Bachelor of Educational Studies

Rules Variation Summary for 2025

Summary of Changes for 2025

Implications for current Bachelor of Educational Studies students

Program of Study

EDIT124 has been deemed a curriculum unit and is no longer suitable for completion in an ITE course.

Core Units:

  • EDIT124 removed

Program of study is now 42 credit points of core units, 48 credit points of discipline units and 54 credit points of listed units, with students taking one more 300 level listed unit.

Note program of study changes

Rules Variation Summary for 2024

Summary of Changes for 2024

Implications for current Bachelor of Educational Studies students

No changes to 2024.

Note unit changes

Rules Variation Summary for 2023

Summary of Changes for 2023

Implications for current Bachelor of Educational Studies students

Course Duration:

Reduced from 10 years to 8 years to reflect comparable 3 year Bachelor Awards.

Program of Study

EDME145 added and to be completed if transferring to BEDECP or other ITE course.

Core Units:

  • EDUC106 replaced with EDUC328

Educational Studies Listed Units:

  • OORA200 removed
  • PEAC328 removed
  • EDIT426 added
  • EDPE343 added
  • EDSS375 added

Teaching English as an additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D)

Linguistics

  • LING362/LING562 removed
  • LING364/LING564 removed
  • LING304 /LING504 added

Science and  Technology Primary KLA; Secondary Subject  Areas:

  • RSNR110 removed
  • RSNR120 removed
  • AGRO100 removed
  • AGRO211 removed
  • AGRO223 removed
  • ANSC120 removed
  • COMM102 removed
  • AGSY101 added
  • AGSY102 added
  • AGFN100 added
  • AGRO200 added

Note unit changes

Rules Variation Summary for 2022

Summary of Changes for 2022

Implications for current Bachelor of Educational Studies students

No changes for 2022

Nil

Rules Variation Summary for 2021

Summary of Changes for 2021

Implications for current Bachelor of Educational Studies students

Program of Study

  • HIST195 has been removed

Note unit change

Rules Variation Summary for 2020

Summary of Changes for 2020

Implications for current Bachelor of Educational Studies students

Program of Study

Core Units:

  • EDUC104 replaced with EDUC106

Educational Studies Listed Units:

  • EDSP354 title changed

English Primary KLA/English and Teaching English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Secondary Subject Area

English

  • COM315 title change
  • ENGL103 title change
  • ENGL372 title change

Chemistry

  • CHEM220 title change

Physics

  • PHYS207 title change
  • PHYS211 replaced with PHYS213

Human Society and its Environment Primary KLA Area encompassing the Secondary Subject Area(s)

Aboriginal Studies

  • IDIG306 deleted

Ancient History

  • ANCH324 deleted
  • ANCH325 deleted
  • ANCH327 deleted

Languages (German)

  • GERMN301 replaced with GRMN307   and title change
  • GRMN302 replaced with GRMN308   and title change

Modern History

  • HIST305 deleted
  • HIST309 deleted
  • HIST313 title change

Philosophy

  • PHIL363 deleted

Society and Culture

  • CRIM302 title change
  • CRIM306 code changed to CRIM206
  • CRIM307 code changed to CRIM207
  • CRIM344 code changed to CRIM244
  • CRIM374 title change
  • CRIM390 code changed to CRIM190
  • PAIS113 title change
  • PAIS363 deleted
  • SOCY308 deleted

Creative and Practical Arts Primary KLA/Drama and Music Secondary Subject Area

Drama

  • THEA321 title change

Note unit, unit code and/or title changes

Candidates under pre-2020 rules may complete under their current rules or apply to transfer.  Candidates in pre-2020 rules may complete PHYS213 in place of PHYS211. Candidates in pre-2020 rules may take EDUC106 in place of EDUC104. Candidates in pre-2020 rules may take GRMN307 and GRMN308 in place of GRMN301 and GRMN302.

Rules Variation Summary for 2019

Summary of Changes for 2019

Implications for current Bachelor of Educational Studies students

Program of Study - Overview

Core Units:

  • EDUC105 Foundations   of Professional Classroom Practice has been deleted (as this unit is in   teach out).
  • EDUC104 Introduction   to Professional Practice: Online PrEx 10 days has been added. This unit   includes an online 10 day block of professional experience.

Listed Units (asterisk for NESA approved bridging units):

  • Listed units which are NESA approved bridging units have   been checked and updated.  These are   still denoted with an asterisk (*) that appears next to the unit code.

Listed Units (English):

  • ENGL103 Introduction to Literature Through Children’s Literature has been added
  • ENGL306 Science   Fiction has been added
  • ENGL308 Graphic   Novels as Literature has been added
  • WRIT327 Magazines:   Culture, Industry and Practices has been added

Listed Units (HSIE – Aboriginal Studies):

  • OORA200 Working   with Aboriginal People has been added
  • OORA300 Aboriginal   Resilience and the Arts has been added

Listed Units (HSIE – Ancient History):

  • ANCH318 title change to The Romans: From Cradle to Grave
  • ANCH320 How to be   Good: Greek and Roman Ethics has been added

Listed Units (HSIE – Modern History):

  • HIST113 Early   Modern Europe: From Reformation to Revolution has been added
  • HIST165 Europe and   the New World has been deleted
  • HIST369 Spain and   the New World, 1474-1700 has been added

Listed Units (Philosophy for Secondary Society and Culture):

  • PHIL309 Sex and   Death: Issues in the Philosophy of Biology has been added
  • PHIL323 Philosophy   of Social Science has been deleted.

The title of discipline areas in Computing Technology have been amended to current NESA wording i.e

  • the former Computing Technology information Systems is   now called ‘Information Processes and Technology’ and
  • the former Computing Technology Software Design is now   called ‘Software Design and Development’.

Note unit additional, removal and title changes

Candidates under pre-2019 course rules may complete EDUC104 in place of EDUC105 if not already completed.

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

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

Rules Variation Summary for 2018

Summary of Changes for 2018

Implications for current Advanced Diploma in Special Education and Disability Studies students

  • NESA-approved bridging units have been marked with an   asterisk throughout the program of study.

Program of Study - Overview

Core Units:

  • EDCX135 and EDLT330 have been added
  • EDCX335 and EDLT115 have been withdrawn

Educational Studies Listed Units

  • EDUC303 title changed to Teaching for Cultural Diversity-EAL/D   Students

Discipline-based Non-Education Listed Units

English Primary KLA/English and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Secondary Subject Areas is renamed English Primary KLA/English and Teaching English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Secondary Subject Areas

English:

  • COMM103 has been added
  • COMM301 title changed to Film Techniques and Digital   Effects
  • COMM321, COMM327 and COMM388 have been deleted
  • COMM332 title changed to News and Journalism
  • COMM385 title changed to Australian Screens
  • ENCO100 code changed to WRIT101
  • ENCO303 code changed to WRIT303
  • ENCO306 code changed to WRIT306
  • ENCO310 code changed to ENGL310 and title changed to Children's Literature
  • ENCO326 code changed to WRIT326
  • ENGL304 title changed to Reading Fantasy and Science Fiction

Science and Technologies Primary KLA Area encompassing Secondary Subject Area(s)

Biology:

  • EDSE101 has been added

Chemistry:

  • EDSE101 has been added

Computing Technology Information Systems:

  • COSC220 title changed to Software Development Studio 2

Computing Technology Software Design:

  • COSC220 title changed to Software Development Studio 2

Earth and Environmental Science:

  • GEOL110 title changed to Our Blue Planet
  • GEOL120 title changed to Dynamic Earth

Physics:

  • EDSE101 has been added

Human Society and its Environment Primary KLA Area encompassing Secondary Subject Area(s)

Ancient History:

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

Geography:

  • GEPL306 title changed to Water in the Environment
  • GEPL370 title changed to Place-Making for People and the   Environment

Languages (French):

  • FREN204 has been added
  • FREN206 has been withdrawn

Languages (German):

  • GRMN203 has been withdrawn
  • GRMN210 has been added

Legal Studies:

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

Modern History:

  • HIST301 has been added

Philosophy:

  • PHIL150 title changed to Introduction to Philosophy B:   Metaphysics, Knowledge and the Search for Reality
  • PHIL151 title changed to Introduction to Philosophy A:   Ethics, the Self and the Possibilities of Freedom

Society and Culture:

  • CRIM308 title changed to Drugs, Alcohol and Crime in Australia
  • 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

Studies of Religion:

  • EDCX177 has been added

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) KLA

  • EDPE150 and EDSC101 have been added
  • EXSC100 and EXSC120 have been deleted

Note unit, unit code and unit title changes

Students who have not completed:

  • EDCX335 must complete EDCX135
  • EDLT115 must complete EDLT330

Continuing students may undertake new Listed Units within their current course rules.

Continuing students may complete under their current rules, or apply to transfer to 2018 rules.

Rules Variation Summary for 2017

Summary of Changes for 2017

Implications for current Bachelor of Educational Studies students

  • The Diploma in Educational Studies has been added as an Exit Pathway for eligible students

Program of Study - Overview

Core Units:

  • EDEC104 has been withdrawn
  • EDUC105 has been added

Educational Studies Listed Units

  • EDCX380 title changed to Innovations in Training and Development
  • PHIL333 has been deleted

Discipline-based Non-Education Listed Units

English Primary KLA/English and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Secondary Subject Areas

English:

  • EDEE100 has been added
  • ENCO310 title changed to Reading and Writing Children’s   Literature
  • ENGL304 title changed to Critical and Creative Writing: Fantasy Literature

Mathematics Primary KLA/Mathematics Secondary Subject Area

  • EDME145 has been added

Science and Technologies Primary KLA Area encompassing Secondary Subject Area(s)

Agricultural Technology:

  • AGRO100 has been added

Earth and Environmental Science:

  • ECOL100 has been added

Human Society and its Environment Primary KLA Area encompassing Secondary Subject Area(s)

Aboriginal 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

Business Studies:

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

Economics:

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

Languages (Japanese):

  • JAPN325 code changed to JAPN245

Languages (Spanish) - NEW

Modern History:

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

Philosophy:

  • PHIL150 title changed to Introduction to Metaphysics: In Search of Reality
  • PHIL306, PHIL307 and PHIL308 have been added
  • PHIL320 and PHIL322 have been deleted

Society and Culture:

  • CRIM306 title changed to Equity and Justice?
  • CRIM344 title changed to Criminological Perspectives
  • CRIM374 title changed to Criminal Profiling
  • EDEC102, EDEC104, EDEC105, PAIS101 and PAIS302 have been added
  • PAIS102 and PAIS381 have been deleted

Creative and Practical Arts Primary KLA/Drama and Music Secondary Subject Areas

Music - NEW:

  • MUSI101 and MUSI111 have been added

Drama:

  • THEA110/210 title changed to Ideas of Theatre I
  • THEA111 title changed to Ideas of Theatre II

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) KLA - NEW

  • EXSC100 and EXSC120 have been added

Note unit, unit code and unit title changes

Note addition of new KLAs and Subject Areas

Continuing students may undertake new Listed Units within their current course rules.

Continuing students may complete under their current rules, or apply to transfer to 2017 rules.

Rules Variation Summary for 2016 

Summary of Changes for 2016

Implications for current Bachelor of Educational Studies students

Program of Study - Overview

Core Units

  • EDSP244 has been withdrawn and replaced with EDSP245 Development and Learning in Childhood and Adolescence

Educational Studies Listed Units

  • EDSP300 title changed to Educating Students in Inclusive Environments
  • EDSP354 has been added

Discipline-based Non-Education Listed Units

English Primary KLA/English and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Secondary Subject Areas

English:

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

Mathematics Primary KLA/Mathematics Secondary Subject Area

  • MATH101 has been withdrawn and replaced with MTHS120
  • MATH102 has been withdrawn and replaced with MTHS130
  • MTHS100 and MTHS110 have been added

Science and Technology Primary KLA Area encompassing Secondary Subject Area(s)

Agricultural Technology:

  • AGRO211 title changed to Identification and Adaptation of Agricultural Plants

Biology:

  • BCHM330 has been withdrawn

Computing Technology Information Systems:

  • COMP280 code changed to COSC240
  • COMP131, COMP132, COMP286, COMP290, COMP303, COMP320 and COMP389 have been withdrawn
  • COSC110, COSC120, COSC210, COSC220, COSC310, COSC320, COSC340 and COSC370 have been added

Computing Technology Software Design:

  • COMP131, COMP132, COMP284, COMP286, COMP389 and COMP393 have been withdrawn
  • COSC110, COSC120, COSC210, COSC220, COSC260, COSC310, COSC320 and COSC370 have been added

Physics:

  • MATH101 has been withdrawn and replaced with MTHS120
  • MATH102 has been withdrawn and replaced with MTHS130

Human Society and its Environment Primary KLA Area encompassing Secondary Subject Area(s)

Ancient History:

  • ANCH307 and ARPA100 have been added
  • ANCH310, ANCH340 and ARPA101 have been withdrawn
  • ARPA104 title changed to Archaeology: Principles and Practices

Business Studies:

  • QM161 title changed to Business Statistics

Economics:

  • ECON320 title changed to International Political Economy

Languages (Japanese):

  • JAPN325 title changed to Introduction to Japanese Popular Culture

Legal Studies:

  • LAW335 code changed to LAW326

Modern History:

  • 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, HIST342, HIST393 and HIST394 have been withdrawn

Society and Culture:

  • SOCY336 title changed to The Family and Children in Society
  • SOCY345, SOCY350 and SOCY393 have been added
  • CRIM384, SOCY333 and SOCY341 have been withdrawn

Studies of Religion:

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

Creative and Practical Arts Primary KLA/Drama Secondary Subject Area

Drama:

  • Note added:
    With the permission of the Course Coordinator, alternative units may be selected, subject to candidates meeting overall course requirements and prerequisite and timetabling requirements for individual units.

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

Those students who have not completed EDSP244 must complete EDSP245

Note unit, unit code and/or title changes

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

These course rule changes only apply to students who commence or transfer to 2016 course rules

Note addition of Secondary Subject Area note