Queensland Tertiary Admissions Centre

Bachelor of Education (Primary and Special Education)
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Education
This course prepares you to be a primary teacher who has the knowledge and practical understanding of the needs of children within inclusive education settings, building skills to enable you to nurture the development of children […]
Full time Part time
Course Fee
CSP/$5263 (1st year contribution)
Australian Catholic University - Brisbane
Start Date
Mar 2026
Jul 2026
Duration

4 years Full time or 8 years Part time

Offer Rounds
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Course outline

This course prepares you to be a primary teacher who has the knowledge and practical understanding of the needs of children within inclusive education settings, building skills to enable you to nurture the development of children with a disability learning or behavioural challenges. By studying this course, you will also gain the practical skills to manage social, cultural and developmental diversity within the classroom. For more information, visit Bachelor of Education (Primary and Special Education) at ACU.

Australian Catholic University

Fee notes

Average first year fee. Indicative only; subject to passage of legislation.

Other requirements

Students must complete 110 days of mandated, supervised professional experience placements in educational contexts as continuous, full-time blocks to meet teacher accreditation requirements in Australia. Students must also undergo a criminal history check and obtain a Suitability Card as required by relevant jurisdictions before the first professional experience placement. For successful completion of all initial teacher education courses, students are required to demonstrate they have met mandatory approved benchmarks in both literacy and numeracy, evidenced through LANTITE (Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education). If you have not met the standard for either component after your first attempt, it is very important that you contact the Course Coordinator immediately to discuss your options.

Admissions Criteria

For additional information about the admissions criteria for ACU and for this course, refer to ACU’s website.

Prerequisites

English, Literature, English and Literature Extension or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 and 4, C); General Mathematics, Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 and 4, C)

Minimum Selection thresholds (ATAR/Selection Rank) for semester/trimester/term 1, 2025
ATAR/Selection Rank profile for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR/Selection Rank for semester/trimester/term 1, 2025

For more information about the ATAR/Selection Rank profile, please visit ATAR/Selection Rank profile explained.

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

89.95

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

95.80

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

75.40

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

85.45

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

65.50

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

73.50

Excluding: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made, excluding adjustment factors.
Including: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made including any adjustment factors that may have been applied.

Student Profile by Applicant background for semester/trimester/term 1, 2025

For more information about the Student profile, please visit Student profile explained.

Number of students

<5*

Percentage of all students

<5*

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0.0%

Number of students

N/P#

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N/P#

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0

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Number of students

7

Percentage of all students

50.0%

Number of students

0

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0.0%

All students

Number of students

14

Percentage of all students

100%

Notes

* “<5" – the number of students is less than 5
# N/P – Not published: the number is hidden to prevent calculation of numbers in cells with less than 5 students

Career opportunities

Primary school teacher in catholic, government and independent education settings, special needs primary school education, community centres for education, private colleges, and inclusive education settings, advocacy, policy development.

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