Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary) (MC-TEACHEP) // Course structure

Course structure

The Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary) requires completion of 250 credit points of study (22 compulsory subjects) over two years full-time.

The first year focuses on early years content, and the second year is a combination of early childhood and primary school content. Four placements are completed across the Clinical Teaching Practice subjects; three in early childhood settings and two in primary schools.

The course is structured across four semesters, and includes one summer and two winter intensives. Subjects should be taken in the sequence by semester/intensive outlined below.

All Teacher Candidates must meet the following course progression requirement:
The satisfactory completion of the Australian Commonwealth Government’s National Literacy & Numeracy Test administered by the Australian Council for Educational Research (independently of The University of Melbourne) is necessary in order for each Teacher Candidate to progress beyond 112.5 credit points and continue to the final phase of their course (see further details under ‘Notes’).

Failure to satisfactorily complete the Test by this progression point will result in referral to the Melbourne Graduate School of Education’s Student Progress Sub-Committee and may result in exclusion from the course. Excluded Teacher Candidates may be granted an early exit award of a Graduate Diploma in Pedagogy (subject to satisfactory completion of relevant subjects). Alternatively they may be withdrawn from the course.

Subject options

First year subjects

Subjects taken in first semester of program

Subjects undertaken as a July intensive

Subjects undertaken in second semester of program

Second year subjects

Subjects undertaken as summer intensive

Subjects undertaken in third semester of program

Subjects undertaken as a July intensive

Subjects undertaken in fourth semester of program

Last updated: 10 February 2024