A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 360 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
Bachelor of Primary Education Core Units (17 units) | 160cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 160 credit points as per list of units detailed below. LAN020 Literacy and Numeracy (LANTITE) (0cp) ELA100 English Language for Literacy ETL102 Introduction to Teaching and Learning ECU205 Digital Technology for Education ECU206 Design and Technologies ECU250 Performing Arts in Primary School (available from 2025) ELA210 Reading Literacy and Literature F-2 ELA211 Writing Literacy and Literature F-2 EMA241 Primary Mathematics Education 1 (available from 2025) ESC202 Primary Science Education 1 (available from 2025) EST200 Child and Adolescent Development EST245 Managing the Classroom Environment and Student Wellbeing (available from 2025) ECU301 Humanities and Social Science Pedagogy ECU342 Health and Physical Education in Primary School (available from 2026) ECU350 Visual Arts in Primary School (available from 2025) ESC302 Primary Science Education 2 EPR220 Primary Professional Experience 1 |
Bachelor of Primary Education Specialist Elective Units (7 - 8 units) | 80cp | Specialist Elective Units totalling 80 credit points selected from ONE specialist area detailed below: English Complete all 20 credit points of: EMA141 Numeracy Education ESC102 Scientific Inquiry for Primary Education AND Complete all 60 credit points of: IAS111 Introduction to Australasian Literature IAS113 Introducing Communication Studies IAS213 Guilty Reading: Topics in Popular Genre IAS214 Contemporary Literature and Writing IAS319 Workshop in Short Stories and Poetry (replaces IAS313) IAS314 Research in Literacy Studies Humanities Complete all 20 credit points of: EMA141 Numeracy Education ESC102 Scientific Inquiry for Primary Education AND Complete all 60 credit points of: IAS131 Colonising Australia IAS132 Colonial Rule in South-East Asia IAS232 Themes in Global History IAS237 Ancient Civilisations and Societies IAS333 Political Ideas IAS342 Neocolonialism, Advocacy and the Critique of Development Mathematics Complete all 20 credit points of: LAL100 Language Literacy and Sustainability ESC102 Scientific Inquiry for Primary Education AND Complete all 60 credit points of: SMA101 Mathematics 1A SMA102 Mathematics 1B SMA209 Mathematics 2 SMA212 Data Analytics SMA401 Mathematics Capstone Project (20cp) Science Complete all 80 credit points of: ENV101 Earth Systems ENV102 The Diversity of Life SBI171 Anatomy and Physiology 1 SCH104 Introductory Chemistry A ENV201 Introductory Ecology ENV204 Ecosystems, Evolution and Biodiversity ENV302 Organisms and Environmental Change ENV303 Ecological Restoration and Conversation |
Master of Secondary Teaching Core Units (10 units) | 100cp | Core units totalling 100 credit points selected from the list of available units detailed below: EIE501 Inclusive Education, Policies and Practice ELA526 English Literacy and Literature (3-6) EMA542 Primary Mathematics Education 2 EMG505 Research Methodologies in Education EPR500 Middle School Professional Experience (not offered 2024) EST508 Assessment and Reporting EST511 Integrating Indigenous History, Cultures and Learning in Teaching Practice ETL502 Secondary Schooling Operations and Practices IAS537 Building Relationships in Indigenous Contexts EPE635 Professional Experience: Assessment for Graduate Teachers |
Master of Secondary Teaching Specialist Elective Units (2 units) | 20cp | Specialist Elective Units totalling 20 credit points selected from ONE curriculum area listed below (the same discipline area taken in the Bachelor degree). English Complete all 20 credit points of: ECM381 Secondary English 1 ECM382 Secondary English 2 Humanities Complete all 20 credit points of: ECM333 Secondary Humanities 1 ECM334 Secondary Humanities 2 Mathematics Complete all 20 credit points of: ECM361 Secondary Mathematics 1 ECM362 Secondary Mathematics 2 Science Complete all 20 credit points of: ECM301 Secondary Science 1 ECM302 Secondary Science 2 |
| 360cp | Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure):