Overview
Achieve your dream of becoming a teacher – even if you missed selection for the Bachelor of Education. This education course prepares you to enter the second year of a teaching degree.
This teaching program has been designed for students who didn’t meet the entry requirements for the Bachelor of Education through the VTAC (or direct) selection process.
This Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) accredited education pathway course will help you build the skills needed for a career in education.
Progress to a bachelor degree
Successful completion earns you a place in the second year in one of these specialised courses:
- Bachelor of Education Studies: to lead learning programs outside the traditional classroom
- Bachelor of Early Childhood: to teach and care for children from birth to five years
- Bachelor of Arts: choose to study fine art, communication, digital media, history, sociology and more.
After completing additional requirements, you will also be eligible for:
- Bachelor of Education (P-12): to teach all age groups – from prep to Year 12
- Bachelor of Education (Primary): to teach in primary schools.
Real classroom experience
If you continue to the Bachelor of Education (P-12), you’ll be job-ready before you graduate – thanks to your extensive experience teaching in a classroom. You’ll be ready to work locally or overseas in a profession with increasing demand around the world.
National & international teaching opportunities
Our teaching degrees offer exciting opportunities for professional experience through work placements, including:
- teaching in rural/remote locations
- overseas study tours in Malaysia, China, Timor Leste and more
- sports, literacy and leadership programs with sporting organisations including the Western Bulldogs
- mentoring school students in university-ready skills
- creative art projects.
Learning advice
VU’s Learning Hubs are welcoming spaces where you can improve your study and employability skills.
Our students can attend Learning Hubs at one of five VU campuses.
We offer maths, writing, careers and English-language advice, and show you effective ways to study and manage your time.
Our programs include:
- workshops
- drop-in sessions
- peer mentoring
- maths and writing resources
- resume and career guidance.
We also have accessibility support services and counselling services available for all students.
Build essential literacy and numeracy skills for a career in education, and prepare to enter the second year of a teaching degree.
Careers in education
This course may help you find work as a teacher aide, supporting teachers in their work.
Once you’ve completed the Bachelor of Education (P-12), you could find a rewarding career in a public or private primary or secondary school.
Demand for teachers in Melbourne’s west is high – and set to continue rising. The Department of Planning and Community Development figures predict greater than 40% increase in births in the region in the next five years.
Salaries & job growth
Find salaries, employment predictions and more across the teaching professions:
This course is approved as a pathway program by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT), the independent statutory authority for the teaching profession. It is a legal requirement for all teachers to be registered with VIT in order to be employed in a school or early childhood education and care service or Victorian children’s service.
Course structure
To attain the Diploma of Education Studies students will be required to complete:
- 96 credit points (equivalent to 8 units) of Core studies
Course structure and units
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- Unit code
- AEK1006
- Credits
- 12
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- Unit code
- EDC1000
- Credits
- 12
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- Unit code
- EDC1001
- Credits
- 12
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- Unit code
- EDC1004
- Credits
- 12
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- Unit code
- EDC1005
- Credits
- 12
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- Unit code
- EDC1007
- Credits
- 12
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- Unit code
- EDC1008
- Credits
- 12
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- Unit code
- EDC1010
- Credits
- 12
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
| 1. | Appraise a broad and coherent body of knowledge of in relation to the changing nature of education in a rapidly-evolving global context; | ||
| 2. | Apply knowledge of educational issues to improve educational practices; | ||
| 3. | Discuss a range of learning theories and identify how they enhance student learning; | ||
| 4. | Develop students' capabilities and capacity in literacy and numeracy that enhance communication for academic contexts, including in the use of Information and Communication Technologies; | ||
| 5. | Foster creative skills and thought processes so as to prepare to confront and pro-actively engage with 21st Century challenges; | ||
| 6. | Develop contextual understandings of contemporary life in a global community, and collaborate with colleagues to promote principles of peace, sustainability, ethical conduct, and political and economic freedom; | ||
| 7. | Articulate and review the concepts of inclusion, equity and access for socially just education; | ||
| 8. | Investigate the changing nature of society to prepare for the development of educational policies and processes relevant to students' needs. |
What's a unit?
A unit or 'subject' is the actual class you'll attend in the process of completing a course.
Most courses have a mixture of compulsory 'core' units that you need to take and optional elective units that you can choose to take based on your area of interest, expertise or experience.
Credits
Each unit is worth a set amount of study credits based on the amount of time you study. Generally, 1 credit is equal to 1 hour of study per week.
Admissions
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Applicants for this course will need to have met the academic requirements and prerequisites for this course outlined below.
Meeting the minimum admission criteria does not guarantee entry into this course. Past academic performance may be considered.
Entry requirements
Completion of an Australian Senior Secondary Certificate (VCE or equivalent).
PLUS
IELTS (or equivalent): Overall score of 6.0 (with no band less than 6.0 in Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking).
Find out if you meet the entry requirements, including English language and academic requirements.
Additional information
International students from non-English speaking countries are required to demonstrate a minimum IELTS of 6.0 overall (with no score below 6.0 in any of the four skills areas on entry to the program.
Pathways & credits
There are many ways you can start your education journey at VU. Pathways offer an easy transition between courses at different levels, so that you can start with a certificate and progress right through to postgraduate study.
Pathways from VU courses
If you have completed any of the following course(s), you will be guaranteed a place in this course. In some cases you may receive credit for your previous study, reducing the time it takes to complete your course.
You will be guaranteed entry only.
You will be guaranteed entry only.
Find out more about pathways and credits.
Pathways from other institutions
If you have completed any of the following course(s), you will be guaranteed a place in this course. In some cases you may receive credit for your previous study, reducing the time it takes to complete your course.
Melbourne City Institute of Education, Australia
You will be guaranteed entry only.
Melbourne City Institute of Education, Australia
You will be guaranteed entry only.
Find out more about pathways and credits.
Credit for skills and past study
Use our credit calculator to find out how much credit you could get towards your course, based on your previous study.
If you have completed study with another university or institution and believe you are eligible to receive credit for skills and past study, you can apply for advanced standing.
Applications for advanced standing can be made after a discussion with your course chair or academic adviser.
Pathways to further study
On completion of this course you will be guaranteed entry into the following degree and in some cases receive credit for your study:
You will be credited for up to 96 credit points of study.
You will be credited for up to 96 credit points of study.
You will be credited for up to 96 credit points of study.
You will be credited for up to 96 credit points of study.
You will be credited for up to 96 credit points of study.
You will be credited for up to 96 credit points of study.
Find out more about our study pathways to VU
How to apply
We are currently accepting international applications, and we welcome you to apply for this course.
Click 'apply' to begin, and we will guide you through the application process.
If you have questions, please get in touch:
- Phone: +61 3 9919 1164
- Online: enquiry form
Information and fees listed above are for non-resident students. Fees are accurate at the time of viewing and will be subject to annual increases. Some courses require students to purchase equipment or clothing that they will need in the course. These equipment or clothing costs are not included in the course fees listed above – check your Letter of Offer for an estimate on non-tuition-fee-related expenses.
VU takes care to ensure the accuracy of this course information, but reserves the right to change or withdraw courses offered at any time. Please check that course information is current with the Student Contact Centre.
