Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
Southern Cross University - Gold Coast
Overview
There is strong demand for qualified early childhood educators. This degree gives you a three-year qualification to work in early childhood settings with children from six-weeks-old to six-years-old.
Core units cover early childhood principles and practices, and also include literacy, language and pedagogical approaches for early childhood education. Issues in contemporary education, leadership and management, and health and wellbeing in the early childhood environment are core content areas.
Some online units require attendance at on-campus workshops.
Teacher education courses: All students enrolled in an initial teacher education program must complete and pass the benchmarking Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education during the course of their studies.
Majors
Areas of study
Early childhood education.
Potential Career Outcomes
Career opportunities
Early childhood educator in childcare centres, preschools and other early childhood services.
ATAR & Selection Rank
The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.
| ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds | ATAR (excluding adjustment factors) | Selection Rank (including adjustment factors) |
|---|---|---|
| Highest rank to receive an offer | 83 | 83 |
| Median rank to receive an offer | 72 | 72 |
| Lowest rank to receive an offer | 60 | 60 |
<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made
Admission Criteria
Please refer to the Southern Cross University website for admission criteria information.
This information is sourced from Course Seeker, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and the Tertiary Admission Centres. View more information on Course Seeker.
University
Southern Cross University
Campus
Gold Coast
Course Type
Bachelors Degree
Study Area
Education
Indicative ATAR
60.00
Delivery Mode
On-campus
Duration
Full-time: 4 years, Part-time: 8 years
Course Link
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- State
- NSW
- Type
- University
- Courses
- 243
- Campuses
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Please note that these statistics simply refer to the information we have in our database. This is not an exhaustive list of courses offered at Southern Cross University. Please refer to the institution's website for the most current information.
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