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Overview
Guide to entry cut-offs
OP
- Kelvin Grove 13
- Caboolture 15
Rank
- Kelvin Grove 72
- Caboolture 68
- As a primary school teacher, you will make a difference in children’s lives as they learn and grow.
- Work in a real classroom with 16 weeks of classroom practice and a four-week internship.
- Graduates will be eligible for registration as a teacher in Queensland.
- Course is recognised nationally and internationally (additional requirements may apply in some locations).
- Specialise with an optional major, including Language Other Than English (LOTE), or Health and Physical Education (HPE), or choose from a range of minors.
| QTAC course code | Kelvin Grove: 404202; Caboolture: 464212 |
| QUT course code | ED91 |
| Attendance | Full-time |
| Course duration | 4 years full-time |
| Start month | 2013 February |
| Deferment | You can defer your offer and postpone the start of your course for one year. |
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| CRICOS code | 000783G |
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Details
Why choose this course?
Primary teaching is a stimulating and rewarding career option. As a primary school teacher, you will provide the foundation for lifelong learning in young minds. You will help students develop thinking, learning and problem-solving skills. With our Bachelor of Education (Primary) degree, you will study all key learning areas, which identify what is important to teach primary students. The program will prepare you to teach across year levels 1 to 7. You can specialise with an optional major, including Language Other Than English (LOTE), or Health and Physical Education (HPE), or you can choose one from a range of minors.
Career outcomes
You will be prepared to teach Years 1 to 7 in a primary school. Teachers develop a range of skills which, in combination with work experience and personal qualities, may equip them for a variety of careers including community education officers and training developers.
Professional recognition
This course meets the requirements for registration as a teacher in Queensland. It is recognised nationally and internationally; however, additional requirements may be needed for some locations.
Units
Your course
Year 1
You will be involved in a foundation year that provides a global overview of learning and teaching. You will commence studies in curriculum and key learning areas in classroom practice as a foundation for the following years.
Year 2
You will focus on the primary years and undertake curriculum, and teaching and learning studies that explore human development, from personal and interpersonal perspectives, and prepare you for your first four-week supervised field experience in a school.
Year 3
You will further develop your knowledge of primary curriculum and explore issues in practising education, with sensitivity to sociocultural contexts. You will continue option studies and undertake your second four-week supervised school-based field experience.
Year 4
You will engage with specific aspects of learning, teaching, schools, policy and practices with almost half of your program involving you in classroom experiences including eight weeks of classroom practice and a final four-week internship that prepares you for your transition into the profession.
Majors and minors
The Bachelor of Education (Primary) offers you the opportunity to specialise in one major or one minor.
Majors
Optional majors include:
- Languages Other Than English (LOTE)
- Health and Physical Education (HPE).
Graduates with a major may seek employment as specialist LOTE or HPE teachers.
LOTE major
QUT, The University of Queensland and Griffith University have formed an Australian-first alliance to expand higher learning in a range of Asian and European languages. LOTE is available in French, German, Indonesian, Japanese or Mandarin. LOTE units in Mandarin are undertaken at QUT’s Gardens Point campus. The other languages are undertaken at the other universities. The LOTE major is available only to students with Kelvin Grove as the home campus.
HPE major
Students graduating with the HPE major will be eligible for membership of the Australian Council of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.
Students apply for the HPE major after their first year of study. Entry criteria and quotas for this major will apply. This major is available only at Kelvin Grove campus.
Minors
If you do not select a major, then one minor, consisting of four units, may be selected instead.
The minors include:
- Engaging Learners
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
- Health and Physical Activity
- Indigenous Education
- Literature and Media Studies
- Literacy
- Numeracy and Mathematics
- Research (for high-achieving students)
- Studies in Inclusive Education.
You may also choose to undertake units across the range of available areas (no minor completed).
The minors are subject to unit availability .
Credit for prior learning (advanced standing)
Students admitted with a completed Diploma of Children’s Services (Early Childhood Education and Care), or an Advanced Diploma of Children’s Services, or an equivalent accredited qualification, will be automatically granted credit (advanced standing) of 48 credit points (four option units). This credit does not reduce the course duration.
Entry requirements
Guide to entry cut-offs
OP
- Kelvin Grove 13
- Caboolture 15
Rank
- Kelvin Grove 72
- Caboolture 68
Credit for prior learning (advanced standing)
Students admitted with a completed Diploma of Children’s Services (Early Childhood Education and Care), or an Advanced Diploma of Children’s Services, or an equivalent accredited qualification, will be automatically granted credit (advanced standing) of 48 credit points (four option units). This credit does not reduce the course duration.
Assumed knowledge
Before you start this course we assume you have sound knowledge in these areas:
- English
We assume that you have knowledge equivalent to four semesters at high school level (Years 11 and 12) with sound achievement (4, SA).
Literacy course requirements
All Bachelor of Education students are required to satisfactorily complete assessment criteria relating to Queensland College of Teachers' (QCT) literacy standards by the end of year three of their course in order to meet the course and QCT professional accreditation requirements.
Literacy modules have been developed as a remedial action for students who do not attain satisfactory standards on the relevant literacy criterion during their assessment in the first year of their studies. Students will have the support of the First Year Experience Coordinator. Students may attempt these modules any number of times during the first three years of their program.
At the end of year three, unsatisfactory results within course work and these modules may result in a recommendation for an early exit from the four-year degree. The literacy requirement will also apply to double degree students with a slight variation.
Working with Children Check: blue card
You'll need to apply for a blue card because you'll be working with children or young people as part of this course. There's no cost if you apply through QUT.
Submit your blue card application to the QUT Student Centre as early as possible - ideally, as soon as you've received your offer.
If you don't receive your blue card before the start of a unit that requires contact with children, you may be unable to participate and your grades may be affected. You may also still have to pay fees for the unit.
Did you get an OP 1-5?
If you receive an OP 1-5 or equivalent, you're guaranteed an offer for this course in the major offer round.
Course fees
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.
Additional costs
There are compulsory purchases associated with this course that aren't covered by your tuition fees. See additional costs.
2013: CSP $3,000 (indicative) per Semester (48 credit points) (subject to annual review)
Student Services and Amenities Fee
You'll need to pay the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) as part of your course costs.
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.
Find out if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan
Scholarships and financial support
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
These scholarships are available for this course:
You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments
Apply
How to apply for Bachelor of Education (Primary)
You apply through QTAC for all our undergraduate courses.
Are you ready to submit your application?
You're ready if you've:
- Found all the courses you want to apply for - you can apply for up to 6.
- Checked important dates.
- Checked you meet the entry requirements.
- Checked your course costs and if you're eligible for financial support.
All done? Then you're ready to apply.
Important: Make a note of the QTAC code for this course (Kelvin Grove: 404202; Caboolture: 464212) because you'll need to enter it as part of your QTAC application.
After you've submitted your application to QTAC
If you've studied before or if you have at least two years' work experience, you may want to apply for credit for prior learning.
