Diploma of Education Studies

This 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.

We help you build the literacy and numeracy skills needed for a career in education, over a longer 16-week semester.

Successful completion earns you a place in the second year of the Bachelor of Education (P-12), where you'll learn to teach all age groups - from prep to Year 12. For the degree program, you'll choose a specialist teaching area in:

• art, music, digital media or media studies
• outdoor or physical education (secondary)
• psychology, student welfare
• disability studies in education
• health or food technology
• English literacy studies
• environmental science
• mathematics
• humanities
• biology.

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.

Find salaries, employment predictions and more across the teaching professions:

• teacher aide on Seek
• secondary school teacher on Labour Market Insights
• primary school teacher on Labour Market Insights.

To attain the Diploma of Education Studies students will be required to complete:

• 96 credit points (equivalent to 8 units) 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.