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Home > Course Handbook > 2008 Course Handbook > Undergraduate Courses > Faculty of Education > Bachelor of Science Education

Bachelor of Science Education

Testamur Title of Degree:	Bachelor of Science Education
Abbreviation:	BScEd
Home Faculty:	Education
Duration:	4 years full-time or part-time equivalent
Total Credit Points:	192
Delivery Mode:	Face-to-face with online support
Starting Session(s):	Autumn
Location:	Loftus Education Centre
UOW Course Code:	887
UAC Code:	755103
CRICOS Code:	051339F

Overview

The Bachelor of Science Education course is directed towards providing pre-service educational training for secondary teachers. The degree focuses on developing secondary school teachers as critical reflective practitioners with a sound basis of practical teaching skills. In addition, this degree also develops scientific concepts in a broad range of areas to provide a full Science major in a specialisation of their choice that can be applied in other community settings.

The degree applies an innovative approach to provide students with both the scientific knowledge/training and the teaching/educational training in an integrated fashion.

Students accepted into the program will study the following areas:

- Educational Foundation Studies

- Curriculum & Pedagogy

- Discipline Studies in Science

- Teaching & Learning in Science

The degree is structured to allow the integration of university and classroom throughout the course. Degree delivery includes lectures, tutorials, seminars and school-based workshops using alternative modes of delivery.

Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge

The New South Wales Department of Education and Training requires graduates seeking employment with the Department to have completed any two units of English, or equivalent subjects, as part of their HSC or university studies, to gain registration as a teacher.

Assumed Knowledge - Mathematics (not General Mathematics) and any two units of English.

Recommended Studies - Four units of science selected from Chemistry, Physics, Biology or Earth and Environment.

Students with a limited background in these subjects or mathematics are advised to enrol in bridging courses held in February each year.

Course Requirements

Pattern Of Study

In choosing subjects for this degree the following points need to be considered:

Students need to complete 12 credit points at the 100 level in three of the four science disciplines on offer in Years 1 and 2. However, students majoring in Physics need to complete 12 credit points at the 100 level in two of the four science disciplines plus 6 credit points at the 100 level in one other science.

To teach in NSW Government Schools students need to have completed a minimum of two years in one science (24 credit points) plus one year in a second science (12 credit points), provided that one of the sciences is either Physics or Chemistry, as part of their teacher training program.

Professional Experiences

The course involves in-school and practicum experiences in each year. Practicum experiences usually occur in Illawarra, Shoalhaven, Southern Highlands and Southern Sydney schools. Opportunities to undertake a practicum experience in countries such as China, Fiji, Malaysia and Thailand or Western NSW may also be available.

Prohibited Employment Legislation

Under the Child Protection ( Prohibited Employment ) Act 1998, all students enrolled in this degree are required to complete a Prohibited Employment Declaration before undertaking any professional experience that involves children or young people.

Literacy Requirements

To satisfy the outcomes of all professional experiences students will require highly developed written and spoken English literacy skills. Students may be required to complete private tuition or courses in English literacy to develop their spoken and written English skills to a level of competency that will enable them to meet professional experience outcomes. These outcomes are required to satisfactorily pass this course.

Course Program

For Even year intake:

Subjects				Session	Credit Points
Year 1 - Autumn
EDUT104	Introduction to Teaching and Learning			Autumn	6
MATH141 or MATH187 or MATH151	Mathematics IC/Part 1 Mathematics IA/Part 1 for students taking Physics General Mathematics 1A for those without the prerequisite for entry			Autumn Autumn Autumn	6 6 6
Choose 2 of the following 3 subjects - 12 credit points in total
CHEM101	Intro to Physical/General Chemistry			Autumn	6
BIOL104	Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment			Autumn	6
Elective	100 Level General Schedule subject			Autumn	6
Year 1 - Spring
EDFE101	Education Foundations I: Learning & Development			Spring	6
SCIE101	Modern Perspectives in Science			Spring	6
Choose 2 of the following 4 subjects - 12 credit points in total
CHEM102	Introduction to Physical/Organic Chemistry			Spring	6
BIOL103	Molecules, Cells and Organisms			Spring	6
ELECTIVE 100 level General Schedule subject				Spring	6
MATH142 or MATH188	Mathematics 1C/Part 2 or Mathematics 1A/Part 2 (compulsory for students continuing to higher levels in physics) Note: students are required to obtain a minimum credit level to enrol in MATH201			Spring Spring	6 6
Year 2 - Autumn
EDLE301	Learners with Exceptional Needs			Autumn	6
EDUT206	Professional Science Community 1			Autumn	6
Choose 2 of the following 4 subjects - 12 credit points in total
EESC101	Planet Earth			Autumn	6
ELECTIVE 100 level General Schedule subject				Autumn	6
PHYS141	Physics 1A			Autumn	6
MATH201	Multivariate and Vector Calculus(compulsory for students continuing to higher levels in physics)			Autumn	6
Year 2 - Spring
EDIC101	Teaching & Learning with Technology			Spring	6
EDFE301	Education Foundations 3: Sociology & Cultural Studies			Spring	6
Choose 2 of the following 4 subjects - 12 credit points in total
PHYS142	Physics 1B			Spring	6
ELECTIVE					6
EESC102 MATH202 Elective	Earth, Environment & Resources Differential Equations 2 (compulsory for students continuing to higher levels in physics) from 100 level General Schedule			Spring Spring Spring	6 6 6
Year 3 - Autumn
EDER301	Educational Research and Action Learning			Autumn	6
Elective Must be from the Faculty of Education				Autumn	6
OR
MATH203	Linear Algebra (compulsory for students continuing to higher levels in physics)			Autumn	6
	Science Elective (200 Level)			Autumn	6
	Science Elective (200 Level)			Autumn	6
Year 3 - Spring
EDUT306	Professional Science Community II			Spring	6
EDUL312	Understanding the Literacy Needs of Adolescents			Spring	6
	Science Elective (200 Level)			Spring	6
	Science Elective (200 Level)			Spring	6
Year 4 - Autumn
EDUP301	Issues in Health and Physical Activity			Autumn	6
EDUT405	Critical Approaches to Curriculum			Autumn	6
	Science Elective (300 Level)			Autumn	6or8
	Science Elective (300 Level)			Autumn	6or8
Year 4 - Spring
EDUT406	Professional Science Community III			Spring	12
	Science Elective (300 Level)			Spring	6or8
	Science Elective (300 Level)			Spring	6or8

Major Study Areas

Education theory and practice, science.

Professional Recognition

The Bachelor of Science Education - is recognised as a teaching credential in most Australian states and territories as well as the UK, Asia and Canada.