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TEDN02 - Early Childhood Teaching (Undergraduate Study Pattern)

Major:	Teacher Education
Area of Study:	Teacher Education
Degree:	BEd (ECE) - Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education) (UAC Preference 300407 CSP)
Offered By:	The Faculty of Human Sciences The Institute of Early Childhood

General Requirements

Minimum number of credit points	96
Maximum number of credit points at 100 level	30
Minimum number of credit points in units offered by the Institute of Early Childhood	81
Minimum number of credit points in units offered by the Institute of Early Childhood at 300 level or above	46
Minimum number of credit points in units not offered by the Institute of Early Childhood	12
Minimum number of credit points in units offered anywhere in the University other than units with the prefixes ECH or ECHP	15
and completion of other specific requirements as set out below

Specific Requirements

100 level
Required		ECH113	Play and Inquiry in Early Childhood (3)	3
Required		ECH120	Early Childhood Teachers as Researchers (3)	3
Required		ECH126	Early Childhood in Australia: The Social Context (3)	3
Required		ECH129	Young Children and the Arts 1 (4)	4
Required		ECHP122	Early Childhood Reflective Practice 1 (3)	3
Required	6 cp from	100 level units (ECHL units only or units offered by other Departments)		6
200 level
Required		ECH214	Young Children's Language, Literature and Literacy (4)	4
Required		ECH215	Young Children's Mathematics, Science and Technology (4)	4
Required		ECH226	Infancy and Early Development (4)	4
Required		ECH228	Child Development 3-8 Years: Approaches to Theory and Practice (4)	4
Required		ECH229	Health in Early Childhood (3)	3
Required		ECHP222	Early Childhood Reflective Practice 2 (3)	3
Required	6 cp from	200 level units		6
300 level
Required		ECH315	Early Childhood Management 1 (3)	3
Required		ECH316	Early Childhood Management 2 (3)	3
Required		ECH319	Young Children and the Arts 2 (3)	3
Required		ECH320	Developmental Difference and Disability (4)	4
Required		ECH326	Family and Communities in a Culturally Diverse Society (3)	3
Required		ECHP323	Early Childhood Reflective Practice 3 (3)	3
Required		ECHP324	Early Childhood Reflective Practice 4 (3)	3
400 level
Required		ECH425	Early Childhood Management 3 (4)	4
Required		ECHP422	Early Childhood Reflective Practice 5 (4)	4
Required	16 cp from	ECH413	Issues in Early Childhood Mathematics, Science and Technology (4)
		ECH416	Child Development: Research and Practice (4)
		ECH417	Leadership in Early Childhood: Social Policies and Social Systems (4)
		ECH426	Creativity and the Arts (4)
		ECH432	Issues in Early Childhood Developmental Literacy (4)
		ECH440	Individual Educational Project (4)
		ECH441	Early Education for Young Children with Disabilities (4)
		ECH445	Family Centred Practice in Early Childhood Contexts (4)
		ECHP423	Early Childhood Reflective Practice 6 (4)
		ECHP444	Early Childhood Internship (8)	16
Electives
Balance of credit points required				0
TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM				96

Notes

Students who have successfully completed ECHH301 or ECHH340 Research Methods and their Application in Early Childhood, are permitted to deem ECHH301 or ECHH340 as a liberal studies unit taken inside or outside IEC as required.