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Bachelor of Primary Education
University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, WA / Sydney, NSW, Australia
About this program
The Bachelor of Primary Education at the University of Notre Dame Australia (program 3587) is a four year degree offered at Fremantle, Broome and Sydney, designed to prepare graduates to teach primary aged children in Catholic, independent and government schools across Australia. The Broome campus offers the degree online for students in regional, rural and remote areas. The program emphasises practical classroom experience so graduates are workplace ready from day one.
Cost & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
1 term of coursework
- The degree requires 800 units of credit across 4 years. Year 1: EDUC1037 Academic Skills and Digital Literacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- EDUC1038English 1
- EDUC1039Foundations of Education
- EDUC1040Development and Learning (with a 10 day observation placement)
- EDUC1041Mathematics 1
- EDUC1042Integral Human Development in Education. Year 2: EDUC2069 Mathematics 2
- EDUC2070English 2
- EDUC2071Introduction to Teaching Principles
- EDUC2076Exploring Science in Primary Education
- EDUC3046Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students
- EDUC2077Positive Learning Environments
- plus a professional experience placement. Year 3: EDUC3066 Enriching Inclusive Education
- EDUC3067Mathematics 3
- EDUC3068Health and Physical Education
- EDUC3069Humanities in the Primary Curriculum
- EDUC3070English 3
- plus a further professional experience placement and a chosen specialisation. Year 4: EDUC4044 Advanced Pedagogy and Professional Ethics
- EDUC4045The Arts in Education
- EDUC4046Mathematics 4
- EDUC4047English 4
- EDUC4048Exploring Technology in Primary Education
- and a final professional engagement internship. Students choose a Minor (Mathematics, English, Science and Technology or Religious Education) and a Specialisation such as Special and Inclusive Education
- or Service Learning and Social Justice (Fremantle only). The degree also carries the university's Core Curriculum in philosophy and theology
Career & PR pathway
Occupations this degree typically leads to, and their skilled-migration list status
Secondary School TeacherANZSCO 241411
On both MLTSSL and CSOL, supporting 189/190/491 and the employer-sponsored 482/186. Needs an AITSL skills assessment and registration with a state teacher regulatory authority (such as VIT or NESA) to work.
Assessed by Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL)
Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) TeacherANZSCO 241111
On both MLTSSL and CSOL, supporting 189/190/491 and the employer-sponsored 482/186, via AITSL assessment and state registration.
Assessed by Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL)
Primary School TeacherANZSCO 241213
On STSOL and CSOL, so it supports the 190, 491, and the employer-sponsored 482/494/186, but not the 189 on its own. AITSL assesses at least one year of full-time equivalent primary-education study within the qualification.
Assessed by Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL)
Special Needs TeacherANZSCO 241511
On MLTSSL, supporting the 189, 190, and 491, via AITSL assessment and state registration. Also on CSOL, additionally supporting the employer-sponsored 482 and 186.
Assessed by Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL)
List membership changes over time and does not guarantee an invitation. See the skilled occupation lists guide and the points calculator before relying on this for a visa decision.
Admissions
WA and Broome: Indicative ATAR or Selection Rank of 70, or International Baccalaureate equivalent, or completion of 4 undergraduate level subjects, or Notre Dame's Tertiary Pathway Program. NSW: a separate prescribed ATAR or Selection Rank applies. Vocational education, work and life experience pathways are also considered.
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