A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 240 credit points (cp) as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless otherwise indicated.
| Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
Core Units
(4 units) | 40cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 40 credit points as detailed below. IAS101 Indigenous Australia
LAL100 Language Literacy and Sustainability
EST203 First Nations Contexts in Learning and Teaching Practice
EST303 Diverse Needs in the Classroom |
Specialist Electives
(8 units) | 80cp | Specialist Elective units totalling 80 credit points selected from ONE of the streams detailed below, with minimum of 30 credit points at 300 level or above: Early Childhood and Primary
ECE101 Human Development and Play Pedagogies
ECE110 Safe and Healthy Environments for Children
ECE112 Legislative and Regulatory Compliance
ECL123 Mathematics in Early Years
ECL155 Preparation for Teaching in Early Childhood Education
ECL200 Early Years language and Literacy
ECU100 Arts for Education
ECU101 Health and Physical Education in Schools
ELA100 English Language for Literacy
EMA100 Mathematics Education 1: Content Knowledge for Teaching
ESC105 Science and Humanities in Early Childhood
ECL224 Science in Early Years
ECL228 Humanities, Social and Environmental Education in Early Childhood
ECL246 Music and Movement in Early Childhood
ECU206 Design and Technologies (replaces ECU204 from 2024)
ELA201 Teaching English as an Additional Language
EMA200 Mathematics Education 2: Curriculum and Pedagogy in Primary Mathematics
ESC220 Science in Education
EST220 Equity, Inclusion, Diversity and Advocacy
EST221 Health, Environment and Wellbeing in Early Childhood Education
ECE301 Play in Early Childhood Education
ECE302 Leadership and Advocacy in Early Childhood Contexts
ECE303 Curriculum and Programming in Early Childhood
ECE312 Assessment for Learning and Curricula (not offered 2026)
ECL300 Approaches to Literacy in the Early Years
EST320 Teacher Professional Identities (not offered 2026) Primary
ELA100 English Language for Literacy
EMA141 Numeracy Education
ESC102 Scientific Inquiry for Primary Education
ETL102 Introduction to Teaching and Learning
ECU205 Digital Technologies (title changed 2025)
ECU206 Design and Technologies
ECU250 Performing Arts in Primary School
ELA210 Reading Literacy and Literature F-2
ELA211 Writing Literacy and Literature F-2
EMA241 Primary Mathematics Education 1
ESC202 Primary Science Education 1
EST200 Child and Adolescent Development
EST245 Classroom Management and Student Wellbeing
ECU301 Humanities and Social Science Pedagogy
ECU342 Health and Physical Education in Primary
ECU350 Visual Arts in Primary School
EMA342 Primary Mathematics Education 2
ESC302 Primary Science Education 2
EST305 Socially Inclusive Pedagogy Secondary
CHN161 Chinese Language (Mandarin) 1
CHN162 Chinese Language (Mandarin) 2
CUC106 Design and Innovation: Communicating Technology
EMA141 Numeracy Education
ENG151 Statics
ENV101 Earth Systems
ENV102 The Diversity of Life
ENV103 Environmental Issues
ETL102 Introduction to Teaching and Learning
HEL161 Greek Language 1
HEL162 Greek Language 2
HIT137 Software Now
HIT164 Computing Fundamentals
HIT172 Operating Systems and Applications
IAS111 Introduction to Australasian Literature
IAS112 Creative Practice in a Digital Context
IAS113 Introduction to Media and Communication Studies (title changed from 2025)
IAS131 Colonising Australia
IAS132 Colonial Rule in South-East Asia
CRA105 Studio Practice 1 (new from 2025)
CRA106 Studio Practice 2 (new from 2025)
CRA112 Music Tools and Materials 1 (new from 2025)
CRA114 Studio and Sound Recording (new from 2025)
CRA115 Singing for Performance (new from 2025)
CRA214 Digital Music Composition (new from 2025)
CRA123 Digital Image and Photography (new from 2025)
CRA126 Figure and Ground: Drawing (new from 2025)
CRA127 Collect and Connect: Fibre Art
IAS171 Creative Studio 1 (20cp) (not available from 2025) (replaced by CRA105 and CRA127)
IAS172 Creative Studio 2 (20cp) (not available from 2025) (replaced by CRA106 and CRA123)
IAS173 Drawing and Other Visual Representation Tools (not available from 2025) (replaced by CRA126)
IAS181 Music Making and Theory 1 (20cp) (not available from 2025) (replaced by CRA105 and (CRA114 or CRA115))
IAS182 Music Making and Theory 2 (20cp) (not available from 2025) (replaced by CRA106 and CRA112)
IAS184 Digital Composition (not available from 2025) (replaced by CRA114)
INI161 Indonesian Language 1
INI162 Indonesian Language 2
SBI150 Cellular Biology
SBI161* Anatomy and Physiology 1 (replaces SBI171 and SBI172 from 2025 - see additional information below)
SBI162* Anatomy and Physiology 2 (replaces SBI171 and SBI172 from 2025 - see additional information below)
SBI183 Introduction to Microbiology (replaces SBI182 from 2025)
SCH102 Organic and Inorganic Chemistry
SCH104 Introductory Chemistry A
SMA101 Mathematics 1A
SMA102 Mathematics 1B
SMA104 Concepts of Mathematics
SPE111 Physical Assessment, Exercise Prescription and Delivery (replaced by SPE112 from 2025)
SPE120 Essentials in Health and Fitness (replaced by SPE101 from 2025)
SPH141 Concepts of Physics
TES102 Language, Meaning and Learning
YOL161 Yolngu Language and Culture 1
YOL162 Yolngu Language and Culture 2
AOD202 Alcohol and Other Drugs Studies
ELA213 English as an Additional Language for Secondary Teachers
ENV201 Introductory Ecology
ENV202 Introductory Remote Sensing
ENV208 Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Thinking
EST200 Child and Adolescent Development
EST204 Classroom Digital Literacies
EST245 Classroom Management and Student Wellbeing
HSC211 Mental Health and Wellbeing
IAS213 Stories for a Changing Climate (title change from 2026)
CRA122 Short Film Making (new from 2025)
IAS215 Screen Media and Production 1 (not available from 2025) (replaced by CRA122)
IAS223 Representing and Recording Country
IAS269 Word and Sentence Structure: Morphology and Syntax
SPE210 Motor Control and Learning (new title from 2025) (Previously Motor Control, Growth and Development)
TES203 Language Teaching Approaches and Methodologies
TES204 Understanding Language Acquisition
EST300 Assessment, Moderation and Reporting
EST305 Socially Inclusive Pedagogy
EST351 Developing New Teacher Content (available from 2027) |
Electives
(12 units) | 120cp | Elective units totalling 120 credit points selected from any undergraduate units offered by the University, with a minimum of 20 credit points at 300 level or above.
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| | 240cp | Total Credit Points |
Course Rules (unless otherwise indicated in the above course structure) (240cp)
- A maximum of 100 credit points may be taken from 100 level units.
- A minimum of 60 credit points must be taken from 300 level units or above.
- See the Higher Education Course Rules (Award Requirements) in the Units and Courses Policy.
COURSE CHANGES AND TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS - 2025
The following units have been added to the Early Childhood and Primary specialisation.
ECE101 Human Development and Play Pedagogies
ECE110 Safe and Healthy Environments for Children
ECE112 Legislative and Regulatory Compliance
ECL200 Early Years language and Literacy
ESC105 Science and Humanities in Early Childhood
EST220 Equity, Inclusion, Diversity and Advocacy
ECE312 Assessment for Learning and Curricula
EST320 Teacher Professional Identities
SBI171 Anatomy and Physiology 1 and SBI172 Anatomy and Physiology 2 have been replaced by SBI161 and SBI162 from Semester 1 2025.
- Students who have completed BOTH SBI171 and SBI172 prior to 2025 do not need to complete SBI161 or SBI162.
- Students who have NOT completed either SBI171 or SBI172 prior to 2025 should complete the two new units SBI161 and SBI162.
- Students who have completed SBI171 only (and not SBI172) should complete SBI172 in 2025. Students should NOT complete the new unit SBI162.
- Students who have completed SBI172 only (and not SBI171) should complete SBI171 in 2025. Students should NOT complete the new unit SBI161.
SBI171 and SBI172 will be offered for a final time in 2025 but will only be available to students who have completed either SBI171 or SBI172 prior to 2025.
