Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Leadership

You will learn how to teach children in early childhood, from birth to five years old, and understand the transition to school through a mix of curriculum, learning and pedagogical theory.

You will study units that foreground Aboriginal perspectives and focus on a range of aspects, including:

• play
• psychology and child development
• history and philosophy of early childhood
• sociological constructions of the child
• family, community and international contexts
• teaching pedagogies
• education and curriculum studies
• leadership and policy in early childhood
• early childhood professional practice.
• leadership.

In your fourth year, you will focus on leadership, ethics and advocacy.

You can also top-up your 3-year Early Childhood Education degree by taking the fourth year of this degree.

With an early childhood education degree from VU, you'll be job-ready before you graduate thanks to the extensive experience you'll gain in early childhood settings. You'll be ready to work as an early childhood teacher throughout Australia, and progress professionally according to your ambitions and aptitude.

Graduates can find employment in:

• public or private kindergarten
• long day care centre
• early childhood centre in Australia
• policy development with government bodies.

Early-childhood teachers are in high demand. You can look at career prospects and average salaries at Labour Market Insights.

To attain the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education and Leadership students will be required to complete:

• 384 credit points of Core studies

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.

Before applying, you should consider whether you also want to apply for:

• Special admission programs: Depending on your life circumstances you may be eligible for special consideration of your application.
• Advanced standing: If you have significant experience or studies elsewhere you may be eligible for credit for some units of your course and not have to undertake them.

Find out more about applying for our courses.