Bachelor of Teaching (Primary)
Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) BTeach(Prim)
Online - Albury-Wodonga
Online - Albury-Wodonga
Online - Albury-Wodonga
Online - Albury-Wodonga
Online - Albury-Wodonga
Online - Albury-Wodonga
Online - Albury-Wodonga
Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.
Course duration referenced below is the effective time taken to complete a course when studied full time (full time equivalent duration). At Charles Sturt the standard calendar refers to 32 points a session over a 2 session calendar year. The Actual Duration is the time taken to complete the course following the prescribed enrolment pattern. A course's actual duration can be affected by the session calendar (number of sessions undertaken per year) and/or mode (full time, part time or mixed) and credit packages which may have been granted unpon admission. Therefore, depending on the prescribed enrolment pattern, mode, calendar utilised and credit awarded a course may take less time or more time to complete than the duration noted as full time equivalent years. Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern to determine the actual duration of study.
Full-time: 3.0 years (or part-time equivalent)
Primary school teachers are qualified to teach each of the primary curriculum areas (also referred to as the Key Learning Areas or KLAs). The Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) course is designed so that graduates are equipped to teach every Key Learning Area (KLA) and have developed extended knowledge and skills through the study of advanced subjects in one of the primary curriculum KLAs during the degree.
Charles Sturt takes a holistic approach to understand each applicants potential for academic success. Each student is assessed on a range of factors including academic readiness, previous study, work and life experience, motivation to succeed, and an awareness of the demands of tertiary study.
Applicants for the Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) must meet the following admission requirements:
The program for which the applicant will be eligible for entry is therefore based on the applicants previous study in the respective primary curriculum KLA.
Applicants who do not fully meet these requirements may be offered a place in the Bachelor of Educational Studies course. This will enable completion of the required KLA subjects to meet entry requirements and permit re-application to the Bachelor of Teaching (Primary).
Upon entry to the course, a standard credit package will be given based on the extent to which the student's undergraduate and/or postgraduate study meets the requirements of NESA for prior discipline and curriculum method study. Refer to the Credit and Pathways information for further details.
NOTE* To comply with NESAs accreditation guidelines, applicants who qualify for the course having completed prior extended study in the Science and Technology or Languages curriculum KLAs will be required to complete the advanced curriculum and pedagogy subjects in that KLA within the program.
English Language Proficiency Standard English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements.
Refer to https://study.csu.edu.au/international/apply/course-entry/english-language-requirements
This will apply to both domestic and international applicants. Offer may be conditional on ELP but applicants will be required to provide evidence of meeting these requirements before the start of studies.
The credit packages which are awarded upon entry to the course are based on:
Upon admission, all students who meet the entry requirements in full are awarded 64 points of entry-level credit in recognition of prior completed relevant undergraduate and/or postgraduate studies. This is indicated as credit package EDU38C (64 points).
If one further subject is required to meet the NESA specifications, credit package EDU37C (56 points) is awarded, which permits an additional subject to be undertaken within the course.
If two further subjects are required to meet the NESA specifications, credit package EDU36C (48 points) is awarded, which permits two additional subjects to be undertaken within the course.
Primary curriculum extended study programs: Science & Technology
Credit is awarded as outlined above. However, students will have the option to complete the additional curriculum subject of ESC407 Classroom Technology to qualify for the NESA extended primary curriculum area study in Science & Technology. If choosing this option, their credit package will be reduced by 8 points to enable them to complete that subject within this degree.
Students who choose not to complete this additional subject (ESC407) will graduate with an AITSL extended study in the primary KLA Science & Technology.
Primary curriculum extended study programs: Languages
Credit is awarded as outlined above. However, where students have not completed the additional curriculum subject of EML451 LOTE Curriculum Studies 1, their credit package will be reduced by 8 points to enable them to complete that subject within this degree.
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 192 points.
Students who enter the course with credit package EDU38C (64 points) i.e. students who fully meet the NESA (NSW Educational Standards Authority) requirements for appropriate prior studies the course consists of entry-level credit plus 17 core subjects (a total of 192 points) comprising the following:
Students who enter the course with credit package EDU36C (48 points) must complete an additional two further bachelor-level subjects in order to fully meet NESA requirements for extended study in a primary curriculum area* in one of the seven curriculum areas.
Students who enter the course with credit package EDU37C (56 points) must complete one additional bachelor-level subject in order to fully meet NESA requirements for extended studies in a primary curriculum area in one of the seven curriculum areas.
Students pursuing a Science and Technology or Languages primary curriculum area program* who lack a prior curriculum method subject will complete EMS406 and ESC407 (optional) (Science and Technology) or EML451 (Languages) as appropriate.
All subjects have a value of 8 points, with the exception of two subjects which have a zero point value and the final placement subject which has a 16 point value.
*NOTE: References to a primary curriculum area program within the Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) course equates to the accreditation requirement of a 'primary specialisation' to be developed through the study of advanced primary curriculum subjects in addition to study in each of the key learning areas (KLAs) of the primary school curriculum as defined by NESA (NSW Educational Standards Authority).
CORE SUBJECTS
Education Subjects
EED409 Learning and Development K-6 (8)
EEB435 Indigenous Australian Studies for Teachers (8)
EEB443 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Education Program (0)
EEP427 Social Justice, Ethics and Inclusion in Classroom Practice (8)
EMA410 Teaching and Assessing the Creative Arts (8)
EML440 Primary English Curriculum: Understanding Language and Literacy (8)
EML439 English Curriculum: Pedagogies in the Primary Years (8)
EMM418 Mathematics: Content & Pedagogy (8)
EMM419 Mathematics for Primary Teachers (0)
EMM410 Mathematics in the Primary Years (8)
EMS406 Science and Technology Curriculum (8)
EMH419 Curriculum Studies: HASS (8)
EMR408 PDHPE Curriculum and Pedagogy (8)
ESS419 Principles of Inclusive Education (8)
Professional Experience Subjects
EPT447 Professional Experience: Positive Primary Classroom Environments (8)
EPT448 Final Professional Experience: Effective Teaching and Assessment in the Primary Years (16)
Extended primary curriculum area study subjects (1 subject per extended primary curriculum area program)
EML447 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary English (8)
EMH409 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary Arts, HASS/HSIE & Languages (8)
EMR409 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary PDHPE (8)
EMS407 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary STEM (8)
*Please see note regarding primary curriculum area programs
NOTE: Initial teacher education students are required to pass both components of the personal Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) as part of the accreditation requirements of this course and before commencement of the final professional experience placement. Further information about the LANTITE including how to register can be found on the LANTITE website of https://teacheredtest.acer.edu.au/
*Primary curriculum area program notes
The primary curriculum area programs are based on the six Key Learning Areas (KLAs) in the NSW Curriculum: Creative Arts, English, HASS/HSIE, Mathematics, Science and Technology, PDHPE and with the addition of Languages.
It is a requirement to graduate with either a NESA approved or an AITSL extended study in a primary KLA.
AITSL Recognised Extended Primary Curriculum Area Study
Students with in-depth study in the KLA areas of Creative Arts, HASS/HSIE, and PDHPE will graduate with an AITSL recognised extended primary curriculum area study.
Extended primary curriculum area program: Creative Arts
To graduate with an AITSL extended study in the primary KLA Creative Arts a student must complete one relevant curriculum method subject in the primary curriculum area plus advanced primary curriculum KLA subject (titled as a Highly Effective Teaching subject) respective curriculum area and complete the TPA in the respective curriculum area.
The Creative Arts primary program includes the subjects EMA410 and EMH409 and Creative Arts will be the focus in the EPT448 Teaching Performance Assessment. EMA410 should be completed before enrolling in EMH409 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary Arts, HASS/HSIE & Languages.
Extended primary curriculum area program: HASS/HSIE
To graduate with an AITSL extended study in the primary KLA HASS/HSIE a student must complete one relevant curriculum method subject in the primary curriculum area plus advanced primary curriculum KLA subject (titled as a Highly Effective Teaching subject) respective curriculum area and complete the TPA in the respective curriculum area.
The HASS/HSIE primary program includes the subjects EMH419 and EMH409 and HASS/HSIE will be the focus in the EPT448 Teaching Performance Assessment. EMH419 should be completed before enrolling in EMH409 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary Arts, HASS/HSIE & Languages.
Extended primary curriculum area program: PDHPE
To graduate with an AITSL extended study in the primary KLA PDHPE a student must complete one relevant curriculum method subject in the primary curriculum area plus advanced primary curriculum KLA subject (titled as a Highly Effective Teaching subject) respective curriculum area and complete the TPA in the respective curriculum area.
The PDHPE primary program includes the subjects EMR408 and EMR409 and PDHPE will be the focus in the EPT448 Teaching Performance Assessment. EMR408 should be completed before enrolling in EMR409 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary PDHPE.
NESA Extended Primary Curriculum Area Study
There are four KLAs in which NESA endorse as KLAs for in-depth and extended study: English, Mathematics, Science and Technology and Languages. Graduates who have completed the requisite subjects for a NESA recognised extended primary curriculum area receive recognition as part of their NSW teacher registration which may advantage them when seeking a teaching position in a NSW Department of Education school.
Extended primary curriculum area program: English
To graduate with a NESA extended primary curriculum area study in English a student must complete two curriculum methods subjects in the primary curriculum area plus a third Highly Effective Teaching subject in the respective curriculum area and complete the Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA) in that primary curriculum area.
The English primary program includes the subjects EML440, EML439 and EML447 and English will be the focus in the EPT448 Teaching Performance Assessment. EML440 and EML439 should be completed before enrolling in EML447 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary English.
Extended primary curriculum area program: Mathematics
To graduate with a NESA extended primary curriculum area study in Mathematics a student must complete two curriculum methods subjects in the primary curriculum area plus a third Highly Effective Teaching subject in the respective curriculum area and complete the Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA) in that primary curriculum area.
The Mathematics primary program the subjects EMM418, EMM419, EMM410 and EMS407 and Mathematics will be the focus in the EPT448 Teaching Performance Assessment. EMM418, EMM419 and EMM410 should be completed before enrolling in EMS407 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary STEM.
Extended primary curriculum area program: Science and Technology
To graduate with a NESA extended primary curriculum area study in Science and Technology a student must complete two curriculum methods subjects in the primary curriculum area plus a third Highly Effective Teaching subject in the respective curriculum area and complete the Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA) in that primary curriculum area.
The Science and Technology primary program includes the subjects EMS406, ESC407 and EMS407 and Science and Technology will be the focus in the EPT448 Teaching Performance Assessment. EMS406 and ESC407 should be completed before enrolling in EMS407 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary STEM.
Students will have the option to complete ESC407 within the Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) degree, however their credit package will be reduced by 8 points to ensure total points for the degree are not higher than 128 total points in line with the Enrolment Policy.
Students who choose not to complete the additional subject ESC407 will graduate with an AITSL extended study in the primary KLA Science & Technology.
Extended primary curriculum area program: Languages
To graduate with a NESA extended primary curriculum area study in Languages a student must complete one curriculum method subject in Languages plus the Highly Effective Teaching subject in the Languages curriculum area and complete the TPA in the primary curriculum area Languages.
The Languages primary program includes the subjects EML451 and EMH409 and Languages will be the focus in the EPT448 Teaching Performance Assessment. EML451 should be completed before enrolling in EMH409 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary Arts, HASS/HSIE & Languages.
Students will be permitted to complete EML451 within the Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) degree, however their credit package will be reduced by 8 points to ensure total points for the degree are not higher than 128 total points in line with the Enrolment Policy.
KEY SUBJECTS
Key subjects are effective from 202030.
EED409 Learning and Development K-6
EEP427 Social Justice, Ethics and Inclusion in Classroom Practice
EEB435 Indigenous Australian Studies for Teachers
ESS419 Principles of Inclusive Education
Students must successfully complete the first year of study (8 subjects) listed in the enrolment pattern before they will be able to continue to the second year of this degree. However there is flexibility to vary the subject load dependent on students needs and subject availability, and also to study some subjects in Session 3 in order to accelerate their pace through the course. As such, the enrolment patterns provided below are intended as a guide only. Subject availability is subject to change. Students are advised to regularly review their study plan.
BACHELOR OF TEACHING (PRIMARY) full time (2 years):
SESSION 1 (February) commencement-
Year 1 - Session 1
EMM419 Mathematics for Primary Teachers (0)
EED409 Learning and Development K-6 (8)
EEP427 Social Justice, Ethics and Inclusion in Classroom Practice (8)
EML440 Primary English Curriculum: Understanding Language and Literacy (8)
EMS406 Science and Technology Curriculum (8)
Year 1 - Session 2
EMM418 Mathematics: Content & Pedagogy (8)
EMH419 Curriculum Studies: HASS/HSIE (8)
EEB435 Indigenous Australian Studies for Teachers (8)
EEB443 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Education Program (0) (NB 15 hours WPL)
EPT447 Professional experience: positive classroom environments (8)
Year 1 - Session 3
EMA410 Teaching and Assessing the Creative Arts (8) OR* EML439 English Curriculum: Pedagogies in the Primary Years (8)
EMM410 Mathematics in the Primary Years (8) OR* EMR408 PDHPE Curriculum and Pedagogy (8)
Year 2 Session 1
EMM410 Mathematics in the Primary Years (8) OR* EMR408 PDHPE Curriculum and Pedagogy (8)
EML439 English Curriculum: Pedagogies in the Primary Years (8) OR* EMA410 Teaching and Assessing the Creative Arts (8)
*Extended Primary Curriculum Area Study Subject (8)
Year 2 - Session 2
ESS419 Principles of Inclusive Education (8)
EPT448 Final Professional Experience: Effective Teaching and Assessment in the primary Years (16)
Extended Primary Curriculum Area Study Subjects:
EML447 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary English
EMS407 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary STEM
EMH409 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary Arts, HASS/HSIE & Languages
EMR409 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary PDHPE
*Please see note regarding Primary Curriculum Area programs
SESSION 2 (July) commencement -
Year 2 - Session 1
EMM419 Mathematics for Primary Teachers (0)
EED409 Learning and Development K-6 (8)
EEP427 Social Justice, Ethics and Inclusion in Classroom Practice (8)
EML440 Primary English Curriculum: Understanding Language and Literacy (8)
Year 1 - Session 3
EMR408 PDHPE Curriculum and Pedagogy (8)
EMA410 Teaching and Assessing the Creative Arts (8)
Year 2 - Session 1
EMM418 Mathematics: Content & Pedagogy (8)
EMS406 Science and Technology Curriculum (8)
EPT447 Professional experience: positive classroom environments (8)
Year 2 - Session 2
EEB435 Indigenous Australian Studies for Teachers (8)
EEB443 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Education Program (0)(NB 15 hours WPL)
ESS419 Principles of Inclusive Education (8)
EML439 English Curriculum: Pedagogies in the Primary Years (8)
Year 2 - Session 3
EMH419 Curriculum Studies: HASS/HSIE (8)
EMM410 Mathematics in the Primary Years (8)
Year 3 - Session 1
*Extended Primary Curriculum Area Study Subject (8)
EPT448 Final Professional Experience: Effective Teaching and Assessment in the primary Years (16)
Extended Primary Curriculum Area Study Subjects:
EML447 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary English
EMS407Highly Effective Teaching: Primary STEM
EMH409 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary Arts, HASS/HSIE & Languages
EMR409 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary PDHPE
*Please see note regarding Primary Curriculum Area programs
BACHELOR OF TEACHING (PRIMARY) part-time (4 years):
SESSION 1 (February) commencement -
Year 1 - Session 1
EMM419 Mathematics for Primary Teachers (0)
EED409 Learning and Development K-6 (8)
Year 1 - Session 2
EEP427 Social Justice, Ethics and Inclusion in Classroom Practice (8)
EML440 Primary English Curriculum: Understanding Language and Literacy (8)
Year 1 - Session 3
EMM418 Mathematics: Content & Pedagogy (8)
Year 2 - Session 1
EMS406 Science and Technology Curriculum (8)
EMA410 Teaching and Assessing the Creative Arts (8)
Year 2 - Session 2
EMR408 PDHPE Curriculum and Pedagogy (8)
EPT447 Professional experience: positive classroom environments (8)
Year 2 - Session 3
EEB435 Indigenous Australian Studies for Teachers (8)
Year 3 - Session 1
EMH419 Curriculum Studies: HASS/HSIE (8)
EML439 English Curriculum: Pedagogies in the Primary Years (8)
Year 3 - Session 2
EEB443 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Education Program (0) (NB 15 hours WPL)
EMM410 Mathematics in the Primary Years (8)
Year 3 - Session 3
ESS419 Principles of Inclusive Education (8)
Year 4 - Session 1
*Extended Primary Curriculum Area Study Subject (8)
Year 4 - Session 2
EPT448 Final Professional Experience: Effective Teaching and Assessment in the primary Years (16)
Extended Primary Curriculum Area Study Subjects:
EML447 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary English
EMS407 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary STEM
EMH409 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary Arts, HASS/HSIE & Languages
EMR409 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary PDHPE
*Please see note regarding Primary Curriculum Area programs
SESSION 2 (July) commencement -
Year 1 - Session 2
EMM419 Mathematics for Primary Teachers (0)
EED409 Learning and Development K-6 (8)
Year 1 - Session 3
EMR408 PDHPE Curriculum and Pedagogy (8)
Year 2 - Session 1
EEP427 Social Justice, Ethics and Inclusion in Classroom Practice (8)
EML440 Primary English Curriculum: Understanding Language and Literacy (8)
Year 2 - Session 2
EMM418 Mathematics: Content & Pedagogy (8)
EMS406 Science and Technology Curriculum (8)
Year 2 - Session 3
EMA410 Teaching and Assessing the Creative Arts (8)
Year 3 - Session 1
EPT447 Professional experience: positive classroom environments (8)
EEB435 Indigenous Australian Studies for Teachers (8)
Year 3 - Session 2
EEB443 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Education Program (0)(NB 15 hours WPL)
EML439 English Curriculum: Pedagogies in the Primary Years (8)
Year 3 - Session 3
EMH419 Curriculum Studies: HASS/HSIE (8)
EMM410 Mathematics in the Primary Years (8)
Year 4 - Session 1
*Extended Primary Curriculum Area Study Subject (8)
ESS419 Principles of Inclusive Education (8)
Year 4 - Session 2
EPT448 Final Professional Experience: Effective Teaching and Assessment in the primary Years (16)
Extended Primary Curriculum Area Study Subjects:
EML447 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary English
EMS407 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary STEM
EMH409 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary Arts, HASS/HSIE & Languages
EMR409 Highly Effective Teaching: Primary PDHPE
*Please see note regarding Primary Curriculum Area programs
Please note that the following subjects may contain a Workplace Learning component. Further details for Workplace Learning requirements are located via the subject page
EEB443 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Cultural Education Program
EPT447 Professional Experience: Positive Primary Classroom Environments
EPT448 Professional Experience: Effective Teaching and Assessment in the Primary Years
Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programs including the Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) are accredited according to national standards prescribed by the Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL). These include both the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers, and their ITE program standards.
The NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) is the state-based regulator, and it is their responsibility to implement and assure the AITSL standards in NSW. In addition to being the NSW ITE program accrediting authority, they also administer teacher registration.
The Bachelor of Teaching (Primary) is accredited until 31 December 2024.
The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: May 2021. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.