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Course Overview
Where You Can Study
Hobart
University of Tasmania, Churchill Ave, Hobart, TAS 7005
Student Information
Tuition Fee
Commonwealth Supported Place indicative annual fee: $4,744 AUD (2027)
Duration
Minimum 4 years, up to a maximum of 9 years.
Intakes
Semester 1
Eligibility
Domestic students:
We encourage you to apply for the courses you most want to study. If you’re not eligible to enter your chosen course right now, the admissions team will work with you to find the best pathway option.
Enquire online for advice on the application process and the available pathways to study
Schools Recommendation Program
Australian year 12 students can apply for this course via our Schools Recommendation Program. Rather than an ATAR, your application is based on a recommendation by your school teachers. This can factor in your year 11 results, an assessment of your capabilities, and other considerations.
Through the program, you can receive and accept an offer prior to completing year 12. You will still need to finish your year 12 studies – including any exams – to commence your studies.
If you don’t receive an early offer for this course through the Schools Recommendation Program, you will be re-assessed for a higher preference offer once your ATAR is released.
Domestic applicants who have recently completed secondary education
Applicants are ranked by ATAR and offers made based on the number of places available. In 2026, the lowest ATAR to receive an offer into this course was 65.4 The lowest ATAR to receive an offer may change from year to year based on the number of applications we receive.
Applicants who have recently completed senior secondary studies but have not received an ATAR may still be eligible for admission. We will consider your individual subject results on a case-by-case basis when we assess your application.
Applicants who have completed prior study at a recognised tertiary institution:
To be eligible for an offer, applicants must have:
Partially completed an undergraduate course at Diploma level or higher (or equivalent). Applicants must have completed at least two units of study (equivalent to 25 UTAS credit points at 100-level or above). If an applicant has failed any units the application may be subject to further review before an offer is made; or
Completed the UTAS University Preparation Program (or an equivalent qualification offered by an Australian University).
Applicants who have completed TAFE or other Vocational Education and Training (VET)
To be eligible for an offer, applicants must have completed a Certificate IV (or equivalent) in any discipline.
Domestic applicants with work and life experience
Applicants without senior secondary, tertiary or VET / TAFE study can complete a personal competency statement.
Applicants may be eligible for an offer if they have relevant work and / or life experiences which demonstrate a capacity to succeed in this course.
Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teaching Education
Commencing students must attempt the LANTITE in their first year of study and are required to successfully complete the LANTITE prior to undertaking their final Professional Experience Placement.
Special consideration
If your ability to access or participate in education has been affected by circumstances beyond your control, you can apply for special consideration as part of your application. We will consider a range of factors, including economic hardship, serious medical condition or disability.
We can only approve applications for special consideration where we are confident that you have the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in your studies. If your application is not approved, the admissions team will work with you to find the best alternative pathway to your chosen course. Special consideration is not available for international applicants.
Course participation requirements
This course includes compulsory work placements. All students must meet the course’s Safety in Practice Requirements before their first placement. This includes external clearances to work with children and vulnerable people. The safety in practice requirements are completed separately to the course application.
Entry requirements for the double degree of Bachelor of Education (Primary) and Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education are as per Bachelor of Education (Primary).
International students:
All international students will need to meet the minimum English Language Requirements, University General Entry Requirements and any course specific requirements such as pre-requisite subjects, if applicable.
English Language Requirements
This degree requires an IELTS (Academic) of Overall IELTS Score of 7.5 (Writing and Reading no band less than 7.0, Listening and Speaking no band less than 8.0). PTE Academic is not accepted for this course.
For students who do not meet the English Language Requirement through citizenship or prior studies in English in an approved country, evidence of an approved English language test completed within the last 2 years must be provided. See the English Language Requirements page for more information.
General Entry Requirements
Admission to undergraduate courses at the University of Tasmania requires the completion of qualifications equivalent to a 12th year of education in Australia.
Please review the equivalent undergraduate entry requirements to see the minimum requirement relevant to your country. The ATAR information for this course is located in the “For Domestic Students” section of the entry requirements on this page.
You can also meet the General Entry Requirement for this course with the following qualifications or prior studies:
Completion of an equivalent AQF Certificate IV or above
Complete or incomplete (minimum 25 credit points) of previous tertiary study at Bachelor level or higher
If you do not meet the minimum requirements, we offer the Foundation Studies Program.
Course Specific Requirements
Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teaching Education
Commencing students must attempt the LANTITE in their first year of study and are required to successfully complete the LANTITE prior to undertaking their final Professional Experience Placement.
Course participation requirements
This course includes compulsory work placements. All students must meet the course’s Safety in Practice Requirements before their first placement. This includes external clearances to work with children and vulnerable people. The safety in practice requirements are completed separately to the course application.
Entry requirements for the double degree of Bachelor of Education (Primary) and Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education are as per Bachelor of Education (Primary).
Alternative entry pathways:
If you do not meet the school leaver or non-school leaver entry requirements for the Bachelor of Education (Primary), you should consider enrolment in the Diploma of University Studies (Education Specialisation) as the alternative pathway to your preferred degree and career.
Students, on successfully completing the Diploma of University Studies (Education Specialisation) can then re-apply for admittance to the Bachelor of Education (Primary),and may apply for credit for the units undertaken.
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Literacy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students
This unit is a shell unit used to record your satisfactory completion of the literacy component of the mandatory LANTITE requirement for your initial teacher education qualification. There is nothing for you to do in respect of this unit, you…
Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students
This unit is a shell unit used to record your satisfactory completion of the numeracy component of the mandatory LANTITE requirement for your initial teacher education qualification. There is nothing for you to do in respect of this unit, you…
Foundations of Teaching
This unit introduces you to the study of teaching as a profession and provides opportunities for you to critically examine the nature of teachers’ work. Through reflecting on your past educational experiences and dispositions (that is, your attitudes and beliefs)…
Curriculum and Pedagogy
This unit offers an introduction to curriculum frameworks and the associated range of pedagogies involved in teaching and learning. Curriculum documents are not value-neutral; they are constructed by people who have particular viewpoints, perspectives and ideologies about education and schooling,…
Academic Literacies
Do you know how you learn best? Do you know what skills you will need to be successful in your university studies? Academic literacies are the skills that you need to engage successfully with higher education, and this is a…
Human Development and Learning
This unit explores the application of cognitive science to teaching and learning in contemporary school settings. It examines how research on memory, attention, and cognitive load informs effective classroom practice. Learners engage with strategies such as retrieval practice, spaced repetition,…
Personal and Professional Numeracy
This unit is the foundation mathematics and numeracy unit for the Bachelor of Education. It provides an opportunity to reflect upon and to develop understanding of concepts that are central to mathematics curricula and to develop quantitative literacy understandings that…
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culturally Inclusive Curriculum and Pedagogy
This unit explores the relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous, histories perspectives and cultures. It encourages you to develop an ethical position grounded in critical reflection which will enable you to identify and challenge racial and social…
Foundations of English
This is the first of three English units you will undertake in the B.Ed. degree. The foundations of English are explored in two key modules, with the first focusing on the nature of language, culture, and how young people learn…
Arts Education: Music & Visual Arts
In this unit you will learn about Music and the Visual Arts as key areas of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and the Australian Curriculum: The Arts. You will become familiar with the research that supports the practice of…
Planning for Positive Behaviour
The unit will explore the theoretical and practical issues concerned with establishing and maintaining positive learning environments that allow all students to participate fully in educational opportunities. The unit will explore preventive strategies to establish a positive classroom climate in…
Assessment for Learning
Building on the skills and knowledge developed in first year units this unit will help you to consider student need as part of planning for learning that will ensure that all students can reach their full potential. You will examine approaches for…
Professional Experience 1
The first Professional Experience placement (PE1) provides pre-service teachers the opportunity to build on their understanding of the school context and to begin to apply their theoretical understanding of teaching in practice. PE1 primarily involves active observation of learners and…
Primary Science Education 1
This unit introduces you to the foundations of primary science education. It focuses on the purpose and relevance of science as it relates to everyday life, as well as contemporary issues of sustainability, and how they can be addressed at…
Developing Understandings of English
In this second English unit, there is a particular focus on contemporary approaches to the teaching of reading, including close attention to the teaching of phonemic awareness, phonics, word knowledge, and vocabulary instruction and reading comprehension of a wide range…
Primary Mathematics Pedagogy
This unit introduces pre-service teachers to contemporary research and evidence-based pedagogical practices appropriate for teaching Early Childhood (EC) and Primary mathematics. The unit will model and provide opportunities for students to engage with high quality mathematics instruction, including worked examples,…
Introduction to HPE
This unit is the first of two Health and Physical Education units, undertaken in sequence. One purpose of this unit is to develop your knowledge in relation to a variety of pedagogical considerations which are not only pertinent to Health…
Introduction to Humanities and Social Sciences Education
EPR260 Introduction to Humanities and Social Sciences Education will provide you with the foundational knowledge, threshold concepts and skills you need to teach Humanities and Social Sciences to students aged 5 to 13 years. By studying Humanities and Social Sciences, you—and your future…
Design and Technologies
In this unit, you will examine the processes and pedagogy of design and applied learning. Information will be presented about the continuum of design and technology, opportunities for learning and problem solving through designing and making, investigating and devising solutions…
Education, Ethics and Professional Practice
The focus of this unit is a theoretical and practical exploration of ethics in relation to education and teacher identity. It encourages you to consider how particular philosophical ideas inform educational values, how these values relate to your identity as a teacher…
Professional Experience 2
This placement is undertaken in Semester 1 only, in accordance with the Professional Experience Calendar. All students must be aware of the scheduled Professional Experience dates and be prepared to undertake a placement during the scheduled time. The dates of…
Languages and Language Acquisition
This unit introduces you to the foundations of second language acquisition and the learning of English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D). It has been designed to introduce you to the role of Languages within the curriculum, second language…
Inclusive Practices in Education Settings
The unit will explore the nature of inclusive education in the 21st century with an emphasis on diversity and exceptionality. Based on a philosophical foundation that values every student and acknowledges the right of every student to the most appropriate…
Arts Education: Drama & Dance
In this unit, you will be introduced to drama and dance as key Primary and Early Childhood learning areas as well as core components of the Australian Curriculum. You will explore how students learn about and through the arts, with…
Advanced HPE
This is the second of two Health and Physical Education (HPE) units. The unit aims to promote awareness of the importance of Health and Physical Education in the curriculum from a generalist teachers perspective and provide confidence in teaching its…
Advanced Humanities and Social Sciences Education
EPR360: Advanced Humanities and Social Sciences [HASS] Education will extend your understanding of disciplinary content and pedagogy beyond that which you learned in the introductory unit, EPR260. The Australian Curriculum learning area of Humanities and Social Sciences requires children from…
Digital Technologies
This unit presents the theory, methods and practice of teaching using digital technologies. You will critically reflect on Digital Literacy (previously ICT) based issues in light of modern theorists' views of the transformative effect of Digital Technologies in education, and…
Literature, Multimodality and Media
This unit is centred on the significant role of multimodal texts in children’s lives. It will incorporate studies of how text, images, sound, gesture, movement, and space work together to shape narrative. Multimodal texts will include picturebooks, graphic novels, television, film, theatre, computer…
Myths and Mysteries of History
Did the First Australians invent bread? Was Captain Cook eaten in Hawaii? Did Atlantis really exist? Were the Vikings traders or raiders? Did the Anzacs land at the wrong place? Was Ned Kelly a hero or a villain? Who killed…
Languages Teaching
In this unit you will investigate the principles and practicalities of teaching a foreign language within a primary school context The unit will include evaluation and application of Languages teaching and learning theory and contemporary language teaching methodologies. Existing understandings,…
Inclusive Mathematics
This unit provides a range of strategies to cater for students with diverse needs in learning mathematics. The learning needs may include: difficulties directly related to the learning of mathematics, such as dyscalculia; difficulties that are not directly related to…
STEM Education for Sustainable Development (STEM4ESD)
This unit will introduce you to Foundations to Year 6 STEM Education (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), with an explicit focus on relevant contexts concerning complex socio-scientific issues (e.g., biodiversity, climate change, renewable energy), to connect local actions to global…
Equity, Diversity and Schooling
In this unit, you will explore teaching and schooling from a sociological perspective. The unit introduces you to the way schools are shaped by wider political contexts that enable and constrain what education is and what schooling can be. This…
Preparing for the Profession
Work in this unit represents a culmination of your teacher education journey and is an important bridge to your ongoing development as a professional. Through engagement with a range of blended learning activities and the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers…
Professional Experience 3
This placement is undertaken in in accordance with the Professional Experience Calendar. All students must be aware of the scheduled Professional Experience dates and be prepared to undertake a placement during the scheduled time. The dates of Professional Experience may only be changed in…
Critical Approaches to English
In this unit we will focus on the Literature Strand of the Australian Curriculum: English and build skills and knowledge for the teaching of language, literacy and literature in the primary school. Evidence based theory and research in Children’s literature ensures…
Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics
This unit builds on your knowledge of contemporary research and evidence-based pedagogical practices for teaching mathematics from EPR220. The unit further explores high quality mathematics instruction and develops your skills in preparing to teach effectively and consolidating knowledge of relevant…
Primary Science Education 2
This unit extends the theory and practical approaches introduced in EPR150. It continues to explore the nature and relevance of science as it relates to everyday life, and contemporary socio-scienti c issues, including sustainability. You will also develop strategies to explore…
Literacy and Numeracy 5 to 8 years
Young children develop their abilities to communicate, make meaning, represent ideas, and problem-solve in many ways. Literacy development begins at birth, while mathematical thinking flourishes as they begin to explore their world. In this unit, you will explore the continuity…
Curriculum Proficiency Capstone Unit
Effective teachers bring dynamic interrelated skills of curiosity, personal reflection and active research into their everyday professional lives to improve student learning. In this capstone unit, you will learn about the processes and possibilities of practitioner action research and apply…
Linguistics for Literacy
This unit provides you with in-depth theoretical knowledge about the nature, structure and development of language from a functional approach and its relations to language and literacy education. It is built on the foundational concepts in the first two core…
Transforming Learning Contexts through the 4Cs
Our world is in constant flux, changing in ways and at speeds never seen before. As education systems, in response, try to shift a 20th century preoccupation with what is taught to an emphasis on how to learn, how might…
Extending Understanding of Primary Mathematics
Mathematics is a key learning area for all students and essential to an individual's ability to fully participate in society. The teaching of mathematics at all levels is changing in response to research into its teaching and learning and to…
Technologies Education: Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Technologies education provides rich possibilities for imaginative and engaged learning through activities such as three-dimensional printing, robotics, exploration of the ‘Internet of Things’, and product development. This unit introduces you to strategies to teach Technologies by focussing on stimulating students’…
Teaching in Rural and Remote Locations
This unit is designed for students who wish to gain experience and skills to prepare them for teaching in rural locations within Tasmania, or remote locations in other Australian states or international locations, where schools may be small and classes comprised of…
A Trauma-Informed Approach to Resilience and Wellbeing
This unit will appeal to any students wishing to explore the impact of trauma in our lives, and especially how this affects our learning. The unit will introduce and highlight key concepts of early adversity, that you may be familiar…
Organisation in Community Sport and Recreation
The benefits of being physically active are significant for both individuals and the whole community. It is critical, therefore, that a concerted effort is made to increase the physical activity levels and to provide opportunities for all Tasmanians to be…
Applied HPE Pedagogy 3
This unit is a practically based unit and is designed to develop your ability to teach dance, gymnastics and sport education. An emphasis is also placed on the ability to analyse and identify areas of difficulty in skill development for…
Health Promotion and Behaviour Change: Perspectives and Practice
This unit provides you with an understanding of health information, knowledge of the nature of health and a positive attitude towards being healthy. This unit is essential for teacher education graduates who will be promoting health, both directly in health…
Creativity for Life
This unit will provide an introduction to existing evidence-based research on the benefits of engagement with the arts, through the lifespan and strategies employing creativity to support better ageing and mitigate risk factors for dementia. The unit offers opportunities for…
Perspectives of the Arts on Health and Wellbeing
This unit explores historical and current case studies of creative arts practitioners from a range of cultural contexts living with physical or mental illness and the ways this is reflected or subsumed in their work. This engagement with creative work…
Introduction to French 1A
This is an introductory unit for students with little or no prior knowledge of French. The unit places its main stress on the development of a sound basic knowledge of the structure of the language and on practice in the…
Introduction to German 1A
If you are just starting out with the German language or you’re picking it back up as a refresher, then this is the right unit for you. Our goal is to not only learn how to communicate in German, but…
Introduction to Chinese 1A
This is an introductory unit for students with little or no prior knowledge of Chinese. This introductory unit is for anyone who is interested in the Chinese language and/or has the need to learn Chinese for business or academic purposes.…
Introduction to Japanese 1A
This is an introductory unit for students with little or no prior knowledge of Japanese. This unit has an emphasis on the interactive use of the Japanese language. It develops competence in basic spoken and written Japanese. The unit also…
Introduction to Indonesian 1A
This is an introductory unit for students with no prior knowledge of Indonesian. This unit will provide students with the skills to communicate and interact with Indonesian people on a range of topics, to find their way around in Indonesia,…
Introducing Indigenous Lifeworlds
In this unit, you are invited to engage with Indigenous realities through an Indigenous lens. Using the key concept of Lifeworld, you will journey into Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing, with a particular focus on the perspectives and…
Expanding Indigenous Lifeworlds
In this unit, you are invited to expand and deepen your understanding of Indigenous realities through critical engagement with Indigenous voices and scholarship. You will use the key concepts of sovereignty, truth telling, resurgence, and relationality to identify and understand…
Australia's History
In this unit you will learn about the history of Australia from the deepest time to the present, gaining particular insight into Tasmania's past as well as an understanding of a wider global context. The Unit begins with the formation…
Engaging with Sustainability
Contemporary media is saturated with images of extreme weather events, hunger, poverty, conflict, pollution, austerity, and financial crisis. Mounting evidence suggests the 21st century will be defined by unprecedented challenges related to environmental instability, economic inequality and risks to social…
Programming Fundamentals
This unit introduces programming with an emphasis on building both foundational understanding and practical skills. It is designed to be accessible to students from a wide range of disciplines, while also providing a strong basis for further study. The unit…
Growth and Motor Development Across the Lifespan
This introductory unit prepares educators from a variety of disciplines to meet the maturational needs of diverse learners by providing a foundational base of knowledge regarding physical and cognitive development from conception through adulthood, with an emphasis on early childhood…
Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment in Early Childhood
This unit serves students in the Bachelor of Education Graduate Certificate (Early Childhood), focusing on education for children from birth to 8 years. It explores contemporary approaches to early childhood curriculum, pedagogy and authentic assessment, emphasising the integration of key…
Professional Experience - Early Childhood Birth to 2
The Birth – 2 years’ placement in the Graduate Certificate in Education (Early Childhood) course is designed to enable graduates to become familiar with the child care and education context. This PE involves active observation and participation and increased engagement…
Negotiated Study in Early Childhood
This unit supports professionals undertaking a small-scale systematic investigation into an aspect of early childhood education within a learning context or setting. It aims to enhance students' analytical and critical thinking skills through a focus on research skill development. The key purpose of…
Leadership and Advocacy in Early Childhood
This unit explores ideas, practices and concepts of leadership and advocacy in early childhood education. Topics include research examples of practices that foster collaborative, effective leadership, constructive management strategies and considered ways to promote advocacy in early childhood. Students will…
Literacy, Mathematics and Science in Early Childhood
This unit develops pedagogical knowledge for teaching literacy, mathematics and science in early childhood, with references to STEM and STEAM integration. Using an Early Childhood lens, key approaches and pedagogies are explored to evaluate their significance on early development in these…
Professional Experience - Early Childhood 3 to 5
Professional Experience in the Graduate Certificate in Education (Early Childhood) course is designed to enable graduates to further demonstrate their practice in either a child care and education or Kindergarten (or equivalent) context. This PE involves active observation and participation…
Common Questions
Yes. UTAS allows students to study both part-time and remotely, and can also provide credit for prior learning, making it possible to complete the degree around family and other commitments.
The degree includes practical teaching placements in schools. For example, one graduate completed a three-week teaching block followed by a four-week final placement block, gaining hands-on classroom experience and working directly with children and school staff.
According to a graduate, UTAS staff provide exceptional support, with help always available via email or phone call. Tutors go above and beyond in responding to assignments, and staff provide flexibility during challenging circumstances such as disrupted placements.
Graduates are qualified to work as teachers in early childhood or primary settings. One UTAS graduate went on to work as a kindergarten teacher, working in a play-based environment covering art, music, physical education, mathematics, literacy, ICT, and science.
Yes. UTAS specifically caters to interstate students and those with family responsibilities by offering part-time and remote study options, as well as credit for prior learning, allowing students to fit their studies around their personal circumstances.
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