Bachelor of Science Education

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Bachelor of Science Education

Testamur Title of Degree:	Bachelor of Science Education
Abbreviation:	BScEd
My University:	Science Education, Teaching, Educational theory, educational practice
Duration:	4 years full-time or part-time equivalent
Total Credit Points:	192
Delivery Mode:	On campus
Starting Session(s):	Autumn
Location:	Wollongong
UOW Course Code:	887
UAC Code:	755103
CRICOS Code:	069491F

Overview

The Bachelor of Science Education course provides pre-service educational training for secondary science teachers. The degree focuses on developing teachers who can teach well: who have sound practical teaching skills, knowledge of science to the level of a degree major, and the ability to develop as professional teachers through reflection and action. The degree includes study of science in a range of areas to provide a full science major in a specialisation of the student's choice that can be utilised in both teaching and other community settings. The degree applies an innovative approach to provide students with training in both science and teaching in an integrated fashion.

Students enrolled in this degree will study the following areas:

• Discipline studies in Science

• Teaching & Learning in Science

• Curriculum & Pedagogy

• Foundation Studies in Education

The degree integrates university and classroom experience throughout the course, using on-campus, on-site (schools and elsewhere) and on-line learning environments.

Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge

Assumed knowledge: Any two units of English and Mathematics (not General Mathematics). Recommended studies: Four units of science selected from Chemistry, Physics, Biology or Earth and Environment.

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

The NSW Institute of Teachers (NSWIT) requirements for employment as secondary teachers in NSW schools are: minimum Band 4 in English (Advanced), English (Standard) or English as a Second Language. Students who do not satisfy these requirements must successfully complete EDLL101 in lieu of one elective prior to graduation.

Course Requirements

Professional Experiences

The course involves placement in schools as part of the Professional Experience component. Professional experiences usually occur in Illawarra, Shoalhaven, Southern Highlands and Southern Sydney schools. Opportunities to undertake a practicum experience in Western NSW or in countries such as China, Fiji, Malaysia and Thailand 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.

Preservice teachers who participate in internship programs in NSW schools will be required to undergo a Working with Children Check.

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 a level of competency that will enable them to meet professional experience outcomes. These outcomes are required to satisfactorily pass this course.

Course Program

This course offers study in the following teaching areas: Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science and Physics. Students are required to select one of these as their first teaching area.

Biology as First Teaching Area


Subjects			Session	Credit Points
Year 1
EDPD105		Professional Community 1: The Learning Environment	Autumn	6
BIOL104		Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment	Autumn	6
CHEM101		Chemistry 1A: Introductory Physical and General Chemistry	Autumn	6
*Plus, one of the following three 6cp subjects:
MATH141		Foundations of Engineering Mathematics	Autumn	6
MATH151		General Mathematics 1A	Autumn	6
MATH187		Mathematics 1: Algebra and Differential Calculus	Autumn	6
EDFE101		Education Foundations I: Learning & Development	Spring	6
BIOL103		Molecules, Cells and Organisms	Spring	6
CHEM102		Chemistry 1B: Structure and Reactivity of Molecules for Life	Spring	6
STAT252		Statistics for the Natural Sciences	Spring	6
Year 2
EDCM201		Classroom Management Creating Positive Learning Environments	Autumn	6
EDLE301		Learners with Exceptional Needs	Autumn	6
BIOL105		Functional Biology of Animals and Plants	Autumn	6
PHYS141		Fundamentals of Physics A	Autumn	6
EDFE301		Education Foundations 3: Sociology & Cultural Studies	Spring	6
EDPD206		Professional Community 2: Science Teaching	Spring	6
EESC102		Earth Environments and Resources	Spring	6
PHYS142		Fundamentals of Physics B	Spring	6
Year 3
EDPD306		Professional Community 3: Science Teaching	Autumn	6
BIOL213		Principles of Biochemistry	Autumn	6
BIOL251		Principles of Ecology	Autumn	6
Plus, one of the following three 6cp subjects:
EESC101		Planet Earth	Autumn	6
BIOL240		Biodiversity of Marine and Freshwater Organisms	Autumn	6
MARE200		Introduction to Oceanography	Autumn	6
EDAE302		Aboriginal Education	Spring	6
BIOL215		Introductory Genetics	Spring	6
BIOL241		Biodiversity of Terrestrial Organisms	Spring	6
Plus, one of the following three 8cp subjects:
BIOL355		Marine and Terrestrial Ecology	Spring	8
CHEM320		Bioinformatics: From Genome to Structure	Spring	8
MARE300		Fisheries and Aquaculture	Spring	8
Year 4
EDHP401		Issues in Health and Physical Activity	Autumn	6
Plus, two of the following four 8cp subjects:
BIOL303		Biotechnology: Applied Cell and Molecular Biology	Autumn	8
BIOL320		Molecular Cell Biology	Autumn	8
BIOL332		Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology	Autumn	8
BIOL351		Conservation Biology: Marine and Terrestrial Populations	Autumn	8
Elective from General Schedule (optional, subject is not required to satisfy minimum credit point requirement for degree)			Autumn
EDLA402	Understanding Literacy Needs of Adolescents		Spring	6
EDPD405	Critical Approaches to Curriculum and Pedagogy		Spring	6
EDPD406	Professional Community 4: Science Teaching		Spring	12

* Students should seek advice from the Program Director with regard to selection of maths subjects in Year 1.

Chemistry as First Teaching Area


Subjects			Session	Credit Points
Year 1
EDPD105		Professional Community 1: The Learning Environment	Autumn	6
BIOL104		Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment	Autumn	6
CHEM101		Chemistry 1A: Introductory Physical and General Chemistry	Autumn	6
*Plus, one of the following three 6cp subjects:
MATH141		Foundations of Engineering Mathematics	Autumn	6
MATH151		General Mathematics 1A	Autumn	6
MATH187		Mathematics 1: Algebra and Differential Calculus	Autumn	6
EDFE101		Education Foundations I: Learning & Development	Spring	6
BIOL103		Molecules, Cells and Organisms	Spring	6
CHEM102		Chemistry 1B: Structure and Reactivity of Molecules for Life	Spring	6
*Plus, one of the following three 6cp subjects:
MATH142		Essentials of Engineering Mathematics	Spring	6
MATH188		Mathematics 2: Series and Integral Calculus	Spring	6
STAT252		Statistics for the Natural Sciences	Spring	6
Year 2
EDCM201		Classroom Management Creating Positive Learning Environments	Autumn	6
EDLE301		Learners with Exceptional Needs	Autumn	6
EESC101		Planet Earth	Autumn	6
PHYS141		Fundamentals of Physics A	Autumn	6
EDFE301		Education Foundations 3: Sociology & Cultural Studies	Spring	6
EDPD206		Professional Community 2: Science Teaching	Spring	6
EESC102		Earth Environments and Resources	Spring	6
PHYS142		Fundamentals of Physics B	Spring	6
Year 3
EDPD306		Professional Community 3: Science Teaching	Autumn	6
CHEM211		Inorganic Chemistry II	Autumn	6
CHEM212		Organic Chemistry II	Autumn	6
200 level science subject			Autumn	6
EDAE302		Aboriginal Education	Spring	6
CHEM213		Molecular Structure, Reactivity and Change	Spring	6
CHEM214		Analytical Environmental Chemistry	Spring	6
Plus, one of the following two 8cp subjects:
CHEM320		Bioinformatics: From Genome to Structure	Spring	8
CHEM321		Organic Synthesis and Reactivity	Spring	8
Year 4
EDHP401		Issues in Health and Physical Activity	Autumn	6
CHEM314		Instrumental Analysis	Autumn	8
CHEM327		Environmental Chemistry	Autumn	8
Elective from General Schedule (optional, subject is not required to satisfy minimum credit point requirement for degree)			Autumn

EDLA402	Understanding Literacy Needs of Adolescents		Spring	6
EDPD405	Critical Approaches to Curriculum and Pedagogy		Spring	6
EDPD406	Professional Community 4: Science Teaching		Spring	12

* Students should seek advice from the Program Director with regard to selection of maths subjects in Year 1.

Earth and Environmental Science as First Teaching Area


Subjects			Session	Credit Points
Year 1
EDPD105		Professional Community 1: The Learning Environment	Autumn	6
BIOL104		Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment	Autumn	6
CHEM101		Chemistry 1A: Introductory Physical and General Chemistry	Autumn	6
*Plus, one of the following three 6cp subjects:
MATH141		Foundations of Engineering Mathematics	Autumn	6
MATH151		General Mathematics 1A	Autumn	6
MATH187		Mathematics 1: Algebra and Differential Calculus	Autumn	6
EDFE101		Education Foundations I: Learning & Development	Spring	6
BIOL103		Molecules, Cells and Organisms	Spring	6
CHEM102		Chemistry 1B: Structure and Reactivity of Molecules for Life	Spring	6
*Plus, one of the following three 6cp subjects:
MATH142		Essentials of Engineering Mathematics	Spring	6
MATH188		Mathematics 2: Series and Integral Calculus	Spring	6
STAT252		Statistics for the Natural Sciences	Spring	6
Year 2
EDCM201		Classroom Management Creating Positive Learning Environments	Autumn	6
EDLE301		Learners with Exceptional Needs	Autumn	6
EESC101		Planet Earth	Autumn	6
PHYS141		Fundamentals of Physics A	Autumn	6
EDFE301		Education Foundations 3: Sociology & Cultural Studies	Spring	6
EDPD206		Professional Community 2: Science Teaching	Spring	6
EESC102		Earth Environments and Resources	Spring	6
PHYS142		Physics B	Spring	6
Year 3
EDPD306		Professional Community 3: Science Teaching	Autumn	6
EESC203		Biogeography and Environmental Change	Autumn	6
EESC204		Introductory Spatial Science	Autumn	6
200 level EESC subject			Autumn	6
EDAE302		Aboriginal Education	Spring	6
300 level EESC subject			Spring	8
Plus, two of the following three 6cp subjects:
CHEM214		Analytical Environmental Chemistry	Spring	6
EESC202		Soils, Landscapes and Hydrology	Spring	6
EESC250		Field Geology	Summer	6
Year 4
EDHP401		Issues in Health and Physical Activity	Autumn	6
Plus, two of the following three 8cp subjects:
EESC301		Plate Tectonics, Macrotopology and Earth History	Autumn	8
EESC305		Remote Sensing of the Environment	Autumn	8
EESC309		Dung, Death and Decay: Modern Scientific Methods in Archaeology	Autumn	8
Elective from General Schedule (optional, subject is not required to satisfy minimum credit point requirement for degree)			Autumn

EDLA402	Understanding Literacy Needs of Adolescents		Spring	6
EDPD405	Critical Approaches to Curriculum and Pedagogy		Spring	6
EDPD406	Professional Community 4: Science Teaching		Spring	12

* Students should seek advice from the Program Director with regard to selection of maths subjects in Year 1.

Physics as First Teaching Area


Subjects			Session	Credit Points
Year 1
EDPD105		Professional Community 1: The Learning Environment	Autumn	6
BIOL104		Evolution, Biodiversity and Environment	Autumn	6
CHEM101		Chemistry 1A: Introductory Physical and General Chemistry	Autumn	6
MATH187		Mathematics 1: Algebra and Differential Calculus	Autumn	6
EDFE101		Education Foundations I: Learning & Development	Spring	6
CHEM102		Chemistry 1B: Structure and Reactivity of Molecules for Life	Spring	6
MATH188		Mathematics 2: Series and Integral Calculus	Spring	6
Plus, one of the following two 6cp subjects:
BIOL103		Molecules, Cells and Organisms	Spring	6
EESC102		Earth Environments and Resources	Spring	6
Year 2
EDCM201		Classroom Management Creating Positive Learning Environments	Autumn	6
EDLE301		Learners with Exceptional Needs	Autumn	6
EESC101		Planet Earth	Autumn	6
PHYS141		Fundamentals of Physics A	Autumn	6
EDFE301		Education Foundations 3: Sociology & Cultural Studies	Spring	6
EDPD206		Professional Community 2: Science Teaching	Spring	6
MATH202		Differential Equations 2	Spring	6
PHYS142		Fundamentals of Physics B	Spring	6
Year 3
EDPD306		Professional Community 3: Science Teaching	Autumn	6
MATH201		Multivariate and Vector Calculus	Autumn	6
PHYS205		Advanced Modern Physics	Autumn	6
PHYS235		Mechanics & Thermodynamics	Autumn	6
EDAE302		Aboriginal Education	Spring	6
PHYS215		Vibrations, Waves and Optics	Spring	6
PHYS225		Electromagnetism and Optoelectronics	Spring	6
PHYS396		Electronic Materials	Spring	6
Year 4
EDHP401		Issues in Health and Physical Activity	Autumn	6
PHYS305		Quantum Mechanics	Autumn	6
PHYS325		Electromagnetism	Autumn	6
PHYS356		Physics of Detectors and Imaging	Autumn	6
EDLA402	Understanding Literacy Needs of Adolescents		Spring	6
EDPD405	Critical Approaches to Curriculum and Pedagogy		Spring	6
EDPD406	Professional Community 4: Science Teaching		Spring	12

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.

Other Information

Further information is available at:
UOW Coursefinder: http://coursefinder.uow.edu.au/
Education email: ssc@uow.edu.au