Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Teaching (GD-ECTCH) // Course structure

Course structure

The Graduate Diploma in Early Childhood Teaching requires completion of 100-credit points of study, which may be completed over:

• 9 months of accelerated study; or
• 1 year of full time study; or
• 2 years of part time study.

Students must complete:

• 7 compulsory subjects; and
• 60 days of professional practice, which is incorporated into the subject Professional Pedagogical Practices (P3).

Subject Options

All students complete the following 7 compulsory subjects. Please find notes on enrolment for the Full Time, Part Time, and Accelerated options further below.

Accelerated, full time and part time options

FULL TIME (1 year)

To complete the course over 1 year of full-time study, students:

• Commence in Term 1 or Term 4; and
• Enrol in 2 subjects per Term.

PART TIME (2 years)

To complete the course over 2 years of part time study, students:

• Commence in Term 1 or Term 4; and
• Enrol in 1 subject per Term.

ACCELERATED (9 months)

To complete the course over 9 months of accelerated study, students:

• Commence in Term 2; and
• Enrol per the accelerated course plan below.

Term 2 (accelerated)

Term 3 (accelerated)

• Continue EDUC91024 Professional Pedagogical Practices (P3), and take:

Term 4 (accelerated)

Last updated: 25 July 2024