Degree Snapshot - Early Education

Teaching Degrees – Early Childhood in Victoria in 2023
Unless otherwise indicated* four-year undergraduate teaching degrees all have the same VCE prerequisites: Units 1 and 2: satisfactory completion in two units (any study combination) of General Mathematics or Maths: Mathematical Methods or Units 3 and 4: any Mathematics; and a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL. Unless otherwise stated, these degrees are also 4-year degrees.
Students are also to take note that they may be required to sit the Casper as part of their selection into a teaching course, attain a minimum ATAR of 70.00, and may also be required to undertake the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education prior to graduating.
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INSTITUTION | COURSE | 2023 REQ’s |
ACU | Early Childhood Education (Birth to Five Years) * | ATAR – 61.05 (Melb) |
Education (Early Childhood and Primary) | ATAR – 71.15 (Melb) 73.55 (Ballarat) CASPer or ACU Teacher Selector Statement | |
CHARLES STURT | Education (Early Childhood and Primary) * | ATAR – n/p but (AW) minimum 65.00 |
DEAKIN | Early Childhood Education (3-year degree) * | ATAR – 63.55 (Burwood) |
| Early Childhood and Primary Education * | ATAR – n/p (Burwood) CASPer |
| Education (Early Childhood Education) (3-year degree) * | ATAR – 49.50 (Berwick) 56.40 (Ballarat) |
Education (Early Childhood and Primary) | ATAR – 73.15 (Berwick) n/p (Ballarat) n/p (Gippsland) CASPer | |
| Early Childhood and Primary Education | ATAR – n/p (Bendigo) n/p (Melb) n/p (Shep)CASPer |
MELBOURNE POLYTECHNIC | Early Childhood Education (3-year) * | Interview (Preston) |
| Education (Honours) (Early Childhood and Primary) | ATAR – 70.65 (Peninsula) CASPer |
| Education (Primary and Early Childhood Education) | ATAR – 70.45 (Bundoora) CASPer |
SWINBURNE | Education (Early Childhood and Primary) * | ATAR – n/p (Hawthorn) CASPer |
SWINBURNE | Education (Early Childhood Teaching) * | ATAR – 62.55 (Hawthorn) |
VIC UNI | Early Childhood Education (3-year degree) * | ATAR – n/p (City) |
VIC UNI | Early Childhood Education and Leadership * | ATAR – n/p (City) |