Bachelor of Arts/Master of Teaching (Early Childhood)

The Bachelor of Arts/Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) double degree is designed to prepare early childhood educators (birth to age 8) and offers high achieving students additional challenging material to enable them to maximise their intellectual growth and potential. Students will be provided with the background and skills necessary to enter the early childhood education profession with confidence and competence. Students will also gain knowledge of curriculum studies and education studies and undertake professional experience which brings together theory and practice in school settings. Students will study Education topics in all five years of the double degree, together with Bachelor of Arts topics in the first three years. At the end of third year students will need to meet a minimum graduate point average requirement to progress on to the Master of Teaching topics in years four and five. Students will gain knowledge of selected Bachelor of Arts topics, curriculum studies and theories of education and undertake professional practice which brings together theory and practice in early childhood settings (e.g. childcare centres, kindergartens, pre-school and year levels Reception to Year 2).