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Bachelor of Education (Primary) (Honours) Integrated Honours

Bachelor of Education (Primary) (Honours)
BEd(Prim)(Hons)

Bachelor of Education (Primary)
BEd(Prim)

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Bachelor of Education (Primary) (3408PR)
On Campus Bathurst
Wagga Wagga

Normal course duration

Bachelor of Education (Primary)

Full-time 4.0 years (8.0 sessions)

Bachelor of Education (Primary) (Honours)

Full-time 4.0 years (8.0 sessions)

Admission criteria

Bachelor of Education (Primary)

Students may be admitted to the course on the basis of the UAI score for the HSC examinations, or their equivalent, any Principals' Advisory Scheme or equivalent, interview, or some combination of the above. Entry requirements for the BEd (Primary) in Wagga and Bathurst campuses are the same and will comply with the NSWIT accreditation requirements.

Bachelor of Education (Primary) (Honours)

Admission to the Honours stream is dependent on performance in the first three years [six sessions] of the course. Students averaging Credit or higher are eligible to apply for admission.

Credit

Bachelor of Education (Primary)

The following credit arrangements apply:

Bachelor of Education (Primary) (Honours)

Students who transfer between Bathurst and Wagga Wagga campuses do so without disadvantage and receive full credit.

Students entering the course with Higher School Certificate minimum Band 4 in English Advanced, Standard English or English as a Second Language will be given credit for LIT101 Language and Text.  Students entering the course with Higher School Certificate minimum Band 4 in General Mathematics, or completion of Mathematics or Extension Mathematics to an equivalent standard will be given credit for MTH100 Foundation Mathematics.

Graduation requirement

Bachelor of Education (Primary)

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 272 points.

Bachelor of Education (Primary) (Honours)

To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 304 points.

Course structure

For the Bachelor of Education (Primary) program the course consists of 272 credits points composed of:

LIT101 Language and Text * (8 credit points)
MTH100 Foundation Mathematics * (8 credit points)

The Bachelor of Education (Primary)(Honours) program consists of 304 credit points comprising Educational Research subjects that replace specified Pass stream subjects - these are:

EER408 Education Research: Methods & Practices
EER409 Educational Research: Culture, Design & Development
EEB415 Dissertation Proposal & Literature Review

and an additional 32 credit points composed of:

ERP404 Education Honours Dissertation (1 subject) (32 credit points)

Education Studies Major Subjects

EED108 Child Development
EEP106 Education, Society & Social Justice in Australia
IKC101 Indigenous Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities*
EED208 Aboriginal & Cultural Pedagogies
EEA310 Managing the Learning Environment
ESS305 Inclusive Education
EER411 Researching Teaching
EEL410 Special Topic in Education: Teacher as Researcher

Discipline Studies Subjects

EMM108 Mathematics & Numeracy Studies*
EML110 English 1: Language as Social Practice*
EMS108 Science & Technology Studies
EMA116 Creative Arts 1: Arts experience
EML210 English 2: Reading Process & Pedagogy
EMM209 Mathematics: Content & Pedagogy
EMR205 PDHPE: Health & Movement Studies
ELN302 Literacies for the Future
EMH304 HSIE: Education for Sustainability
[ ] Elective

Curriculum Studies Subjects

EMH204 HSIE Curriculum: Exploring Australian Identity
EMM310 Mathematics Curriculum
EMA303 Creative Arts 2: Content & Context of Creative Arts K-6
EML309 English 3: Primary English Curriculum
EMR302 Personal Development, Health & Physical Education Curriculum
EMS308 Science & Technology Curriculum

Pedagogical & Professional Experience Studies

EPT115 Professional Experience 1 (Primary): Introduction to the Profession
EPT215 Professional Experience 2 (Primary): Learning & Diversity
EPT315 Professional Experience 3 (Primary): Teacher as Manager
EPT435 Professional Experience 4 (Primary): Emerging Professional
EPT445 Professional Experience: Internship
EEB425 Reflection on Professional Practice: Assessment & Reporting
EEB426 Becoming a Professional
ESR404 Education in Rural Places

*Key subjects

Passing a key subject is one of the indicators of a student's satisfactory academic progress through the course. The student must pass key subjects in the course at no more than two attempts.

The first time a student fails a key subject they will be 'at risk' of exclusion; if a student fails a second time the student will be excluded from the course.

The key subjects for the Bachelor of Education (Primary) and Honours are:

IKC101 Indigenous Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
EML110 English 1: Language as Social Practice
EMM108 Mathematics & Numeracy Studies
LIT101 Language and Text
MTH100 Foundation Mathematics

Restricted Elective Subjects

Subject to availability students may select one Elective subject from:

EEP419 Teaching Indigenous Studies Effectively
EEP420 Understanding Indigenous Communities and the Child
EHR121 Movement Education and Gymnastics
EHR219 Games, Sport and Contemporary Physical Activities
EMA114 Music Education: Performance & Practice
EMC203 Play and Investigation as Curriculum (Literacy)
EMC204 Play and Investigation as Curriculum (Science & Mathematics)
EML305 ESL Teaching
EML400 Classroom Implications of Children’s Film and Television
EML426 TESOL in Practice
EML434 Literacies in the Early Years
EML436 The Multomodal Writing Process
EML437 Reading the Multiliteracies World
EMM411 Numeracy in the Early Years
ESC407 Classroom Technologies
ESC413 Web Pedagogies
ESC415 Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum
ESG401 Extending & Enriching the Curriculum for Gifted Learners
ESS412 Developing Individual Curriculum
ESS422 Assessment and Evaluation for Learning
ESS426 Collaboration and Teamwork in the Inclusive School
ETL401 Teacher Librarianship
ETL402 Literature in Education
GRP103 Introduction to Digital Technologies and Design
GRP117 Graphic Design Theory and Practice
HST201 Colonial Australia
HST303 Literature and Society
HST311 Local History in Context
INF405 The Digital Environment
ISL150 Muslims in Australia: Faith and Practice
LIT214 Australian Literature
LIT221 Creative Writing
LIT222 Contemporary Children’s Texts
LIT316 Children’s Fiction
NUT201 Food and Health
PSY101 Foundations of Psychology 1
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
SOC215 Gender, Family and Society

or other subject as approved by the Course Director.

+ Residential School

Please note that the following subject may have a residential school component.

ISL150 Muslims In Australia: Faith And Practice

+ Workplace Learning

Please note that the following subjects have a Workplace Learning component.

EPT115 Professional Experience 1 (Primary): Introduction to the Profession
EPT215 Professional Experience 2 (Primary): Learning & Diversity
EPT315 Professional Experience 3 (Primary): Teacher as Manager
EPT435 Professional Experience 4 (Primary): Emerging Professional
EPT445 Professional Experience: Internship
NUT201 Food and Health

Enrolment pattern

FLEXIBLE OFFERING - for the Honours and Pass Stream

LIT101 Language and Text*
MTH100 Foundation Mathematics*

* It is recommended that these subjects be completed within the first two years of study and it is essential they be completed by the end of students' third year of study.

HONOURS STREAM

Year 1

Session 1

EED108 Child Development
EML110 English 1: Language as Social Practice
EMM108 Mathematics & Numeracy Studies
EMS108 Science & Technology Studies

Session 2

EEP106 Education, Society & Social Justice in Australia
EMA116 Creative Arts 1: Arts Experience
EML210 English 2: Reading Process & Pedagogy
EPT115 Professional Experience 1 (Primary): Introduction to the Profession

Year 2

Session 1

IKC101 Indigenous Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
EMH204 HSIE: Exploring Australian Identity
EML309 English 3: Primary English Curriculum
EMR205 PDHPE: Health & Movement Studies

Session 2

EED208 Aboriginal & Cultural Pedagogies
EMM209 Mathematics: Content & Pedagogy
EMS308 Science & Technology Curriculum
EPT215 Professional Experience 2 (Primary): Learning & Diversity

Year 3

Session 1

EEA310 Managing the Learning Environment
ELN302 Literacies for the Future
EMA303 Creative Arts 2: Content & Context of Creative Arts K-6
EPT315 Professional Experience 3 (Primary): Teacher as Leader

Session 2

EMH304 HSIE: Education for Sustainability
EMM310 Mathematics Curriculum
EMR302 Personal Development, Health & Physical Education Curriculum
ESS305 Inclusive Education

Session 3

EER409 Educational Research: Culture, Design & Development

Year 4

Session 1

EEB425 Reflecting on Professional Practice: Assessment & Reporting
EEB415 Dissertation Proposal & Literature Review
EER408 Educational Research: Methods & Practices

Session 2

EEB426 Becoming a Professional
EPT435 Professional Experience 4 (Primary): Emerging Professional
EPT445 Professional Experience: Internship
[ ] Elective

Session 3

ERP404 Education Honours Dissertation (32 credit points)

PASS STREAM

Year 1

Session 1

EED108 Child Development
EML110 English 1: Language as Social Practice
EMM108 Mathematics & Numeracy Studies
EMS108 Science & Technology Studies

Session 2

EEP106 Education, Society & Social Justice in Australia
EMA116 Creative Arts 1: Arts Experience
EML210 English 2: Reading Process & Pedagogy
EPT115 Professional Experience 1 (Primary): Introduction to the Profession

Year 2

Session 1

IKC101 Indigenous Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities
EMH204 HSIE Curriculum Australian Identity
EML309 English 3: Primary English Curriculum
EMR205 PDHPE: Health & Movement Studies

Session 2

EED208 Aboriginal & Cultural Pedagogies
EMM209 Mathematics: Content & Pedagogy
EMS308 Science & Technology Curriculum
EPT215 Professional Experience 2 (Primary): Learning & Diversity

Year 3

Session 1

EEA310 Managing the Learning Environment
ELN302 Literacies for the Future
EMA303 Creative Arts 2: Content & Context of Creative Arts K-6
EPT315 Professional Experience 3 (Primary): Teacher as Leader

Session 2

ESS305 Inclusive Education
EMH304 HSIE: Education for Sustainability
EMM310 Mathematics Curriculum
EMR302 Personal Development, Health & Physical Education Curriculum

Year 4

Session 1

EER411 Researching Teaching
EEB425 Reflecting on Professional Practice: Assessment & Reporting
ESR404 Education in Rural Places
[ ] Elective

Session 2

EEB426 Becoming a Professional
EEL410 Special Topic in Education
EPT435 Professional Experience 4 (Primary): Emerging Professional
EPT445 Professional Experience: Internship

Professional recognition

It is the responsibility of the NSWIT is to assure the profession and the community of the quality of teacher education programs. The Institute does this through the approval of programs offered by providers of initial teacher education ensuring that the programs meet the requirements of the Professional Teaching Standards at the Graduate Teacher level. Graduates of approved programs are eligible for provisional accreditation to teach in NSW schools.

The NSWIT Policy for Approval of Initial Teacher Education Programs was approved by the Minister for Education and Training, in July 2006, and guiding documentation relating to aspects of the Graduate Teacher Standards is currently being developed.

The Advisory process that has been undertaken has provided assurance that the proposed course is in compliance with the Subject Content Requirements for primary teacher accreditation and the specific requirements of the NSWIT accreditation process in relation to:

This course has received final accreditation approval by the New South Wales Institute of Teachers.

Contact

For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au

The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: October 2012. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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