Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Inservice)

Degree Level Postgraduate

Years

Australian students

Campus
Magill

Duration
1 year(s) full-time

Program Code
MBIE

SATAC Code
4BG010 (External)

Study as
Full-time or part-time

Fees
Commonwealth Supported

Entry requirements
A three-year teaching qualification or equivalent. In addition, applicants for this program must have a minimum of 2 years of teaching experience.

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Aim

To upgrade qualifications of graduate and practising professionals engaged in educational activities, facilitating them to work in a diverse and changing range of services for the education and care of children from birth to eight years of age.

Content & Structure

The Bachelor of Early Childhood Education (Inservice) consists of 36 units of courses. Students must complete three core courses and five elective courses selected from the remaining courses listed in the schedule. Students completing the program as part of the Department of Education and Child Development (DECD) Universal Access Project must complete EDUC 5138 Foundations for Professional Learning and a selected number of core and elective courses that will be established in a Professional Learning Plan developed in the Foundations for Professional Learning course.

What courses you'll study

Course name	Area and cat no.	Units	Reference
CORE COURSES				Rule(s): 1
Developing a Play Curriculum Birth - 8 Years	EDUC 1014	4.5
Children Developing in Context 2	EDUC 1016	4.5
Foundations for Professional Learning	EDUC 5138	4.5		Rule(s): 6
INDIGENOUS STUDIES ELECTIVE COURSES - SELECT ONE			Note(s): 2
Contemporary Aboriginal Issues	HUMS 1034	4.5		Rule(s): 2
Aboriginal Cultures	HUMS 1035	4.5
Aboriginal People, History and Colonialism	HUMS 2010	4.5
Education, Change and Society	EDUC 4169	4.5	Note(s): 2
ELECTIVE COURSES - SELECT FIVE				Rule(s): 3
Children Developing in Context 3	EDUC 1015	4.5
Children in Families and Communities	EDUC 3001	4.5
The Arts-rich Early Childhood Curriculum	EDUC 1067	4.5
Literacy Birth to 8 Years	EDUC 3053	4.5
Numeracy Birth to 8 Years	EDUC 3054	4.5
Science and Technology Birth - 8 Years	EDUC 1013	4.5
Literacies Across the Early Childhood Curriculum	EDUC 4194	4.5
Brain Development in the Early Years	EDUC 2050	4.5
Practitioner Inquiry 1	EDUC 5070	4.5	Note(s): 1
Practitioner Inquiry 2	EDUC 5071	4.5	Note(s): 1

Rules & notes

Rules

1. Students must complete the following two core courses: EDUC 1014 Developing a Play Curriculum Birth-8 years and EDUC 1016 Children Developing in Context 2. DECD Universal Access Project students also complete EDUC 5138 Foundations for Professional Learning as a third core course (see Rules 4 and 5)

2. Students must complete one Indigenous Studies elective. EDUC 4169 Education, Change and Society is mandatory and exclusive to students who are completing this program under the DECD Universal Access Project.

3. Students must complete five more courses selected from the remaining elective courses listed in the schedule.

4. Students within the DECD Universal Access Project with an Early Childhood three year undergraduate early childhood degree complete the following as their three core courses: EDUC 5138 Foundations for Professional Learning, EDUC 2050 Brain Development in the Early Years, EDUC 4169 Education, Change and Society. The remaining five courses are selected from the Electives listed on the schedule.

5. Students within the DECD Universal Access Project without an Early Childhood undergraduate education degree complete the three core course, as outlined in Rule 1, plus the Indigenous studies course EDUC 4169 Education, Change and Society, plus EDUC 2050 Brain Development in the Early Years, for a total of 5 core courses. The remaining three courses are selected from the Electives listed on the schedule.

6. EDUC 5138 Foundations for Professional Learning is only available to students who are completing this program under the DECD Universal Access Project. It must be completed as a core course during the first Study Period in which they are enrolled in the program.

7. Students completing the program as part of the DECD Universal Access Project may be granted up to 13.5 units of credit for elective courses based on Recognition of Prior Learning.

Notes

1. EDUC 5070 Practitioner Inquiry 1 and EDUC 5071 Practitioner Inquiry 2 are only available to students completing the program as part of the DECD Universal Access Project.

2. Students may exit with the Graduate Certificate in Education (Early Childhood Education) by completing 18 units of courses comprising the following two core courses: EDUC 1014 Developing a Play Curriculum Birth-8 years and EDUC 1016 Children Developing in Context 2 plus one Indigenous Studies elective plus one elective. (This exit option is not available to students completing the program as part of the DECD Universal Access Project.)