Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching)

Rules Variation Summary for 2025

Summary of Changes for 2025

Implications for current Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching) students

Enrolment & Progression

Candidates are expected to attempt the National Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students within the first year of full time study or equivalent (the first 48cps of study) and must pass it before the final professional experience placement.

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Note changes to progression

Students who are yet to complete CHEM110 as part of their Agriculture Teaching Area, can instead completed AGFN100.

Rules Variation Summary for 2024

Summary of Changes for 2024

Implications for current Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching) students

Program of Study

Group 1 Core Units:

  • EDEE100 and EDME145 added.

Teaching Areas

  • Studies of Religion, EAL/D and Society and Culture removed.
  • Units in each Teaching are reduced to satisfy NESA requirements.
  • Unit Selection instructions amended.
  • French:
    • Listed Units: FREN308 added.
  • Biology:
    • Listed Units: BOTY370, ZOOL310 and ZOOL326 added.
  • All:
    • EDIT313, EDLT321, EDEE321 and EDME340 removed.
    • PHYS100 added.

Enrolment & Progression

Course Requirements updated.

Exit Pathways

Updated to reflect all opportunities and to clarify the re-admission process required if a student does exit.

Note changes to program of study, core units.

Note change to Practical, Clinical or Work Experience requirements.

Note changes to admission, progression and exit pathways.

Rules Variation Summary for 2023

Summary of Changes for 2023

Implications for current Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching) students

Program of Study

Group 1 Core Units:

  • EDEE150, EDEE250, EDEE350, EDEE450 and EDPE314 added.
  • EDEE112, EDEE212, EDEE300, EDPE247 and EDPE346 removed.

Employment & Accreditation

Updated teacher registration information pertaining to ITE requirements.

Admission

Bridging options clarified for English requirements.

Practical, Clinical or Work Experience

Updated to reflect current accreditation requirements.

Enrolment & Progression

Course Requirements and Progress and Conduct clauses updated to incorporate LANTITE and GTPA (mandatory requirements).

Exit Pathways

Updated to reflect all opportunities and to clarify the re-admission process required if a student does exit.

Note changes to program of study, core units.

Note change to Practical, Clinical or Work Experience requirements.

Note changes to admission, progression and exit pathways.

Rules Variation Summary for 2022

Summary of Changes for 2022

Implications for current Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching) students

Program of Study

Agriculture

  • AGSY101 and AGCY102 have been removed and replaced with RSNR110 and RSNR120
  • AGRO211 and AGRO223 have been combined to form AGRO200
  • SOIL222 has been added to Listed units

Reference to TPA changed to GTPA

  • References to the Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA) have been changed to the Graduate Teaching Performance Assessment

Admission Rules - Transferring students

  • A clarification of admission rules relating to students transferring from one award to another has been added. This clarification of the admission requirements, will avoid any issues of students being able to use their initial method of application to UNE as the basis for admission, when their latest studies are not meeting the admission requirements.

Progression Requirements & Exit Pathways

  • Students unable to pass the mandatory requirements of LANTITE clauses have been added to all ITE awards for 2021 to indicate that students unable to pass LANTITE will be transferred to a non-teaching award.  This is commensurate with the GTPA requirement which is already present.

Note unit changes

Note change to Graduate Teaching Performance Assessment

Note changes to admission, progression and exit pathways

Rules Variation Summary for 2021

Summary of Changes for 2021

Implications for current Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching) students

Program of Study

Group 5: Secondary Teaching Areas

Ancient History

  • ANCH109 added to listed units

Modern History

  • HIST195 added to listed units

Society and Culture

  • SOCY302 added to listed units

Note unit changes

Rules Variation Summary for 2020

Summary of Changes for 2020

Implications for current Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching) students

Program of Study - Overview

Group 1: Core Units

  • EDUC104 is replaced with EDUC106

Group 2: Curriculum Units

Agriculture

  • EDSE346 is replaced with EDSE361

Science

  • EDSE361 title change

Group 3: Single Secondary Teaching Areas or Combined Secondary Teaching Areas

Biology

Prescribed Units

  • PSIO411 title change

Chemistry

  • CHEM220 title change
  • CHEM302 title change

English

Prescribed Units

  • ENGL103 title change

Listed Units

  • COMM315 title change
  • ENGL103 title change
  • ENGL302 added
  • ENGL372 title change
  • WRIT309 title change

Physics

Prescribed Units

  • PHYS211 replaced with PHYS213
  • PHYS207 title change

Mathematics/Physics

Prescribed Units

  • PHYS211 replaced with PHYS213
  • PHYS207 title change

Group 4: Secondary Teaching Areas

English

Prescribed Units

  • ENGL103 title change

Listed Units

  • ENGL302 added
  • ENGL372 title change
  • WRIT309 title change

French

Prescribed Units

  • FREN205 deleted
  • FREN305 deleted

German

Prescribed Units

  • GRMN301 replaced with GRMN307  and title change
  • GRMN302 replaced with GRMN308  and title change
  • GRMN309 added
  • GRMN310 added
  • GRMN311 added

Italian

Prescribed Units

  • ITAL309 title change
  • ITAL311 title change

Group 5: Secondary Teaching Areas

Ancient History

Changes made to Program of Study, see CAUC for complete details.

Prescribed Units

  • ANCH308 added
  • ANCH309 added
  • ANCH322 added
  • ANCH324 deleted
  • ANCH325 deleted

Legal Studies

Prescribed Units 12 cps have been added

  • LAW100
  • LAW161

Listed Units

  • Credit points changed from 24-36   cps to 12 or 24 cps
  • The following units have been   deleted:
    • GEPL335
    • LAW100
    • LAW101
    • LAW161
    • LAW164
    • LAW220
    • LAW326
  • The following units have been   added:
    • LAW201
    • LAW270
    • LAW325
    • LAW391
    • LSSU261
    • LSSU262
    • LSSU394

Modern History

Listed Units

  • HIST300 added
  • HIST305 deleted
  • HIST309 deleted
  • HIST317 added

Society and Culture

Listed Units

Aboriginal Studies

  • IDIG306 deleted

Asian/Pacific Studies

  • PAIS363 deleted

Civics, Governments and Political Science

  • PAIS113 title change
  • PAIS363 deleted

Communications/Media

  • COMM315 title change

Philosophy

  • PHIL363 deleted

Sociology

  • CRIM302 title change
  • CRIM344 code changed to CRIM244
  • CRIM390 code changed to CRIM190
  • IDIG306 deleted
  • SOCY120 added
  • SOCY350 title change

Note unit, unit code and/or title changes

Current students will be able to complete under current rules and may enrol in the new units if they wish or transfer subject to meeting new course requirements.

Candidates under pre-2020 rules may complete under their current rules or apply to transfer. Candidates in pre-2020 rules completing the Agriculture teaching area may replace EDSE346 with EDSE361. Candidates in pre-2020 rules may replace PHYS211 with PHYS213. Candidates in pre-2020 rules may take listed units added to the course rules. Candidates in pre-2020 rules may complete EDUC106 in place of EDUC104.

Rules Variation Summary for 2019

Summary of Changes for 2019

Implications for current Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching) students

From 2019, NESA subject content knowledge Requirements for Languages specify that units contributing to a Language must be completed at post-introductory level of study ie at 200-level and above. Language units at 100-level have been removed from the program of study but advised is provided on how to include them if required.

The title of the Primary specialisation in English is changed to English/Literacy.

Group 1: Core Units

  • EDSP410 title change to: Inclusive Teaching: PrEx 30 days
  • Note: ** Professional Experience: EDSP324 and EDLT302 note has been split into 2 notes as follows:::
  • EDLE302 must be completed in a primary setting;
  • EDSP324 must be completed in a primary school, or middle school provided Stage 3 syllabuses are used

Group 2: Curriculum Units

Enrolment instructions for each Teaching Area have been updated.  Specific units have been marked with an asterisk to indicate compulsory units for each teaching area.

Secondary Teaching area in Science has been split into: Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science; or Physics. These areas must complete all four Science curriculum units.

New Teaching area in Agriculture:

  • Complete the following curriculum units:  EDSE265, EDSE346, EDSE347, EDSE353

Groups 3/4/5: Discipline Units

Prescribed Units:

ENGL103 has been added

Listed Units:

ENGL101, ENGL102, ENGL103, ENGL305, ENGL308, WRIT326, WRIT327 have been added

  • The following Combined Secondary Teaching areas have had a name change:

Computing Technology Information Systems/Mathematics has been renamed: Information Processes and Technology/Mathematics

Prescribed Units

COSC330 has been removed

COSC310 has been added

Mathematics/Computing Technology Software Design has been renamed Mathematics/Software Design and Development

Prescribed Units

PMTH332 has been removed

PMTH338 has been added

Listed Units:

COSC250 have been added

  • The following Combined Secondary Teaching areas have been deleted:
  • Biology/Chemistry
  • Chemistry/Biology
  • Chemistry/Physics
  • Earth and Environmental Science/Chemistry
  • Physics/Chemistry
  • The Note *English OR Mathematics may be taken as Single Secondary Teaching Areas has been removed

Group 4

  • Secondary Teaching area – English change to English/Literacy
  • Language specialisations changed to only allow units at 200-level or above to count towards the teaching area. If 100-level units are required to complete a language specialisation they can only be complete as an Additional Teaching Area (Minor)
  • 'if taken as a First Secondary Teaching Area' has been removed from all language specialisations

Chinese

Prescribed Units

  • CHIN101 and CHIN102 has been removed – if required need to be completed as an Additional Teaching Area (Minor)
  • New section added: And for a first teaching area complete 12 credit points from the units below:
  • Units added to this new section: CHIN310, CHIN320, CHIN330
  • CHIN325 and CHIN330 have been added to this list

Classical Languages

Prescribed Units

  • CLLA101 and CLLA102 has been removed – if required need to be completed as an Additional Teaching Area (Minor)
  • To complete 36cp towards First Teaching Area in Classical Languages complete the following units:
  • CLLA303 and CLLA304

English

Prescribed Units

  • ENGL103 has been added

Listed Units

  • 12 credit points at 300-level in ENGL coded units has been added
  • The following units have been added to the Listed Units:
  • COMM315, COMM325, COMM332, COMM381, COMM382, COMM385, COMM389, ENGL305, ENGL308, LING350, WRIT304, WRIT309, WRIT326, WRIT327

French

Prescribed Units

  • FREN101 and FREN102 has been removed – if required need to be completed as an Additional Teaching Area (Minor)
  • FREN301 and FREN302 have been added
  • New section added: And for a first teaching area complete 12 credit points from the units below:
  • Units added to this new section: FREN203
  • FREN301 and FREN302 have been removed

German

Prescribed Units

  • GRMN101 and GRMN102 has been removed – if required need to be completed as an Additional Teaching Area (Minor)
  • GRMN210 has been removed from the Prescribed Units
  • New section added: And for a first teaching area complete 12 credit points from the units below:
  • Units added to this new section: GRMN210 and GRMN304

Indonesian

Prescribed Units

  • INDN101 and INDN102 has been removed – if required need to be completed as an Additional Teaching Area (Minor)
  • New section added: And for a first teaching area complete 12 credit points from the units below:
  • Units added to this new section: INDN311, INDN312, INDN315, INDN330 and INDN331

Italian

Prescribed Units

  • ITAL101 and ITAL102 has been removed – if required need to be completed as an Additional Teaching Area (Minor)
  • New section added: And for a first teaching area complete 12 credit points from the units below:
  • Units added to this new section: ITAL203, ITAL304, ITAL307, ITAL308, ITAL309, ITAL311 and ITAL313

Japanese

Prescribed Units

  • JAPN101 and JAPN102 has been removed – if required need to be completed as an Additional Teaching Area (Minor)
  • New section added: And for a first teaching area complete 12 credit points from the units below:

Units added to this new section: JAPN215, JAPN235, JAPN245 with original units JAPN311 and JAPN312

Mathematics

Prescribed Units

  • PMTH338 has been added
  • PMTH333 has been deleted

Spanish

Prescribed Units

  • SPAN101 and SPAN102 has been removed – if required need to be completed as an Additional Teaching Area (Minor)
  • New section added: And for a first teaching area complete 12 credit points from the units below:
  • Units added to this new section: SPAN203 and SPAN204 have been added with original units SPAN303, SPAN304, SPAN305, SPAN306

Group 5

  • English has been removed as a specialisation from Group 5 and Science and Technology added. If you choose two Secondary Teaching areas from this Group you will have a primary specialisation in English/Literacy based on the Primary units.

Ancient History

Prescribed Units

  • ANCH112 has been added
  • New section added: complete 6cps in Modern or Medieval History at 300-level

Listed Units

  • Credit points changed from 12-24cps to 6-18cps
  • ANCH320 has been added

Geography

Units have been split into Prescribed and Listed Units

Prescribed Units

  • GEPL106 has been added so there is a choice between GEPL106 or GEPL111 instead of only GEPL111

Listed Units

  • Credit points 12-24cps
  • GEPL321 and GEPL370 have been added

Modern History

Prescribed Units

  • New Prescribed Units requirement added to complete 6cps in Ancient or Medieval History at 300-level

Listed Units

  • Credit points changed from 24-36cps to 18-30cps
  • HIST113 and HIST369 have been added
  • HIST165 has been deleted

Society and Culture

Aboriginal Studies

Listed Units

  • OORA200 and OORA300 have been added

Media and Communications

Listed Units

  • WRIT327 has been added

Philosophy

Listed Units

  • PHIL309 has been added

Sociology

Listed Units

  • SOCY301 and SOCY302 have been added

Note has been removed

Studies of Religion

  • Name of this Secondary Teaching Areas changed from Studies in Religion to Studies of Religion

Listed Units

  • SOCY301 and SOCY302 have been added

Candidates under pre-2019 course rules may complete under their current rules or apply to transfer to the 2019 course rules.

Candidates under pre-2019 course rules may take listed units added to the 2019 course rules.

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

Rules Variation Summary for 2018

Summary of Changes for 2018

Implications for current Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching) students

From 2018, all initial teacher education students must pass the National Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students prior to their final professional placement; students must also pass a Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA) during the final professional experience placement.

Program of Study - Overview

  • Major Curriculum Areas are now referred to as First Secondary Teaching Areas
  • Minor Curriculum Areas are now referred to as Additional Secondary Teaching Areas

Group 1: Core Units

  • EDAE211, EDME258, and EDSS279 have been deleted
  • EDAE303, EDCX313, EDIT124, EDME358, EDSP410, EDSS379 and EDUC104 have been added
  • EDCX302, EDIT101, EDSP300, and EDUC105 have been withdrawn
  • EDEE300 title changed to Literacies and Numeracies in Context
  • EDPE247 title changed to Teaching Physical Education in Primary Schools
  • EDPE346 title changed to Teaching Health Education in Primary Schools
  • EDSE312 title changed to Primary Environmental Science and Technology for Sustainability
  • EDUC303 title changed to Teaching for Cultural Diversity-EAL/D Students

Group 2: Curriculum Units

Enrolment instructions for each Teaching Area have been updated.  Specific units have been marked with an asterisk to indicate compulsory units for each teaching area.

English:

  • EDEE332 and EDEE333 have been added

Human Society and its Environment:

  • EDSS326 title changed to Secondary Education: Legal Studies, Commerce

Mathematics:

  • EDME393 and EDME395 have been added

Science:

  • EDSE265 and EDSE353 have been added
  • EDSE357 and EDSE362 have been withdrawn

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) renamed Teaching English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D)

Group 3: Combined Major Curriculum Areas:

The Primary Specialisation for each Teaching Area in Group 3 is now indicated.  Students should check the individual teaching area to confirm which Primary Specialisation the Area contributes to.

Computing Technology Information Systems/Mathematics

Prescribed Units:

  • COSC220 and COSC260 have been withdrawn
  • COSC330 and COSC372 have been added

Earth and Environment Science/Chemistry

Prescribed Units:

  • GEOL110 title changed to Our Blue Planet

English – New

English has been added as an optional Single Secondary Teaching Area.  Full details are available at 2018 Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching) - Group 3 - English

Mathematics – New

Mathematics has been added as an optional Single Secondary Teaching Area.  Full details are available at 2018 Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching) - Group 3 - Mathematics

Mathematics/Computing Technology Software Design

Prescribed Units:

  • COSC220 title changed to Software Development Studio 2

Mathematics/Physics

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 48 cps to 54 cps
  • EDSE353 has been added
  • BIOL110, BIOL120, CHEM110, CHEM120, GEOL110 and GEOL120 have been withdrawn
  • PHYS204, PHYS207, PHYS208 and PHYS211 have been added

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 12 cps to 6 cps
  • PHYS301, PHYS311 and PHYS313 have been added

Group 4: Major/Minor Curriculum Areas:

  • Group 4 has now been separated into Group 4 and Group 5
  • Group 4 Secondary Teaching Areas count towards discipline background for Primary Specialisation in English, Language or Mathematics
  • Group 5 Secondary Teaching Areas do not count towards discipline background for a Primary Specialisation in English, a Language or Mathematics
  • Credit points changed from 36 cps to 24/36 cps (with the exception of Group 5 Society and Culture – remains as Minor/Additional Secondary Teaching Area only)

Group 4

Chinese Language renamed Chinese

  • CHIN325 has been withdrawn

English

Listed Units:

  • ENCO310 code changed to ENGL310, and title changed to Children’s Literature
  • ENGL304 title changed to Reading Fantasy Literature

French Language renamed French

  • FREN204 title changed to French Through Contemporary Culture
  • FREN206 has been withdrawn
  • FREN307 title changed

German Language renamed German

  • GRMN203 and GRMN304 have been withdrawn
  • GRMN210 has been added
  • GRMN305 has been deleted

Indonesian Language renamed Indonesian

  • INDN315, INDN330 and INDN331 have been withdrawn

Italian Language renamed Italian

  • ITAL203, ITAL304, ITAL307 and ITAL309 have been withdrawn

Japanese Language renamed Japanese

Mathematics – New

Spanish Language renamed Spanish

Group 5

Ancient History

Listed Units:

  • ANCH322 has been deleted
  • ANCH327 and ANCH328 have been added

Business Studies

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 6 cps to 12 cps
  • AMF320 has been added

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 30 cps to 12-24 cps
  • AFM101, AFM103, AFM217 have been withdrawn
  • LSSU251 has been added
  • MM333 title changed to Workforce Planning and Employee Development

Geography

Listed Units:

  • GEPL306 title changed to Water in the Environment

Legal Studies

Listed Units:

  • LAW164 title changed to Law and First Peoples of Australia
  • LSSU350 has been added

Modern History

Listed Units:

  • HIST301 has been added
  • HIST313 title changed to Crim, Protest and Reform in the British World, 1780-1860

Society and Culture

Listed Units:

Civics, Governments and Political Science:

  • PEAC388 has been added

Communications/Media:

  • COMM103 has been added
  • COMM301 title changed to Film Techniques and Digital Effects
  • COMM327 and COMM388 have been deleted
  • COMM332 title changed to News and Journalism
  • COMM385 title changed to Australian Screens
  • ENCO326 code changed to WRIT326

Indigenous Studies renamed Aboriginal Studies

Sociology:

  • ARPA352 has been withdrawn
  • SOCY300 title changed to The City and Social Change
  • SOCY319 title changed to Global Societal Challenges
  • SOCY332 title changed to Popular Culture and Consumer Society
  • SOCY360 title changed to Power, Inequality and Social Mobility

Religion renamed Studies in Religion:

  • HIST301 has been added

Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) renamed Teaching English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D)

Candidates under 2017 course rules should transfer to the 2018 course rules.

Candidates under pre-2017 course rules should remain in their current course rules and complete the embedded professional experience and the TPA in EDCX302.

Candidates under previous rules may take Group 3, 4 and 5 Units added for 2018 rules, where these are appropriate for their teaching area.

Note unit, unit code and/or title changes

Students who have not completed:

  • EDAE211 must complete EDAE303
  • EDME258 must complete EDME358
  • EDSS279 must complete EDSS379

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

Rules Variation Summary for 2017

Summary of Changes for 2017

Implications for current Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching) students

Program of Study - Overview

Group 1: Core Units

  • EDSE213 has been deleted
  • EDSE359 has been added

Group 2: Curriculum Units

English:

  • EDEE331 title changed to Secondary English: Language,   Literature and Literacy

New - Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL):

  • EDLA387 and EDLA388 have been added

Group 3: Combined Major Curriculum Areas:

Chemistry/Physics

Listed Units:

  • CHEM210 title changed to Quantum and Thermal Structure

Earth and Environment Science/Chemistry

Prescribed Units:

  • BIOL110, GEOL202 and GEOL313 have been added
  • EM353, GEOL120 and GEOL207 have been withdrawn

Listed Units

  • CHEM210 title changed to Quantum and Thermal Structure
  • SOIL310 has been added
  • GEOL313 has been withdrawn

Physics/Chemistry

Listed Units:

  • CHEM210 title changed to Quantum and Thermal Structure

Group 4: Major/Minor Curriculum Areas:

Business Studies

Listed Units:

  • FIN101 code changed to AFM103
  • MM202 code changed to BUS202
  • MM110 title changed to Fundamentals of Marketing
  • MM322 title changed to Business Ethics

Drama

Prescribed Units:

  • THEA110 title changed to Ideas of Theatre I
  • THEA111 title changed to Ideas of Theatre II

Economics

Listed Units:

  • ECON311 title changed to Contemporary Macroeconomics   Issues
  • ECON317 title changed to International Trade and Finance

English

Listed Units:

  • ENCO310 title changed to Reading and Writing Children’s   Literature
  • ENGL304 title changed to Critical and Creative Writing:   Fantasy Literature

Modern History

Listed Units:

  • HIST357 title changed to War, Nations and Empires: Modern   Europe, 1789-1914

Society and Culture

Listed Units:

Asian/Pacific Studies:

  • JAPN325 code changed to JAPN245

Civics, Governments and Political Science:

  • IDIG300, PAIS102 and PAIS381 have been deleted
  • PAIS302 has been added

Indigenous Studies:

  • IDIG101, IDIG110, IDIG300, IDIG303 and IDIG312 have been deleted
  • IDIG102, IDIG103 and IDIG305 have been added
  • IDIG301 title changed to Analysing Change in Indigenous   Societies: Politics and Public Policy

Philosophy:

  • PHIL333 has been deleted

Sociology:

  • CRIM344 title changed to Criminological Perspectives

New – Spanish Language

Listed Units (36 cps):

  • Complete 36 credit points from the following units:

SPAN101, SPAN102, SPAN201, SPAN202, SPAN301, SPAN302, SPAN303, SPAN304, SPAN305, SPAN306

New – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Prescribed Units (12 cps):

  • Complete the following units:
    LING101 and LING102

Listed Units (24 cps):

  • Complete 24 credit points from the following units:
    LING3065, LING350, LING353, LING362, LING363, LING364, LING365, LING366,   LING369, LING380

Current students may continue under current course rules or apply to transfer to the 2017 rules subject to meeting admission requirements. Continuing students may opt to complete the new listed units under their current rules.

Note unit code and/or title changes

Students who have not completed EDSE213 must complete EDSE359.

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

Rules Variation Summary for 2016

Summary of Changes for 2016

Implications for current Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching) students

Program of Study - Overview

Group 1: Core Units

  • EDSP300 title changed to Educating Students in Inclusive Environments

Group 2: Curriculum Units

  • Physics/Mathematics Combined Major renamed Mathematics/Physics in Note.

Group 3: Combined Major Curriculum Areas:

  • Note regarding Group 3 / Group 4 Discipline Units changed to read:
    Students undertake:
    (i) 60 cps from Group 3 in a combined major curriculum area; or
    (ii) 36 cps from Group 4 in a major curriculum area; and
    (iii) 24 cps from Group 4 in a minor curriculum area.

It is not possible to include both Modern History and Ancient History as a major and a minor.

It is not possible to include two languages as a major and a minor.

Chemistry/Physics

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 24 cps to 30 cps at 100-level
  • MATH120 has been withdrawn and replaced with MTHS110 Quantitative Kills with Applications
  • PHYS132 Applied Physics II has been added

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 24 cps at 200-level AND 12 cps at 300-level to 30 cps at 200/300-level.
  • And complete 12 cps from the following changed to And complete 6 cps from the following
  • ASTY221 title changed to Introduction to Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • PHYS207 and PHYS313 have been added
  • BCHM322 and BCHM330 have been withdrawn

Computing Technology Information Systems/Mathematics

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 36 cps Prescribed Units and 24 cps Listed Units to
    60 cps (Prescribed Units) with 24 cps at 100-level and 36 cps at 200/300-level.
  • COMP131 has been withdrawn and replaced with COSC110 Introduction to Programming and the UNIX Environment
  • COMP132 has been withdrawn and replaced with COSC120 Object Orientated Programming
  • MATH101 has been withdrawn and replaced with MTHS120 Calculus and Linear Algebra 1
  • MATH102 has been withdrawn and replaced with MTHS130 Calculus and Linear Algebra 2
  • COCS210, 220, 240 and 260 have been added

Withdrawn - Listed Units:

  • COMP280, 286, 290, 303, 320 and 389 have been withdrawn

Earth and Environment Science/Chemistry

  • Note complete at least 12 cps at 300 level has been changed to complete 36 cps at 200/300-level

Mathematics/Computing Technology Software Design

  • Note Complete 60 cps with 24 cps at 100-level, 24 cps at 200-level and 12 cps at 300 level changed to Complete 60cps with 24 cps at 100-level and 36 cps at 200/300-level

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 60 cps to 54 cps
  • COMP131 has been withdrawn and replaced with COSC110 Introduction to Programming and the UNIX Environment
  • COMP132 has been withdrawn and replaced with COSC120 Object Orientated Programming
  • COMP284 has been withdrawn and replaced with COSC220
  • MATH101 has been withdrawn and replaced with MTHS120 Calculus and Linear Algebra 1
  • MATH102 has been withdrawn and replaced with MTHS130 Calculus and Linear Algebra 2
  • COMP285 has been withdrawn

New - Listed Units:

  • Complete 6 cps from the following units: COSC240, COSC260 and COSC370

Mathematics/Computing Technology Software Design

  • Note Complete at least 12 cps at 300-level changed to Complete 24 cps at 200/300-level

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 48 cps to 36 cps
  • MATH101 has been withdrawn and replaced with MTHS120 Calculus and Linear Algebra 1
  • MATH102 has been withdrawn and replaced with MTHS130 Calculus and Linear Algebra 2

Physics/Chemistry

  • Note Complete not more than 24 cps at 100-level and at least 12 cps at 300 level changed to Complete not more than 30 cps at 100-level and 30 cps at 200/300-level

Prescribed Units:

  • CHEM120 has been added
  • CHEM210 and MATH120 have been withdrawn
  • MTHS110 OR MTHS120 has been added
  • PHYS301 has been moved to Listed Units

Listed Units:

  • ASTY221 title changed to Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • BCHM322 and BCHM330 have been withdrawn
  • CHEM204, 210, 220 and 250 have been added
  • And complete 6 cps from the following has been changed to And complete 12 cps from the following

Group 4: Major/Minor Curriculum Areas:

Ancient History

Listed Units:

  • ANCH307 Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World has been added
  • ANCH310 and ANCH340 have been withdrawn

Economics

Listed Units:

  • ECON320 title changed to International Political Economy

English

Listed Units:

  • ENGL381 title changed to The Contemporary Novel
  • ENGL384 Reading Crime has been added

Legal Studies

Listed Units:

  • LAW335 code changed to LAW326

Modern History

Listed Units:

  • HIST308 title changed to Crusader Europe, 1095-1453
  • HIST357 title changed to War, Nations and Empires, 1789-1914
  • HIST313 and HIST336 have been added
  • HIST318, 342, 393 and 394 have been withdrawn

Religion

Listed Units:

  • RELS180 and RELS184 have been added
  • RELS181 has been withdrawn

Society and Culture

Listed Units:

Asian/Pacific Studies-

  • JAPN325 title changed to Introduction to Japanese Popular Culture

Indigenous Studies -

  • ARPA302 and ARPA351 have been withdrawn

Sociology –

  • SOCY345, 350 and 393 have been added
  • SOCY333 and 341 have been withdrawn
  • SOCY336 title changed to The Family and Children in Society

Current students may continue under current course rules or apply to transfer to the 2016 rules subject to meeting admission requirements.

Current students under current rules will be required to pass BOSTES-mandated Literacy and Numeracy tests (“GTIL 1.2”) from 2016 prior to attempting their final Professional Experience placement.

Upon advice from BOSTES, current students under current rules who have already completed their professional experience placements will be advised of whether or not they are required to also pass BOSTES-mandated Literacy and Numeracy tests prior to graduating.

Note unit and/or title changes

Note rules on number of 100-level and 300-level units which can be chosen have now been removed

Note credit point changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

Rules Variation Summary for 2015

Summary of Changes for 2015

Implications for current Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching) students

Program of Study - Overview

Group 1: Core Units

  • EDCX402 code changed to EDCX302
  • EDEE212 title changed to English Teaching: Focus on Reading and Viewing
  • EDIT100 replaced with EDIT101 ICT Across the Curriculum: PrEx 20 days
  • EDSE412 code changed to EDSE312
  • EDSP400 code changed to EDSP300
  • EDSP424 code changed to EDSP324
  • EDUC104 replaced with EDUC105 Foundations of Professional Classroom Practice
  • EDUC403 code changed to EDUC303

Group 2: Curriculum Units

  • EDIT401 code changed to EDIT301
  • EDIT402 code changed to EDIT302
  • EDAE436 code changed to EDAE336
  • EDAE437 code changed to EDAE337
  • EDEE430 code changed to EDEE330
  • EDEE431 code changed to EDEE331
  • EDLA485 code changed to EDLA385
  • EDLA486 code changed to EDLA386
  • EDME492 code changed to EDME392
  • EDME494 code changed to EDME394
  • EDSE461 code changed to EDSE361
  • EDSE462 code changed to EDSE362
  • EDSE457 code changed to EDSE357
  • EDSE458 code changed to EDSE358
  • EDSS411 code changed to EDSS311
  • EDSS412 code changed to EDSS312
  • EDSS421 code changed to EDSS321
  • EDSS422 code changed to EDSS322
  • EDSS423 code changed to EDSS323
  • EDSS424 code changed to EDSS329
  • EDSS425 code changed to EDSS325
  • EDSS426 code changed to EDSS326
  • EDSS427 code changed to EDSS327

Group 3: Combined Major Curriculum Areas:

Biology/Chemistry

Listed Units:

  • BOTY370 title changed to Mycology and Plant Pathology

Chemistry/Physics

Listed Units:

  • ASTY221 title changed to Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • BCHM320 code changed to BCHM322

Computing Technology Information Systems/Mathematics

Listed Units:

  • COMP132 title changed to Intermediate Programming

Earth and Environment Science/Chemistry

Listed Units:

  • SOIL220 code changed to SOIL222
  • RSNR402 code level changed to RSNR302
  • RSNR403 code level changed to RSNR303

Mathematics/Computing Technology Software Design

Prescribed Units:

  • COMP132 title changed to Intermediate Programming

Physics/Chemistry

Listed Units:

  • ASTY221 title changed to Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • BCHM320 code changed to BCHM322

Group 4: Major/Minor Curriculum Areas:

Ancient History

Listed Units:

  • ANCH318 and ANCH324 have been added

Business Studies

Listed Units:

  • ECON351 title changed to Employment Relations
  • PDAS313 code changed to MM333

Drama

Listed Units:

  • THEA301 code changed to THEA304
  • THEA302 title changed to Creative Arts Performance and Analysis II

Economics

Listed Units:

  • ECON314 code changed to ECON390

English

Listed Units:

  • ENGL361 title changed to American Odyssey
  • ENGL383 has been added

Geography

  • GEPL106 has been added
  • GEPL305, GEPL314, GEPL344 and GEPL352 have been withdrawn

Japanese Language

Listed Units:

  • JAPN421 and JAPN422 have been withdrawn

Legal Studies

Listed Units:

  • LS100 code changed to LAW100
  • LS101 code changed to LAW101
  • LS161 code changed to LAW161
  • LS220 code changed to LAW220
  • LS364 code changed to LAW164
  • LAW335 has been added

Modern History

Listed Units:

  • HIST304 has been withdrawn
  • HIST303, HIST309, HIST310, HIST331, HIST332 and HIST363 have been added
  • HIST328 title changed to Modern Europe in War and Peace: 1918 to Yesterday

Religion

Listed Units:

  • EDCX476 code changed to EDCX377

Society and Culture

Listed Units:

Asian/Pacific Studies

  • PAIS351 has been withdrawn

Civics, Governments and Political Science

  • PAIS351 has been withdrawn

Communications/Media -

  • COMM120, COMM121, COMM383 and ENCO328 have been withdrawn
  • COMM101 and COMM102 have been added
  • COMM381 title changed to The Art of Documentary

Philosophy -

  • PHIL304 has been added

Sociology –

  • CRIM302 and HIST310 have been added
  • SOCY317 has been withdrawn
  • SOCY340 title changed to Foundations of Modernity: An Introduction to Social Theory

Note unit and/or title changes

Note 400-level units changed to 300-level units

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.

Note 400-level units changed to 300-level units

Students who wish to transfer to 2015 rules and who have already completed EDUC104 will only need to complete 10 days practicum within EDIT101 and will need to apply for partial credit towards EDIT101. The Professional Experience Office will manage this aspect.

Current students may complete under their current course rules or subject to meeting new admission requirements and course rules apply to transfer to the new rules from 2015.

Rules Variation Summary for 2014

Summary of Changes for 2014

Implications for current Bachelor of Education (K-12 Teaching) students

Program of Study - Overview

Group 3: Combined Major Curriculum Areas

  • New - Chemistry/Biology
  • New - Computing Technology Information Systems/Mathematics added
  • Mathematics/Information Technology renamed Mathematics/Computing Technology Software Design

Group 3: Combined Major Curriculum Areas:

Biology/Chemistry

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 36 cps to 24 cps
  • BCHM210, BCHM220, MATH120 or STAT100 have been withdrawn
  • BIOL120 has been added

Listed Units:

  • BOTY202, BOTY203, ECOL203, EVOL211, ZOOL203 and ZOOL210 have been added
  • CHEM210 has been withdrawn
  • CHEM204, CHEM220 and CHEM250 moved to And complete 12 cps from the following units
  • And complete 12 cps from the following units:
  • CHEM305, CHEM306 and FSC310 have been withdrawn
  • CHEM204, CHEM220 and CHEM250 added (see above)
  • Or complete the following units changed to And complete 12 cps from the following units:
  • BCHM320, BCHM330 have been withdrawn
  • BOTY302, BOTY370, ECOL307, EM353, EVOL301, ZOOL326 and ZOOL327 have been added

New – Chemistry/Biology

Prescribed Units:

  • Complete the following units:
  • BIOL110, BIOL120, CHEM110, CHEM120, CHEM204 and CHEM220

Listed Units:

  • Complete 12 cps from the following units:
  • BOTY202, BOTY203, ECOL203, EVOL211, ZOOL203, ZOOL210
  • And complete 12 cps from the following units:
  • CHEM302, CHEM305 and CHEM306

New – Computing Technology Information Systems/Mathematics

Prescribed Units:

  • Complete the following units:
  • COMP131, COMP132, MATH101, MATH102, PMTH212 and PMTH213

Listed Units:

  • Complete 12 cps from the following units:
  • COMP280, COMP286 and COMP290
  • And complete 12 cps from the following units:
  • COMP303, COMP320 and COMP389

Earth and Environment Science/Chemistry

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 36 cps to 48 cps
  • GEOL207 and SOIL220 moved from Listed Units to Prescribed Units

Listed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 24 cps to 12 cps
  • ENGT237 has been withdrawn

Mathematics/Information Technology renamed Mathematics/Computing Technology Software Design

Prescribed Units:

  • Credit points changed from 36 cps to 60 cps
  • COMP284 and COMP285 have been added
  • PMTH332 and PMTH339 moved from Listed Units to Prescribed Units

Listed Units:

  • COMP280, COMP283, COMP286, COMP290, COMP303, COMP395, PMTH331, PMTH333 and PMTH338 have been withdrawn

Mathematics/Physics

Prescribed Units:

  • EM353 has been withdrawn
  • And complete 12 cps from the following units has been added as follows:
  • BIOL110 and BIOL120 OR CHEM110 and CHEM120 OR GEOL110 and GEOL120
  • Listed Units:
  • ASTY221, BIOP320, PHYS204, PHYS207, PHYS211, PHYS313 have been withdrawn

Group 4: Major/Minor Curriculum Areas:

Ancient History

Listed Units:

  • ANCH314 has been withdrawn
  • ANCH315 has been added

Business Studies

Prescribed Units:

  • MM200 title changed to Managing People and Organisations

Listed Units:

  • ECON351 title changed to Employment Relations in Australia

English

Listed Units:

  • ENGL374 has been withdrawn
  • ENGL382 has been added

French Language

Listed Units:

  • FREN206 has been added

German Language

Listed Units:

  • GRMN203 has been added

Legal Studies

Listed Units:

  • LS160 has been replaced with LS161 Criminal Law

Modern History

Listed Units:

  • HIST307 and HIST348 have been withdrawn

Society and Culture

Listed Units:

Civics, Governments and Political Science –

  • PEAC328 title changed to Resolution or Transformation of Conflict

Communications/Media -

  • EACL329 has been withdrawn

Indigenous Studies -

  • ENGL374 has been withdrawn
  • IDIG312 title changed to Indigenous Communities and Ethnic Minorities

Note new and renamed Combined Major Curriculum Areas

Note unit and/or title changes

Students who have already successfully completed units that are no longer offered will be credited towards their course.