Education Studies

Please check the current students website (Find a unit of study) for up-to-date information on units of study including availability.

 
Please check the current students website (Find a unit of study) for up-to-date information on units of study including availability.

 
Unit outlines will be available through Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Major

A major in Education Studies requires 48 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units;
(ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units;
(iii) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units;
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level selective units;
(v) 6 credit points of 3000-level capstone units; and
(vi) 6 credit points of 3000-level Interdisciplinary Project units.

Minor

A minor in Education Studies requires 36 credit points from this table including:
(i) 12 credit points of 1000-level core units;
(ii) 12 credit points of 2000-level core units;
(iii) 6 credit points of 3000-level core units; and
(iv) 6 credit points of 3000-level selective units.

1000-level units of study

EDUF1020
Rethinking Education
6    N EDUF1018
Semester 1
EDUF1021
Sociological Perspectives in Education
6    P EDUF1020
N EDUF2007
Semester 2

2000-level units of study

EDUF2xxx Aboriginal Education in Context (available from 2023)
EDUF2xxx Special and Inclusive Education (available from 2023)

3000-level units of study

Core

EDUF3xxx Psychological Perspectives in Education (available from 2024)

Capstone

EDUF3xxx Education Capstone (available from 2024)

Selectives

EDUF3xxx Dynamics of Child Development and Educational Neuroscience (available from 2024)
EDUF3xxx Motivation, Engagement and Learning (available from 2024)
EDUF3xxx Curriculum and Assessment (available from 2024)
EDUF3xxx Aboriginal Community-led Education (available from 2024)
EDUF3xxx Sex, Gender and Sexuality in Education (available from 2024)
EDUF3xxx Mentoring in Educational Contexts (available from 2024)
EDUF3xxx Advanced Educational Foundations (available from 2024)
EDUF3xxx Transforming Education: Pedagogy, Leadership and Change (available from 2024)
EDUF3xxx Creative Ecologies - Pedagogies and Praxis (available from 2024)
EDUF3xxx Empowering All Learners Through Inclusive Practices (available from 2024)
EDUF3xxx De/colonising Indigenous Education (available from 2024)
EDUF3xxx Global Perspectives on Education and Equity (available from 2024)
EDUF3xxx International Perspectives on Education Systems (available from 2024)
EDUF3xxx International Experience (available from 2024)
EDUF3136
Research with Young Children
6    P 48 credit points
Semester 1

Interdisciplinary project units of study

If you are completing two majors and both of your majors are from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your first major, and the Industry and Community Project unit of study for your second major.
If you are completing two majors but only one of your majors is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for that major.
If you are completing one major only and that major is from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, please select the Interdisciplinary Impact unit of study for your major.
FASS3999
Interdisciplinary Impact
6    P Completion of at least 90 credit points

Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive December

Intensive December
Semester 1
Semester 2
EDUF3999
Interdisciplinary Impact

This unit of study is not available in 2022

6    P Completion of at least 90 credit points
N Interdisciplinary Impact in another major

Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive December

Intensive December
Semester 1
Semester 2
EDUF3998
Industry and Community Project
6    P 72 credit points
C Interdisciplinary Impact in any major
Intensive February
Intensive July
Semester 1
Semester 2