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. Five 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 two summer and two winter subjects. Subjects should be taken in the sequence by semester/intensive outlined in the Subject Options.

Successful completion of 162.5 points of the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary) and of EDUC90987 Clinical Teaching Practice (EC&P) 4 is required to commence EDUC90988 Clinical Teaching Practice (EC&P) 5.

All Teacher Candidates must meet the following course progression requirement:

The Australian Commonwealth Government’s Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students (the Test) is administered by the Australian Council for Educational Research (independently of The University of Melbourne). Each Teacher Candidate must satisfactorily complete the Test by the end of the first calendar year of their enrolment in the Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary). This is necessary in order for each Teacher Candidate to continue beyond the first calendar year of their course.

Failure to satisfactorily complete the Test by this progression point will result in referral to the Melbourne Graduate School of Education’s Course Academic Progress 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 (Early Childhood)* (subject to satisfactory completion of relevant subjects). Alternatively they may be withdrawn from the course.

*Note that the Graduate Diploma in Pedagogy (Early Childhood) is not a qualification for registration to teach in schools nor early childhood settings.

Subject options

First year subjects

Subjects taken in first semester of program:

Subject undertaken as winter 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 in winter:

The Professional Learning Capstone commences in winter and continues in fourth semester.

Subjects undertaken in fourth semester of program:

Teacher Candidates continue the Professional Learning Capstone and take the three subjects below.

Last updated: 10 February 2024