All students must pass prior to graduation the ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) as required by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL). The cost of the testing will be met by the student. Refer to https://teacheredtest.acer.edu.au/
Please check the pre-requisite and assumed knowledge requirements prior to enrolment.
A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 160 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
The Early Childhood & Primary and Primary streams have a requirement of 70 to 80 days of Professional experience. The Secondary stream has a requirement of 60 to 80 days of Professional experience.
Professional Experience units MUST be undertaken in the following sequences:
Early Childhood and Primary and Primary streams: EPE510, EPE520, EPE540 and EPE530 (pre-2023) or EPE635 (from 2023);
Secondary stream: EPE510, EPE520 and EPE531 (pre-2023) or EPE635 (from 2023).
Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
Core Units (4 units) | 40cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 40 credit points as per the list of units detailed below:
EPE510 Education in Context: Preparation for Practice and Assessment (teachout) EPE520 Developmental Learning and Pedagogy EST503 Teaching Indigenous Learners (replaced by EST505 in Early Childhood stream and by EST511 in Primary and Secondary streams from 2023) EST535 Society and Education (replaced by EST500 in Early Childhood stream and by EIE501 in Primary and Secondary streams from 2023) (Note: EST535 replaced EST531 Diversity, Inclusion and Special Education from 2020) |
Specialist Elective (12 units) | 120cp | Specialist Elective units totalling 120 credit points selected from the list of available units detailed below:
EARLY CHILDHOOD AND PRIMARY Complete all of: ECE500 Play, Pedagogies and Philosophies in Early Childhood (replaced by ECE501 from 2023) ECE510 Leadership, Advocacy and Research (replaced by EST510 from 2023) ECL516 Early Years Literacy and English (no change) ECL523 Mathematics with Young Children (no change) ECU501 Humanities and Social Sciences Education (replaced by ECU502 from 2023) ECU511 Arts, Health and PE for the Early Years (no longer offered from 2024) ELA512 English Literacy: Reading and Writing (teachout) EMA511 Mathematics and Pedagogy (teachout) EPE530 Classroom Ready: Impactful Teaching (replaced by EPE635 from 2023) EPE540 Specialist Knowledges and Pedagogy (teachout) ESC511 Science and Technology in Education (teachout) Plus 10cp from the following: Group A ELA515 Primary Specialisation: English and Literature (no longer offered from 2024) ELA522 Primary Specialisation: Languages Other Than English (no longer offered from 2024) EMA522 Mathematical Content Knowledge for Teaching (teachout) ESC522 Primary Specialisation: Science and Technology (teachout) EST533 Primary Specialisation: Special Education, Language and Literacy (teachout)
PRIMARY Complete all of: ECU500 Arts Education (replaced by ECU510 from 2023) ECU501 Humanities and Social Sciences Education (replaced by ECU502 from 2023) ECU503 Health and Physical Education (no change) ELA511 English, Language and Literacy (no longer offered from 2024) ELA512 English Literacy: Reading and Writing (teachout) EMA511 Mathematics and Pedagogy (teachout) EMA522 Mathematical Content Knowledge for Teaching (teachout) ESC511 Science and Technology in Education (teachout) EPE530 Classroom Ready: Impactful Teaching (replaced by EPE635 from 2023) EPE540 Specialist Knowledges and Pedagogy (teachout) EST532 Projects in Researching Classroom Practice (replaced by EMG505 from 2024) Plus 10cp from the following: Group B ELA515 Primary Specialisation: English and Literature (no longer offered from 2024) ELA522 Primary Specialisation: Languages Other Than English (no longer offered from 2024) EMA512 Mathematics and Context (teachout) ESC522 Primary Specialisation: Science and Technology (teachout) EST533 Primary Specialisation: Special Education, Language and Literacy (teachout)
SECONDARY Complete all of: ELA513 English as an Additional Language (no change) EPE531 Impactful Teaching and Learner Engagement for Secondary (replaced by EPE635 from 2023) EST504 Digital Technologies and Education (no change) EST532 Projects in Researching Classroom Practice (replaced by EMG505 from 2024) ETL501 Learning and Teaching Adolescents (replaced by ETL503 from 2023) ETL502 Secondary Schooling Operations and Practices (no change) Plus 40cp (4 units) from Group C; and 20cp (2 units) from Group D or E
Group C (40 cp) Note: Students must complete both of the Teaching the Curriculum units (ECM Junior and Senior Secondary) for two of the teaching areas listed below:
e.g. for Science teaching area, you will need to undertake: ECM501 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Science (replaced by ECM301 Secondary Science 1 from 2023); and ECM502 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Science (replaced by ECM302 Secondary Science 2 from 2023).
ECM501 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Science (replaced by ECM301 Secondary Science 1 from 2023) ECM502 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Science (replaced by ECM302 Secondary Science 2 from 2023) ECM511 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Health and Physical Education (replaced by ECM311 Secondary Health and Physical Education 1 from 2023) ECM512 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Health and Physical Education (replaced by ECM312 Secondary Health and Physical Education 2 from 2023) ECM513 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Visual Arts (replaced by ECM313 Secondary Visual Arts 1 from 2023) ECM523 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Visual Arts (replaced by ECM314 Secondary Visual Arts 2 from 2023) ECM514 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Geography (replaced by ECM333 Secondary Humanities 1 from 2023) ECM515 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Geography (replaced by ECM334 Secondary Humanities 2 from 2023) ECM516 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Economics (replaced by ECM317 Secondary Economics 1 from 2023) ECM517 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Economics (replaced by ECM318 Secondary Economics 2 from 2023) ECM518 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Indigenous Knowledge Systems (replaced by ECM333 Secondary Humanities 1 from 2023) ECM519 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Indigenous Knowledge Systems (replaced by ECM334 Secondary Humanities 2 from 2023) ECM531 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Music (replaced by ECM331 Secondary Music 1 from 2023) ECM532 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Music (replaced by ECM332 Secondary Music 2 from 2023) ECM533 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Legal Studies (replaced by ECM317 Secondary Business Enterprises 1 from 2023) ECM534 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Legal Studies (replaced by ECM318 Secondary Business Enterprises 2 from 2023) ECM541 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Technologies (replaced by ECM341 Secondary Technologies 1 from 2023) ECM542 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Digital Technology (replaced by ECM342 Secondary Technologies 2 from 2023) ECM551 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Languages Other Than English (replaced by ECM351 Secondary Languages Other Than English 1 from 2023) ECM552 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Languages Other Than English (replaced by ECM352 Secondary Languages Other Than English 2 from 2023) ECM561 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary Maths (replaced by ECM361 Secondary Mathematics 1 from 2023) ECM562 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary Maths (replaced by ECM362 Secondary Mathematics 2 from 2023) ECM581 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary English (replaced by ECM381 Secondary English 1 from 2023) ECM582 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary English (replaced by ECM382 Secondary English 2 from 2023) ECM591 Teaching the Curriculum: Junior Secondary History (replaced by ECM333 Secondary Humanities 1 from 2023) ECM592 Teaching the Curriculum: Senior Secondary History (replaced by ECM334 Secondary Humanities 2 from 2023)
Group D (20cp) Further Education or Group E (20cp) Discipline
Group D (20cp) Graduates with two teaching areas: Students who have fully completed the teacher registration requirements for teaching areas (Major and Minor) within their undergraduate degree complete any two units from the following sequence: EMA512 Mathematics and Context (teachout) ESC511 Science and Technology in Education (teachout) ELA511 English, Language and Literacy (no longer offered from 2024) ELA512 English Literacy: Reading and Writing (teachout)
Group E (20cp) Graduates with only a major/minor teaching area: Students, who did not complete the teacher registration requirements for teaching areas (Major/Minor) within their undergraduate degree, must complete two teaching area discipline units (20 credit points) from the Bachelor of Education Secondary WEDS01 |
| 160cp | Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure)
Course Structure Change and Transition Arrangements - 2024
The STCH01 Master of Teaching is now in teach out. Students enrolled in STCH01 Master of Teaching may transfer to the new course corresponding to the current stream, STCHB1 Master of Teaching Birth to Five Years, STCH1 Master of Teaching Early Childhood , STCHP1 Master of Teaching Primary or STCHS1 Master of Teaching Secondary, where possible.
Where units have been replaced in the STCH01 Master of Teaching structure with a new unit, unit code or unit title; students who have completed the old unit should not complete the new unit.
Where multiple units have been replaced by a single unit, the new unit should not be completed. Specifically:
- If students have completed ECM514, ECM518 or ECM591; do not complete ECM333
- If students have completed ECM515, ECM519 or ECM592; do not complete ECM334
- If students have completed ECM516 or ECM533; do not complete ECM317
- If students have completed ECM517 or ECM534; do not complete ECM318
- If students have completed EPE530 or EPE531; do not complete EPE635
Some unit changes affect specific streams only.
Contact fasquality@cdu.edu.au for FAQ and course advice.
Course Structure Change and Transition Arrangements - 2023
From 2023 this course will go into teachout and has been replaced by the Master of Teaching Early Childhood (STCHE1), Master of Teaching Primary (STCHP1) and the Master of Teaching Secondary (STCHS1) from 2023. New units have been developed for the new courses resulting in some units being able to be replaced in certain steams only.
Course Structure Change - 2022
There has been a small course structure change for the mathematics units included in the primary stream.
There is no change to the early childhood and primary or the secondary streams.
Primary stream
EMA522 Mathematical Content Knowledge for Teaching (previously Primary Specialisation: Mathematics) has been moved to a required specialist elective.
EMA512 Mathematics and Context has been moved from a required specialist elective to an optional specialist elective
>Existing students who have already completed EMA512 are not required to also complete EMA522 but may take it as specialist elective.
>Existing and new students who have not yet completed EMA512 should complete EMA522 as the required mathematics unit.