Overview 2024
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This double degree program will accelerate your education career and allow you to graduate with two qualifications in just 4-years. The Bachelor of Education (Primary) and Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education prepares graduates for recruitment in local, interstate, and international educational systems. You’ll also develop the required skills to work in early childhood education and care settings.
The Bachelor of Education (Primary) is a pre-service teaching degree that prepares you for roles in Primary teaching, from Prep through to Grade 6. Throughout your degree, you will investigate childhood development and behaviour. You’ll focus on literacy learning, including speaking, listening, reading, and writing, while also studying other subjects, such as Mathematics, Science, Art, Music, and Health and Physical Education. This course is accredited through the Tasmanian Teachers Registration Board and is recognised in all states and territories.
The Graduate Certificate of Early Childhood Education will prepare you to lead early learning experiences for children from birth to 8 years of age. Your studies will embed indigenous worldviews, education for sustainability, and health and wellbeing. You’ll learn to recognise how relationships with self, others, cultures, and places are critical to teaching and learning with children. Graduates are inclusive education practitioners with specific capacities to lead with play-based pedagogies, and to work with complex communities.
Learning Outcomes
Practical experience
Professional Experience Placements
An integral part of your learning are classroom placements - putting into active practice the theory and knowledge you have been studying throughout your degree.
As a student you will participate in a minimum of 110 days of full-time Professional Experience. Placements are usually scheduled as continuous ‘blocks’ of time and occur in a variety of educational settings.
Placements are designed to enable our students to become familiar with a variety of primary-aged learners and learning environments. Your placement will involve active observation, participation and engagement in teaching and learning roles and activities.
During your placement you will be supervised and managed by a tertiary qualified educator (your Colleague Teacher), and be assessed against Focus Areas within the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.
Overseas Exchange
The Faculty of Education has a number of exchange partnerships with Universities whose curriculum and teaching our closely aligned with our own. Find out more about the University's Exchange Programs at Student Mobility.
Become a Student Ambassador
Improve your communication, teamwork and leadership skills, meet new people, inspire and help others, and developing lasting friendships and networks as a student ambassador. Our ambassadors proudly represent the University throughout Tasmania in schools, at University and community events, and support a range of recruitment and engagement activities. Through the Student Ambassador Program you will have many opportunities for training and professional development, experience in real-world community engagement and outreach, networking, and public speaking, plus end up with a key point of distinction on your CV.
Career outcomes
A double degree increases your career prospects and maximises your employability.
You'll build a unique set of skills that will help you stand out in a competitive employment market. When you graduate from a double degree you will receive a separate degree certificate (also called a testamur) for each component course.
Please refer to the course page for each component course for detailed information on the Bachelor of Education (Primary) and Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education.
Professional Accreditation
The Bachelor of Education (Primary) is an externally accredited degree.
This course is accredited by Teacher Registration Board Tasmanian (TRB).
Graduates may meet the requirements for registration with the TRB . There may be additional requirements for registration beyond the completion of the course.
For further registration requirements, please visit the TRB website.
The Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education is an externally accredited degree.
The course is accredited by Australian Children's Education & Care Quality Authority (ACECQA).
Graduates may meet the requirements for registration with ACECQA . There may be additional requirements for registration beyond the completion of the course.
For further registration requirements, please visit the ACECQA website.
If you have any queries about the accreditation process, please contact us for further information.
Course structure
The Bachelor of Education (Primary) and Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education requires the completion of 400 credit points comprising:
- 350 credit points of core units from the Bachelor of Education (Primary),
- 50 credit points of core units from the Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education, and
- 110 days of Professional Placement.
- Completion of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teaching Education (LANTITE). You can find out more details about taking the LANTITE here.
Year 1
This unit introduces you to the study of teaching as a profession and provides opportunities for you to critically examine the nature of teachers’ work. Through reflecting on your past educational experiences and dispositions (that is, your attitudes and beliefs)…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
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Online | Semester 2 |
This unit offers an introduction to curriculum frameworks and the associated range of pedagogies involved in teaching and learning. Curriculum documents are not value-neutral; they are constructed by people who have particular viewpoints, perspectives and ideologies about education and schooling,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
This introductory unit prepares educators from a variety of disciplines to meet the maturational needs of diverse learners by providing a foundational base of knowledge regarding physical and cognitive development from conception through adulthood, with an emphasis on early childhood…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Online | Summer school |
View all details for EDU104 Growth and Motor Development Across the Lifespan
Do you know how you learn best? Do you know what skills you will need to be successful in your university studies? Academic literacies are the skills that you need to engage successfully with higher education, and this is a…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
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Online | Semester 2 |
This unit is the foundation mathematics and numeracy unit for the Bachelor of Education. It provides an opportunity to reflect upon and to develop understanding of concepts that are central to mathematics curricula; to consider the cross-disciplinary implications and opportunities…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Online | Summer school |
View all details for EDU120 Personal and Professional Numeracy
This unit explores the relationships between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous, histories perspectives and cultures. It encourages you to develop an ethical position grounded in critical reflection which will enable you to identify and challenge racial and social…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Summer school |
This is the first of three English units you will undertake in the B.Ed. degree. The foundations of English are explored in two key modules, with the first focusing on the nature of language, culture, and how young people learn…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Summer school |
In this unit you will learn about Music and the Visual Arts as key areas of the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and the Australian Curriculum: The Arts. You will become familiar with the research that supports the practice of…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for EPR130 Arts Education: Music & Visual Arts
Year 2
The unit will explore the theoretical and practical issues concerned with establishing and maintaining positive learning environments that allow all students to participate fully in educational opportunities. The unit will explore preventive strategies to establish a positive classroom climate in…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Summer school |
In this unit you are introduced to the principles of assessment of student learning, evaluation of learning programs, moderation of assessment, and reporting to education stakeholders. You will develop an understanding of various assessment, moderation, and evaluation strategies that are…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
The first Professional Experience placement (PE1) provides pre-service teachers the opportunity to build on their understanding of the school context and to begin to apply their theoretical understanding of teaching in practice. PE1 primarily involves active observation of learners and…
Credit Points: 0
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Online | Semester 2 |
The unit will explore the theoretical basis considered best practice in science teaching and aims to develop pedagogical content knowledge required for planning and delivering authentic science learning experiences for early childhood and primary education students. The unit is presented…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for EPR150 Introduction to Primary Science Education
In this second English unit, you will further the work commenced in ESH110/EPR110 in language, closely integrating this with the Literacy Strand of the Australian Curriculum: English. The unit has a particular focus on contemporary approaches to the teaching of…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for EPR210 Developing Understandings of English
This unit introduces students to a range of learning theories and pedagogies appropriate for teaching Early Childhood (EC) and Primary mathematics. The unit will model and provide opportunities for students to engage with rich tasks, group work, problem solving, and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
This unit is the first of the two Health and Physical Education units, undertaken in sequence. One purpose of this unit is to develop your knowledge in relation to a variety of pedagogical considerations which are not only pertinent to…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
ESH260 will provide you with the knowledge and skills to teach the new learning area of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) to children in the Early Childhood and Primary years. In Module 1 we examine the sub-strand of History and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for EPR260 Introduction to Humanities and Social Sciences Education
In this unit, you will examine the processes and pedagogy of design and applied learning. Information will be presented about the continuum of design and technology, opportunities for learning and problem solving through designing and making, investigating and devising solutions…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
Year 3
The Birth – 2 years’ placement in the Graduate Certificate in Education (Early Childhood) course is designed to enable graduates to become familiar with the child care and education context. This PE involves active observation and participation and increased engagement…
Credit Points: 0
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Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for EDP704 Professional Experience Birth - 2 years
This unit is designed for students enrolled in the Bachelor of Education Graduate Certificate (Early Childhood), specialising in teaching children aged birth to 8 years. This unit interrogates current early childhood curricula and pedagogies. Topics include planning using relevant state,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for EDP708 Curriculum Pedagogy and Assessment in Early Childhood
The focus of this unit is a theoretical and practical exploration of ethics in relation to education and teacher identity. It encourages you to consider how particular philosophical ideas inform educational values, how these values relate to your identity as…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for EDU302 Education, Ethics and Professional Practice
You can find more information about the requirements and processes for placements on the Professional Experience website (https://www.utas.edu.au/education/professional-experience)…
Credit Points: 0
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Online | Term 1 |
This unit introduces you to the foundations of second language acquisition. It has been designed to introduce you to the role of Languages within the curriculum, second language acquisition theories, an appreciation of the relevance of intercultural understanding, links to…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for EPR215 Languages and Language Acquisition
This unit focuses on the nature of inclusive education in the 21st century, with an emphasis on diversity and exceptionality. Based on a philosophical foundation that values every child/student and acknowledges the right of every child/student to the most appropriate…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for EPR303 Inclusive Practices in Education Settings
In this unit, you will be introduced to drama and dance as key Primary and Early Childhood learning areas as well as core components of the Australian Curriculum. You will explore how students learn about and through the arts, with…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
This is the second of two Health and Physical Education (HPE) units. The unit aims to promote awareness of the importance of Health and Physical Education in the curriculum from a generalist teachers perspective and provide confidence in teaching its…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
This unit will extend your understanding of disciplinary content and pedagogy beyond that which you learned in the introductory unit, EPR260. The Australian Curriculum learning area of Humanities and Social Sciences requires children from Prep to Year 6 to think…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for EPR360 Advanced Humanities and Social Sciences Education
This unit presents the theory, methods and practice of teaching using digital technologies. You will critically reflect on ICT-based issues in light of modern theorists' views of the transformative effect of digital technologies in education, and learn to select and…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
Year 4
Professional Experience in the Graduate Certificate in Education (Early Childhood) course is designed to enable graduates to further demonstrate their practice in either a child care and education or Kindergarten (or equivalent) context. This PE involves active observation and participation…
Credit Points: 0
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Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for EDP703 Professional Experience 3 - 5 years
This unit supports professionals undertaking a small-scale systematic investigation into an aspect of learning, or development within a learning context or setting. It aims to enhance students' knowledge of key theoretical perspectives, along with their skills of practitioner research, data…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for EDP705 Negotiated Study in Early Childhood
This unit connects theory, policy and practice concerning leadership and advocacy in early childhood. Topics will include contemporary models that foster effective leadership, constructive management strategies and considered ways to promote advocacy in early childhood. Students will also have opportunities…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Online | Semester 2 |
View all details for EDP706 Leadership and Advocacy in Early Childhood
This unit will focus on conceptual development and pedagogical content knowledge for teaching children fundamental aspects of literacy, mathematics and science. A range of play-based strategies for supporting the development of viewing, reading, writing, and speaking and listening skills will…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for EDP707 Literacy, Mathematics and Science in Early Childhood
In this unit, you will explore teaching and schooling from a sociological perspective. The unit introduces you to the way schools are shaped by wider political contexts that enable and constrain what education is and what schooling can be. This…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Summer school |
Work in this unit represents a culmination of your teacher education journey and is an important bridge to your ongoing development as a professional. Through engagement with a range of blended learning activities and the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Online | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
You can find more information about the requirements and processes for placements on the Professional Experience website (https://www.utas.edu.au/education/professional-experience)…
Credit Points: 0
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Online | Semester 2 |
In this culminating English unit, you will further the work commenced in ESH110 in language, and the work in ESH210 on literacy, closely integrating this with a focus on the Literature Strand of the Australian Curriculum: English. The unit will…
Credit Points: 12.5
Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
Online | Semester 2 |
This unit builds on your existing knowledge of appropriate pedagogies for teaching mathematics by extending it to include knowledge of relevant curricula (including Belonging, Being and Becoming: The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia, DEEWR 2009), the development of students'…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for EPR320 Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Teaching Mathematics
This unit extends the theory and methods covered in ESH150/EPR150/ESH250 Introduction to Primary Science Education. Where in the introductory unit, you planned a science lesson in EPR350, we shift to planning for strategies for the development of students scientific literacy.…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Online | Semester 1 |
View all details for EPR350 Planning and Assessing in Primary Science
LANTITE
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Credit Points: 0
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View all details for EPE101 Literacy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students
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Credit Points: 0
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View all details for EPE102 Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students
Entry requirements
For Domestic students
Applicants are ranked by ATAR and offers made based on the number of places available.
Applicants who have recently completed senior secondary studies but have not received an ATAR may still be eligible for admission. We will consider your individual subject results on a case-by-case basis when we assess your application.
Applicants who have completed prior study at a recognised tertiary institution:To be eligible for an offer, applicants must have:
- Partially completed an undergraduate course at Diploma level or higher (or equivalent). Applicants must have completed at least two units of study (equivalent to 25 UTAS credit points). If an applicant has failed any units the application may be subject to further review before an offer is made; or
- Completed the UTAS University Preparation Program (or an equivalent qualification offered by an Australian University).
All applicants must also complete the Non-Academic Capability Assessment Tool (NACAT). This includes a personal statement and a small number of multiple-choice questions
Applicants who have completed TAFE or other Vocational Education and Training (VET)To be eligible for an offer, applicants must have completed a Certificate IV (or equivalent) in any discipline.
Domestic applicants with work and life experienceApplicants without senior secondary, tertiary or VET / TAFE study can complete a personal competency statement.
Applicants may be eligible for an offer if they have relevant work and / or life experiences which demonstrate a capacity to succeed in this course.
Non-Academic Capability Assessment Tool (NACAT)In addition, all applicants are required to provide a non-academic personal statement which is used to assist in the selection of students into all Initial Teacher Education (ITE) courses at the University of Tasmania.
This statement is submitted through the Non-Academic Capability Assessment Tool (NACAT) after you have completed your application and is used in conjunction with your ATAR score (or equivalent alternative entry). All applicants must satisfactorily complete the NACAT before they will be provided with an offer into the course.
Instructions on submitting your statement and completing the NACAT are provided during the application process.
Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teaching EducationPrior to undertaking their final Professional Experience placement, Bachelor of Education (Primary) and Graduate Certificate of Early Childhood Education students are required to complete the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teaching Education (LANTITE).
Special considerationIf your ability to access or participate in education has been affected by circumstances beyond your control, you can apply for special consideration as part of your application. We will consider a range of factors, including economic hardship, serious medical condition or disability.
We can only approve applications for special consideration where we are confident that you have the necessary skills and knowledge to succeed in your studies. If your application is not approved, the UTAS admissions team will work with you to find the best alternative pathway to your chosen course. Special consideration is not available for international applicants.
International applicantsAdmissions information for international applicants, including English language requirements, is available from the International Future Students site. You can also enquire online to check your eligibility.
Course participation requirementsThis course includes compulsory work placements. All students must meet the course’s Safety in Practice Requirements before their first placement. This includes external clearances to work with children and vulnerable people. The safety in practice requirements are completed separately to the course application.
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IELTS score 7.5 (no individual band for listening and speaking less than 8.0 and writing and reading no less than 7.0)
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UTAS Access English Level 7 – 75% (no individual score for listening and speaking less than 80% and writing and reading no less than 70%
All methods of meeting UTAS English Language Entry Requirements have a validity of 2 years.
Articulation
Graduates of the Bachelor of Education (Primary) and Graduate Certificate in Early Childhood Education can advance their Education knowledge with specialised study in a Graduate Diploma of Education or Master of Education.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Cost shouldn’t get in the way of you studying.
If you’re a domestic student, you may be eligible for a Commonwealth Supported Place in this course. This means your fees will be subsidised by the Australian Government. You’ll only need to pay the student contribution amount for each unit you study within the course.
You may also be able to defer payment of the student contribution amount by accessing a HECS-HELP loan from the Government. If eligible, you’ll only have to pay your tuition fees once you start earning above a specific amount.
Further information is available at Scholarships, fees and costs.
Student contributionStudent contribution amounts are charged for each unit of study. This means that how much you’ll pay will depend on which units you choose. Find out more about student contribution amounts.
Further informationDetailed fee information for domestic students is available at Scholarships, fees and costs, including additional information in relation to the compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
How can we help?
Do you have any questions about choosing a course or applying? Get in touch.
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- International
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