Course Level
Associate Degree
Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education
La Trobe's Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education allows early childhood educators to upgrade to an Early Childhood Teacher qualification. This course is designed to fit with your working life - it's delivered online with no on-campus attendance required, so you can combine your work in early childhood with flexible studies. This two-year program includes 180 credit points of advanced standing for the Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care and relevant work experience. You will complete a further 60 credit points for the Associate Degree qualification. Course content is delivered through online learning. The online curriculum makes use of the latest technology to give you the complete experience. It includes virtual classrooms and meeting spaces, video and webinars, online learning modules and mobile learning apps.
Campus | Duration | Fees | ATAR |
|---|---|---|---|
Online | Online/Off-campus - 2 years Full-time - 2 years Part-time - 4 years | N/A | N/A |
Structure
To qualify for the award of Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education, students must complete 240 credit points of study in total, consisting of: 240 core credit points
Subjects
- First Year Subjects: Academic Integrity Module
- Analysing Children's Learning and Development
- Child Development: Baby to Toddler
- Families and Community Partnerships
- Introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia
- Introduction to Curriculum
- Legal and Ethical Practice
- Play and Learning
- Responsive, Respectful and Reciprocal Relationships
- Wominjeka La Trobe: Indigenous Cultural Literacy for Higher Education
Entry requirements
- Recent secondary education - VTAC prerequisite: Year 12 prerequisite - Not applicable - Applicants within this cohort are not eligible to apply for this course.
- Recent secondary education - UAC prerequisite: Year 12 prerequisite - Not applicable - Applicants within this cohort are not eligible to apply for this course.
- Non Year 12 - Vocational Education & Training: VET prerequisites - Course specific requirements - Applicants must have a Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care or equivalent qualification. It is expected that applicants will be working in the field of early learning. If this is not the case, students may be required to seek additional employment opportunities.
- Non Year 12 - Higher Education study: HE prerequisites - Course specific requirements - Applicants must have a Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care or equivalent qualification. It is expected that applicants will be working in the field of early learning. If this is not the case, students may be required to seek additional employment opportunities.
- Non Year 12 - Work and life experience: Work and life prerequisites - Not applicable - Applicants within this cohort are not eligible to apply for this course.
- Note: This course may be subject to alternative or extra entry requirements depending on your life circumstances and/or work experience. For the complete entry requirements, please search for your course on the La Trobe website: latrobe.edu.au/courses