Bachelor of Physical and Health Education
Course code/s: Bendigo (EBPHEB)
The course provides a qualification to teach in both primary and secondary schools. It combines studies in primary education with specialist studies in physical education, health and student welfare. Subjects are categorised as Foundation Studies, Teaching Studies, Curriculum Studies and Discipline Studies. Practicum and Field Experience programs provide essential classroom experiences that contextualise the theoretical components of Teaching, Curriculum and Discipline Studies. All students, by the end of the course, must have demonstrated the ability to meet the professional expectations for a beginning teacher.
Professional recognition
The course provides graduates with accreditation to register with the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) as specialist physical education, health and student welfare teachers in the years Prep to Year-12 and as generalist teachers in primary schools.
Upon course completion each student's academic record is released to VIT for teacher registration purposes. Students who do not want their academic record released to VIT must notify their Course Administrator in writing or email before the end of teaching in their last subject.
Admissions requirements
Applicants must satisfy normal university entry, including a study score of at least 25 in Units 3 and 4 of English and have two Units of Mathematical Methods or General Mathematics.
Special entry provision for NONYR12 applicants is available.
Working with children check
The Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development require a satisfactory criminal record check for all teacher education students undertaking practicum requirements in Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development schools. It is expected that equivalent requirements will exist for all other Victorian schools. Prior to commencing the course, students will be required to complete a ‘Working with Children Check’ form available at Australia Post offices. Students must provide a certified copy of their valid ‘Working with Children’ card prior to undertaking teaching placements. Confirmation of a criminal record may jeopardise a student’s ability to gain access to a suitable, or any, practicum placement(s) and may therefore delay or prevent completion of the course.
Course structure
The course is a four-year full-time program consisting of 32 subjects totalling 480 credit points.
First year
| Teaching period | Subject name | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Language and Literacy | EDU1LL |
| TE-SEM-1 | ICT for Education | EDU1ICT |
| TE-SEM-1 | Concepts of Wellbeing | EDU1CW |
| TE-SEM-1 | Introduction to Teaching Practice | EDU1ITP |
| TE-SEM-2 | Working Mathematically | EDU1WM |
| TE-SEM-2 | Concepts of Communities | EDU1CC |
| TE-SEM-2 | Childhood in Contemporary Times | EDU1CCT |
| TE-SEM-2 | Introduction to Learning Theories | EDU1ILT |
Second year
| Teaching period | Subject name | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Managing Learning Environments | EDU2MLE |
| TE-SEM-1 | Teaching Creative Arts | EDU2TCA |
| TE-SEM-1 | Human Body Systems | EDU2HBS |
| TE-SEM-1 | Teaching Science | EDU2TS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Movement Studies 1 | EDU2MS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Teaching Humanities | EDU2TH |
| TE-SEM-2 | Exercise Physiology and Performance | EDU2EPP |
| TE-SEM-2 | Social Work in an Unequal World | SWP1SWB |
Third year
| Teaching period | Subject name | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | Theories of Learning | EDU3TL |
| TE-SEM-1 | Skill Learning | EDU3SKL |
| TE-SEM-1 | Sports Biomechanics | EDU3SBM |
| TE-SEM-1 | Pathway to C21 Social Work | SWP4PSW |
| TE-SEM-2 | Student Welfare Experience | EDU3SWE |
| TE-SEM-2 | Public Health Nutrition | PHE3PHN |
| TE-SEM-2 | Sport and Skill Analysis | EDU3SSA |
| TE-SEM-2 | Middle Years Literacy & Numeracy | EDU3MLN |
Fourth year
| Teaching period | Subject name | Subject code |
|---|---|---|
| TE-ALL-YR | Physical Education Method: Prep to 12 | EDU4PHE |
| TE-ALL-YR | Health & Human Development Method: Prep to 12 | EDU4HHD |
| TE-SEM-1 | Movement Studies 2 | EDU4MS |
| TE-SEM-1 | Social Work Practice: Applications B | SWP4APB |
| TE-SEM-1 | Relationships, Gender and Sexuality | EDU4RGS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Health Promotion in Schools | EDU4HPS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Inclusive Sport Education | EDU4INS |
| TE-SEM-2 | Social Psychology of Sport | EDU4SPS |