Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
Victoria University
Program Overview
Become an in-demand early-childhood teacher, equipped with effective skills and practical experience, with a Bachelor of Early Childhood Education from VU.
In our early-childhood degree you'll participate in units focused on children from birth to five years. You'll come to understand how early-childhood and kindergarten teaching can include children and families as contributors to the learning process.
You'll graduate with expertise built on a strong sense of social justice, learnt through hands-on experience and critical perspectives on theory.
Melbourne, Australia
36 Months
AU$ 27,400
IELTS: 6.5
Course structure and units
YEAR 1
- Reconciling Australian Humanities Education
- Personal and Professional Learning
- Human Development, Sustainability and Wellbeing
- Creativity and the Arts in Education
- Playing with Play
- Professional Understandings of Quality frameworks in Early Childhood
- Educational Programs and Practice
- Safe, Secure and Supportive Relationships and Environments
YEAR 2
- Practice in Partnership 1
- Practice in Partnership 2
- History, Philosophy and Early Childhood Education
- Engaging with Place through Rethinking Childhoods and Development
- Engaging with Place through Play
- Materiality in Early Childhood: Visual and Creative Arts
- Moving with Young Children
- Music, Movement and Dramatic Arts
YEAR 3
- Thinking with Young Children: Language and Literacy
- Advocacy in Leadership and Management in Early Childhood Education
- Practice in Partnership 3
- Critical and Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood Education
- Equity, Social Justice and Diversity in Early Childhood Education
- Thinking with Young Children: Science, Maths and Technology
- Practice in Partnership 4
- Completion of an Australian Senior Secondary Certificate (VCE or equivalent) including Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or 25 in any other English (or equivalent).
OR:
- Completion of an Australian Advanced Diploma or Diploma (or equivalent).
PLUS:
- IELTS (or equivalent): Overall score or 6.5 (with no band less than 6.0 in Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking).
OR:
- Completion of a Foundation course or equivalent.
International Fees
- AU$27400
Childcare job openings are expecting massive growth (ACECQA(external link)).
Thanks to the essential experience you’ll get from working in childcare and teaching in a kindergartens during your placement, you’ll be work-ready before you even graduate.
Typically, our students find work in kindergartens and childcare centres, in jobs such as:
- kindergarten teacher
- early childhood teacher.