundamentals
Additional units
Discipline Electives
(Complete a 12.5 credit points of Elective unit. You will typically complete your elective unit in your fourth year)
- Teaching in Rural and Remote Locations
- Literacy and Numeracy 5 to 8 years
- Myths and Mysteries of Australian History
- Technologies Education: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Transforming Learning Contexts through the 4Cs
- Curriculum Proficiency Capstone Unit
- Literature, Multimodality and Media
- Linguistics for Literacy
- Extending Understanding of Primary Mathematics
- Inclusive Mathematics
- Education for Sustainability Across the Curriculum
- Organisation in Community Sport and Recreation
- Applied HPE Pedagogy 3
- Health Promotion and Behaviour Change: Perspectives and Practice
- Indigenous Lifeworlds: Sovereignty, Justice, Society
- Indigenous Lifeworlds: Story, History, Country
