Not offered in 2015
Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) approved

MTeachEC(B-5)

170 cp

Minimum duration: 2.125 years duration and normally taken in accelerated mode over two years or equivalent part time

Course available at: Online

EFTSL value of units: All 10 cp units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125. Units with a cp value of a multiple of 10 have corresponding EFTSL values.

1. Admission Requirements

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have successfully completed a Bachelor degree or equivalent qualification with a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) equivalent to an Australian Catholic University GPA of 4.0.

An applicant must also comply with the Admission Rules.

2. Requirements for Completion of the Degree¹

2.1 To qualify for the degree, a student must complete:

1. 170 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings including
2. Professional Experience Units and professional experience days to meet national ACECQA approved accreditation requirements for early childhood teacher qualification [Birth-5] - (not leading to teacher registration under the National Quality Framework)

Schedule of Unit Offerings

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Prerequisite (Pre), co-requisite (Co) and incompatible (Inc) units are indicated in parentheses where applicable.

Year 1

Unit Code	Credit Points	Unit Name
EDFD671	10	Understanding Childhood Development and Learning in the Socio-Cultural Context of the Early Years
EDFD672	10	Children’s Rights Education
EDFD673	10	Reconceptualising Childhood and Pedagogy in the Early Years
EDFD674	10	Supporting Young Children’s Social Competence
EDFD675	10	Leadership and Management in Education
EDFX661	10	Graduate Professional Experience 1 Birth to Two Years
EDFX662	10	Arts and Technology in the Early Years Including Graduate Professional Experience 2 (Three to Five Years)2 (Pre: EDFX661)
EDLA659	10	Multiple Literacies (including Mathematics) as Communication in the Early Years (Birth to Five Years)
EDPH660	10	Health, Wellbeing and Physical Education in the Early Years

Year 2

Unit Code	Credit Points	Unit Name
EDAB660	10	Australian Indigenous Perspectives, Stories and History for Education Professionals
EDAC660	10	Inclusive Education for Young Children and Families
EDAR660	10	Arts as Meaning Making in the Early Years
EDCU660	10	Curriculum and Pedagogy 1
EDFD661	10	The Pedagogy of Relationships
EDFD676	10	Leadership, Advocacy and Wellbeing for Early Years Professionals
EDST660	10	Science, Sustainability and Environmental Diversity in the Early Years

Research Unit

Unit Code	Credit Points	Unit Name
EDFX664	10	Research as Reflective Practice for Early Years Professional Including Graduate Professional Experience 4 (Birth to Five or Five to Eight)3 (Pre: EDFX663 or EDFX667)

Professional Experience Units⁴

Unit Code	Credit Points	Unit Name
EDFX661	0	Graduate Professional Experience 1 (Birth to Two Years)
EDFX667	10	Graduate Professional Experience 2A (Three to Five Years) (Pre: EDFX661)

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¹ Requirements for working with children: All students enrolled must have the appropriate approvals before they may enter a classroom or early learning centre. These are: Blue Card (Qld), Working with Vulnerable People (ACT) or Working with Children Check (NSW and Vic). International students must bring police check documentation from their own countries. Australian students who have lived in another country for 12 months or more must provide a police check from that country for that period.
² Includes a Professional Experience Program.
³ Includes a compulsory Professional Experience Program (PEP 4). Placements for students in this course will be in the Birth to Five learning environment.
⁴ Note in addition to the two Professional Experience Program (PEP) units 1 and 2A, students will complete a second and fourth PEP in: EDFX662 Arts and Technology in the Early Years Including Graduate Professional Experience 2 (Three to Five Years) and EDFX664 Research as Reflective Practice for Early Years Professional Including Graduate Professional Experience 4 (Birth to Five).