Bachelor of Education (Primary and Special Education)

Australian Catholic University - Ballarat

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Overview

This course prepares you to be a primary teacher who is adept in special education so you can nurture the development of those with a disability or learning and behavioural difficulties. You can choose from a range of subject specialisations in English, Mathematics, Health and Physical Education, Indigenous Education, Language (Spanish or Italian), Science and Technologies, Religious Education and The Arts. By selecting religious education and/or theology units, you will be eligible to teach in Catholic and other faith-based schools.

Prerequisites

Year 12 prerequisites

Units 1 and 2: satisfactory completion in two units (any study combination) of Maths: General Mathematics, Maths: Mathematical Methods or Maths: Specialist Mathematics or Units 3 and 4: any Mathematics; Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL.

Non-Year 12 prerequisites

Subject proficiency: As for year 12 or equivalent; The minimum selection rank for this course, is equivalent to an ATAR of 70.00.

Majors

Education (Primary), Education (Special education).

Potential Career Outcomes

  • Primary school education
  • Special needs primary school education
  • Community centres for education
  • Private colleges and inclusive education settings
  • Advocacy
  • Policy development.

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 offer89.4591.50
Median rank to receive an offer79.7586.20
Lowest rank to receive an offer76.4580.40

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Australian Catholic University website for admission criteria information.

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University

Australian Catholic University

Campus

Ballarat

Course Type

Bachelors Degree

Study Area

Education

Indicative ATAR

76.45

Delivery Mode

On-campus

Duration

Full-time: 4 years, Part-time: Available

Course Link

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State
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Type
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Courses
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Campuses
Ballarat Blacktown Brisbane Canberra (Signadou) Melbourne North Sydney (MacKillop) Strathfield (Mount St Mary)
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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 Australian Catholic University. Please refer to the institution's website for the most current information.

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