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<p>Shape the future of young learners with the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education – a comprehensive degree that equips you to teach and inspire children from birth to five years, including their transition to school.</p>
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<p>Delivered through flexible, on-campus study, this program combines academic depth with extensive hands-on experience, including 80 days of supervised professional placement across diverse early childhood settings – from infants and toddlers to preschool-aged children – ensuring you graduate classroom-ready.</p>
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<p>With our unique co-op model, students are employed in ACECQA-approved early childhood centres, gaining placement opportunities that connect theory with real-world practice. You’ll develop knowledge and expertise across areas such as child development and care, teaching pedagogies, curriculum, family and community contexts, history and philosophy of early childhood, and professional practice – preparing you to create innovative and responsive learning programs. Graduates attain registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching, opening doors to a rewarding career as an early childhood teacher in kindergartens, preschools and special needs settings.</p>
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Course rules
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Course learning outcomes
Placement
Additional costs
Credit, pathways, and recognition of prior learning
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Overview
Course overview
<p>Shape the future of young learners with the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education – a comprehensive degree that equips you to teach and inspire children from birth to five years, including their transition to school.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Delivered through flexible, on-campus study, this program combines academic depth with extensive hands-on experience, including 80 days of supervised professional placement across diverse early childhood settings – from infants and toddlers to preschool-aged children – ensuring you graduate classroom-ready.</p> <p><br></p> <p>With our unique co-op model, students are employed in ACECQA-approved early childhood centres, gaining placement opportunities that connect theory with real-world practice. You’ll develop knowledge and expertise across areas such as child development and care, teaching pedagogies, curriculum, family and community contexts, history and philosophy of early childhood, and professional practice – preparing you to create innovative and responsive learning programs. Graduates attain registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching, opening doors to a rewarding career as an early childhood teacher in kindergartens, preschools and special needs settings.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Education
Study level:
Undergraduate
Study load:
Full time
Credit points:
360
AQF level:
7 - Bachelor Degree
Duration (in full time equivalent):
3 years
Domestic students:
<p><strong>Location</strong></p><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p><p>Gippsland - Churchill (On Campus)</p>
Professional accreditation:
<span class="para-no-gaps"><p><p><a href="https://www.acecqa.gov.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA)</a> </p>(Full accreditation) </p></span>
Course coordinator:
<p>Maya Antoun </p>
Entry requirements
Domestic students
Applicants with vocational education and training (VET) study
Academic requirements
<ul><li>Successful completion of a Diploma in a cognate discipline in Early Childhood Education and currently working in a relevant field in at least 0.5 FTE (full-time equivalent)</li></ul><ul><li>Applicants must also meet the VCE Maths and English requirement benchmarks of Units 3 and 4 and a study score of at least 20 in any English; and Units 1 and 2, satisfactory completion in two units (any study combination) of Maths: General Mathematics, Maths: Mathematical Methods or Maths: Specialist Mathematics OR units 3 and 4: any Mathematics;</li></ul>
International students
Academic requirements
<p>Applicants are required to have met the minimum academic requirements: </p><ul><li>Successful completion of Australian Year 12, or overseas equivalent.</li></ul><ul></ul>
English language requirements
No overall score required. IELTS Speaking and Listening 7.0 Reading and Writing 6.0, or International Second Language Proficiency Rating (ISPR) test with a score of 4 or completion of a 3-year Bachelor degree (or equivalent) from the approved recognised English-speaking country list.
Additional requirements
Supplementary admission requirements
<p>Applicants are requested to provide supplementary information to support their application as listed below.</p><br /><p class="bold-heading3">Literacy and Numeracy Test</p> <p>An alternative means of assessing your literacy and numeracy skills when Year 12 results are not available or suitable.</p> <ul><li>If VCE Maths and English requirements or equivalent have not been met, a Literacy and/or Numeracy assessment is required to demonstrate the pre-requisite requirements. Applicants required to complete the assessment will be notified.</li></ul>
Requirements
<p>Students are required to complete these requirements as part of the enrolment or graduation requisites.</p>
Essential requirements prior to enrolment
<p class="bold-heading3">Working with Children Check</p> <p>You’ll need to hold a valid <a href="http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Working with Children</a> Check before starting professional placements in this course.</p>
Course rules
Course rules show the number and type of credit points needed to finish your course. They help you understand what you need to complete to graduate. You’re responsible for following the course rules and completing the right units. You’ll find a recommended sequence of units that meets these course rules in the course structure.
Course rules
Complete 360 credit points comprising:
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credit points from
Core Units
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240
credit points from
Professional Experience Units
Core Units
Complete exactly 120 credit points from the following:
Code
Title
Credit points
EDBED1016
Learning and Teaching
15
EDECE1020
Planning, Supporting and Assessing
15
EDECE2001
Diversity: Children, Families and Communities
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EDECE2019
Health and Safety in Early Childhood
15
EDECE2021
Wellbeing in Early Childhood Contexts
15
EDECE2022
Foundations of Language and Literacy
15
EDECE2023
The Early Childhood Professional
15
EDECE3022
Guiding Behaviour
15
Professional Experience Units
Complete exactly 240 credit points from the following:
Code
Title
Credit points
ECCOP2001
Play, Learning and Development
30
ECCOP2002
Numeracy and Digital Technology
30
ECCOP2003
Early Childhood Language and Literacies
30
ECCOP2004
Art, movement and music
30
ECCOP2301
Relationships with children, families and community
30
ECCOP2302
Diversity and inclusion
30
ECCOP3001
Science, Environments and Nature Pedagogy
30
ECCOP3002
Ethical Teaching and Leadership
30
Academic progress regulations
Commendation
<p>Students that achieve a grade of High Distinction (HD) in at least three quarters of the units they study in a teaching period and receive nothing less than a Distinction (D) in remaining units in that teaching period will receive a letter of commendation.</p>
Counselling
<p>Students that fail a unit will be contacted via email with advice on required actions and referral to various Federation support services.</p>
Unsatisfactory
<p>Students who fail in more than 50% of the units in which they are enrolled in any semester or who have not passed a unit after two attempts will be regarded as having unsatisfactory progress. They will be contacted via email and advised to contact their Course Coordinator to seek advice on how to address the issues that contributed to the result.</p>
Exclusion / suspension
<p>Following unsatisfactory progress in two consecutive semesters or failing a unit for the third time, students will be asked to show cause why they should not be excluded from the course. Unless a satisfactory response is received by the relevant Academic Progress Committee the student may be excluded from the course for a period of up to two years.</p>
Final unit supplementary assessment
<p>Students who receive an MF grade in their final Semester may apply to the Course Coordinator within 7 days of the publication of results for supplementary assessment if that unit is the only outstanding unit required to complete the degree and the student has not been found guilty of any form of academic misconduct (e.g. plagiarism, contract cheating, collusion) in that Semester. The highest grade attainable will be a Pass grade.</p>
Course structure
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.federation.edu.au/students/student-essentials/how-to-enrol/what-to-enrol-in/">Course structures</a> set out the recommended sequence of units for enrolment. It's your responsibility to comply with the course rules and confirm unit availability (which you'll find under 'Offering' in the 'Key information' section of each unit outline).</p> <p>Select the semester you started your course in (not the semester you're enrolling for).</p>
Semester 1 Diploma Entry Course Structure.
Year 1
Semester 1
EDBED1016
Learning and Teaching
Core Units
15
EDECE1020
Planning, Supporting and Assessing
Core Units
15
EDECE2001
Diversity: Children, Families and Communities
Core Units
15
EDECE2019
Health and Safety in Early Childhood
Core Units
15
Semester 2
EDECE2021
Wellbeing in Early Childhood Contexts
Core Units
15
EDECE2022
Foundations of Language and Literacy
Core Units
15
EDECE2023
The Early Childhood Professional
Core Units
15
EDECE3022
Guiding Behaviour
Core Units
15
Year 2
Semester 1
ECCOP2001
Play, Learning and Development
Professional Experience Units
30
ECCOP2002
Numeracy and Digital Technology
Professional Experience Units
30
Semester 2
ECCOP2003
Early Childhood Language and Literacies
Professional Experience Units
30
ECCOP2004
Art, movement and music
Professional Experience Units
30
Year 3
Summer Semester
ECCOP2301
Relationships with children, families and community
Professional Experience Units
30
Late Summer
ECCOP2302
Diversity and inclusion
Professional Experience Units
30
Semester 1
ECCOP3001
Science, Environments and Nature Pedagogy
Professional Experience Units
30
ECCOP3002
Ethical Teaching and Leadership
Professional Experience Units
30
Course learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, graduates will be able to:
Course learning outcomes
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Outcome
<p>1</p>
<p>Critically evaluate own practice and seek to maintain a learning culture within the early years context.</p>
<p>2</p>
<p>Embrace lifelong learning in early childhood and contribute to a wide range of learning communities.</p>
<p>3</p>
<p>Understand the learning needs of children as individuals, in groups, and in families and communities.</p>
<p>4</p>
<p>Provide children with enriching, stimulating and motivating learning environments that will cater for their diverse needs.</p>
<p>5</p>
<p>Demonstrate the curriculum requirements in early childhood settings which are innovative and enterprising in planning and organising the learning environment.</p>
<p>6</p>
<p>Use integrated approaches to build on children’s skills and interests, using real life situations to make learning engaging and relevant.</p>
<p>7</p>
<p>Value the culturally specific knowledge about children and their identity, well being, learning and development that is embedded in their communities.</p>
<p>8</p>
<p>Use intentional teaching strategies that are purposeful, pre-planned or spontaneous, to support achievement of well-considered and identified goals.</p>
<p>9</p>
<p>Create physical and social environments that expose children to learning experiences and physical activity, both indoors and outdoors in the natural world.</p>
Placement
Placement information
<p>This course requires students to complete 600 hours as part of the placement requirements.</p>
Additional costs
URGD/PGCW/NAWD
Other study costs
<p>Students may incur these additional costs, which are not invoiced by the university, in order to complete the course. </p><ul><li>Working with Children Check</li></ul>
Credit, pathways, and recognition of prior learning
VET pathways
VET pathways
<p>This course offers VET articulation agreements, provided you meet the additional admissions requirements.</p>
CRS_CRDT_VET_QUAL_PROVIDE
Qualification code and title
Credit points
Restrictions
CHC50121 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
120 credit points
Please note that additional essential requirements for admission may apply following completion of this pathway.
CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care
120 credit points
Please note that additional essential requirements for admission may apply following completion of this pathway.
Credit pathways
Credit pathways
<p>The courses listed below offer approved credit pathways into this course, provided you meet the additional admission requirements.</p>
CRS_CRDT_QUAL_PROVIDE
Course code and title
Institute / school
Credit points
<p>TK5 Bachelor of Early Childhood Education. </p>
Institute of Education Arts and Community
120 credit points
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Education, Arts & Community
Discipline:
Education
Study level:
Undergraduate
Study load:
Full time
Credit points:
360
AQF level:
7 - Bachelor Degree
Duration (in full time equivalent):
3 years
Domestic students:
<p><strong>Location</strong></p><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p><p>Gippsland - Churchill (On Campus)</p>
Professional accreditation:
<span class="para-no-gaps"><p><p><a href="https://www.acecqa.gov.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA)</a> </p>(Full accreditation) </p></span>
Course coordinator:
<p>Maya Antoun </p>
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