Program Overview

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Bachelor of Psychological Science/Master of Teaching (Primary)

Course Overview

The Bachelor of Psychological Science/Master of Teaching (Primary) is a 4.5-year full-time or equivalent part-time course that combines the study of psychological science with the practice of teaching in primary education. The course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of psychological principles and their application in educational settings, as well as the skills and knowledge required to become a effective primary school teacher.

Admission Requirements

To be eligible for admission to the course, applicants must have completed the following prerequisites at year 12 level or equivalent:

• English (Standard) (Band 2) or English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EALD) (Band 3) in New South Wales
• English Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL in Victoria

Applicants must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy, which includes meeting a minimum ATAR requirement.

Completion Requirements

To qualify for the award, students must complete 400 credit points comprising:

1. 140 credit points from Psychology Specified units
2. 20 credit points from Core Curriculum units
3. 20 credit points from Undergraduate Education units
4. 40 credit points for a Minor in Health Science or Arts units
5. 10 credit points from Psychology Community Engagement units
6. 10 credit points from Psychology Elective units
7. 160 credit points from Master of Teaching (Primary) units
8. 0 credit points from ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education units

Course Structure

The course is structured to allow students to complete the requirements for the Bachelor of Psychological Science in the first three years, followed by the Master of Teaching (Primary) in the final 1.5 years.

Psychology Specified Units

Students must complete exactly 140 credit points from the following Psychology Specified units:

• PSYC100 Foundations of Psychology
• PSYC101 Applications of Psychology
• PSYC108 Psychological Practice: Theory and Techniques
• PSYC110 Research Design and Data Analysis 1
• PSYC200 Life Span Development
• PSYC212 Abnormal Psychology
• PSYC220 Personality and Individual Differences
• PSYC226 Research Design and Data Analysis 2
• PSYC227 Social Psychology
• PSYC307 Cognitive Psychology
• PSYC314 Psychological Assessment
• PSYC315 Brain and Behaviour
• PSYC323 Research Design and Data Analysis 3
• PSYC324 Learning and Behaviour

Core Curriculum Units

Students must complete exactly 20 credit points from the following Core Curriculum units:

• PHCC102 Being Human
• PHCC104 Ethics and the Good Life
• PHCC106 Making Sense: Practical Reasoning for Life and Career
• THCC100 Revolutionary Values: Christianity in History
• THCC101 People Matter: Catholic Social Thought
• TPCC100 Life and Meaning: Imagining Ourselves through Art and Cinema
• PHCC201 The Origins of the Sciences and Contemporary Challenges
• THCC200 Justice in the World: Catholic Social Ethics in Global Perspective
• THCC202 Sacred Land: Australian Indigenous Spiritualities and Catholic Thought
• TPCC201 Ecology and Justice
• TPCC202 Conflict, Violence and Peace-making

Undergraduate Education Units

Students must complete exactly 20 credit points from the following Undergraduate Education units:

• EDMA150 Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching
• EDSI150 Foundations of Primary Science

Minor Units

Students must complete exactly 40 credit points for a Minor in Health Science or Arts units. The Minor units are:

• Health Sciences Minor units
  • COUN Counselling
  • CRMN Criminology
  • EXEN Exercise Science (Exercise and Nutrition)
  • EXPP Exercise Science (Physiology and Psychology)
  • HBIO Human Biology
• Arts Minor units
  • ARCH Archaeology
  • BUSD Business Studies
  • COMM Communication
  • DRAM Drama
  • DTCO Digital Technologies (Computing)
  • ECON Economics
  • ENGL English
  • GEES Geography, Environment and Society
  • GRDE Graphic Design
  • HIST History
  • HLDV Healthy Development
  • MATH Mathematics
  • MUSC Music
  • PHIL Philosophy
  • PINR Politics and International Relations
  • SOCJ Sociology
  • THSD Theological Studies
  • VISU Visual Arts
  • YWRK Youth Work

Psychology Community Engagement Unit

Students must complete exactly 10 credit points from the following Psychology Community Engagement unit:

• PSYC310 Psychological Services Experience

Psychology Elective Units

Students must complete exactly 10 credit points from the following Psychology Elective units:

• PSYC207 Culture and Psychology
• PSYC208 Organisational Psychology
• PSYC215 Evolutionary Psychology
• PSYC219 Psychology of Religion
• PSYC221 Psychology of Eating Behaviour
• PSYC222 Health Psychology
• PSYC223 Psychology of Sexuality and Gender
• PSYC224 Emotion and Social Cognition
• PSYC225 Applied Positive Psychology
• PSYC317 Introduction to Neuropsychology
• PSYC322 Critical Thinking and Research Skills for Psychology

Master of Teaching (Primary) Units

Students must complete exactly 160 credit points from the following Master of Teaching (Primary) units:

• EDAR500 The Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (F-6)
• EDEN502 Foundations of Literacy Development and Children's Literature
• EDEN503 Reading and Writing Instruction in the Early Years (B-8)
• EDEN602 English Language and Literacy Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2
• EDES500 Foundations of Development and Learning in Australian Childhood Contexts
• EDES600 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories, Cultures and Education
• EDES603 Inclusive Practice
• EDHP500 Health and Physical Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (F-6)
• EDMA500 Foundations of Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy for Children
• EDMA602 Mathematics Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2
• EDET501 Effective Teaching 1: Promoting Positive Learner Engagement
• EDET610 Effective Teaching 2: Advanced Pedagogy and Leadership in English and Literacy
• EDET611 Effective Teaching 2: Advanced Pedagogy and Leadership in Mathematics and Numeracy
• EDET612 Effective Teaching 2: Advanced Pedagogy and Leadership in Science Education
• EDET613 Effective Teaching 2: Advanced Pedagogy and Leadership in Humanities and Social Sciences
• EDET614 Effective Teaching 2: Advanced Pedagogy and Leadership in The Arts
• EDET615 Effective Teaching 2: Advanced Pedagogy and Leadership in Technologies
• EDET616 Effective Teaching 2: Advanced Pedagogy and Leadership in Health and Physical Education
• EDET691 Effective Teaching 3: Teacher Inquiry and Evidence-based Practice
• EDTE500 Technologies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (F-6)
• EDSI600 Science Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (F-6)
• EDSS600 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (F-6)

ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Units

Students must complete exactly 0 credit points from the following ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education units:

• LNTE100 LANTITE - Literacy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students
• LNTE101 LANTITE - Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students

Course Map

The course map outlines the recommended sequence of units for students to complete the course in 4.5 years. The course map is as follows:

Year 1 Semester 1

• Psychology Specified units: PSYC100 Foundations of Psychology, PSYC108 Psychological Practice: Theory and Techniques
• Undergraduate Education units: EDMA150 Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching
• Minor unit 1: Health Sciences Minor units or Arts Minor units
• LNTE110 Literacy and Numeracy Diagnostic

Year 1 Semester 2

• Psychology Specified units: PSYC101 Applications of Psychology, PSYC110 Research Design and Data Analysis 1
• Core Curriculum Unit 1: See the ACU Core Curriculum page for details
• Minor unit 2: Health Sciences Minor units or Arts Minor units
• ACER Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education units: LNTE100 LANTITE - Literacy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students, LNTE101 LANTITE - Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students

Year 2 Semester 1

• Psychology Specified units: PSYC200 Life Span Development, PSYC220 Personality and Individual Differences, PSYC226 Research Design and Data Analysis 2
• Minor unit 3: Health Sciences Minor units or Arts Minor units

Year 2 Semester 2

• Psychology Specified units: PSYC212 Abnormal Psychology, PSYC227 Social Psychology
• Undergraduate Education units: EDSI150 Foundations of Primary Science
• Minor unit 4: Health Sciences Minor units or Arts Minor units

Year 3 Semester 1

• Psychology Specified units: PSYC314 Psychological Assessment, PSYC315 Brain and Behaviour, PSYC323 Research Design and Data Analysis 3
• Psychology Community Engagement unit: PSYC310 Psychological Services Experience

Year 3 Semester 2

• Psychology Specified units: PSYC307 Cognitive Psychology, PSYC324 Learning and Behaviour
• Psychology Elective units: 10 credit points
• Core Curriculum Unit 2: See the ACU Core Curriculum page for details

Year 4 Semester 1

• Master of Teaching (Primary) units: EDET501 Effective Teaching 1: Promoting Positive Learner Engagement, EDES500 Foundations of Development and Learning in Australian Childhood Contexts, EDEN502 Foundations of Literacy Development and Children's Literature, EDMA500 Foundations of Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy for Children

Year 4 Winter Term

• Master of Teaching (Primary) units: EDES600 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories, Cultures and Education

Year 4 Semester 2

• Master of Teaching (Primary) units: EDET610 Effective Teaching 2: Advanced Pedagogy and Leadership in English and Literacy, EDET611 Effective Teaching 2: Advanced Pedagogy and Leadership in Mathematics and Numeracy, EDET612 Effective Teaching 2: Advanced Pedagogy and Leadership in Science Education, EDET613 Effective Teaching 2: Advanced Pedagogy and Leadership in Humanities and Social Sciences, EDET614 Effective Teaching 2: Advanced Pedagogy and Leadership in The Arts, EDET615 Effective Teaching 2: Advanced Pedagogy and Leadership in Technologies, EDET616 Effective Teaching 2: Advanced Pedagogy and Leadership in Health and Physical Education
• Master of Teaching (Primary) units: EDAR500 The Arts Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (F-6), EDEN503 Reading and Writing Instruction in the Early Years (B-8), EDHP500 Health and Physical Education Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (F-6)

Year 5 Summer Term

• Master of Teaching (Primary) units: EDES603 Inclusive Practice, EDEN602 English Language and Literacy Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, EDTE500 Technologies Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (F-6)

Year 5 Semester 1

• Master of Teaching (Primary) units: EDET691 Effective Teaching 3: Teacher Inquiry and Evidence-based Practice, EDMA602 Mathematics Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment 2, EDSI600 Science Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (F-6), EDSS600 Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment (F-6)

Exit Points

A student who has completed the following requirements may exit the course with that qualification:

1. Certificate in Educational Studies: 40 credit points from the Schedule of Unit Offerings of the Certificate in Educational Studies
2. Bachelor of Psychological Science: 140 credit points from Psychology Specified units, 20 credit points from Core Curriculum units, 20 credit points from Undergraduate Education units, 40 credit points for Minor units, 10 credit points from Psychology Community Engagement units, 10 credit points from Psychology Elective units
3. Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies: 40 credit points from the Schedule of Unit Offerings of the Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies
4. Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies: 80 credit points from the Schedule of Unit Offerings of the Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies