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Plan Summary
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
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Program: 4075 - Science/Education
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Award(s):
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Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Education (Major)
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Plan Outline
This plan is for a major of Physics within the program 4075. For information on this plan, please refer to the master record plan PHYSB13970. This combined, four year, degree requires the completion of a BSc degree with a major and minor in two HSC teaching subjects, plus at least one semester of first year level courses in another two teaching disciplines. Additionally Education theory courses are commenced in the first year (two courses), with an additional theory course in second year. In third year, practice teaching is done along with a teaching method course. In fourth year, a full complement of teaching method, practice teaching, professional courses and two educational theory courses are completed. Plan Structure
Science Stream
Students intending to become science teachers, or wishing to graduate in the natural sciences (excluding mathematics), will be required to complete:
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A major in one of the teaching disciplines - Physics, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences (54 units of credit). This will include at least 42 units of credit at level two and three of the discipline, of which 18 units of credit must be from level three. The major sequence excludes the upper-level General Education courses offered in the disciplines. |
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A minor in one of the teaching disciplines - Physics, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences (36 units of credit). The minor sequence excludes the upper-level General Education courses offered in the disciplines. |
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At least 6 units of credit at level one in each of the main teaching disciplines - Physics, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences - and at least 12 units of credit at level one in either Chemistry or Physics. That is a total of 12 units of credit beyond those first year units completed in the major and minor disciplines. The level one physics course can be 'Physics for Health and Life Scientists'. |
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Completion of 78 units of credit in Education. The normal pattern is two courses in the first year (12 units of credit); one course (6 units of credit) in second year; and three courses: teaching method (6 units of credit), practice teaching (6 units of credit) and one theory elective in third year; and 42 units of credit in fourth year, which include educational theory, practice teaching, teaching method, and professional courses. |
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Completion of 6 or 12 (depending on choice of major) other units of credit from any university discipline, at levels one, two or three. |
Note:
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Upper level physics and chemistry courses require completion of at least 12 units of credit of first year mathematics. Some level three physics courses require a further 6 units of credit of level two mathematics. For students doing a major or minor in physics or chemistry, the mathematics prerequisites will need to come out of these 12 or 18 'other' units of credit. |
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Students majoring in Physics need complete only 72 units of credit in Education, standardly they would do no Education course in second year. |
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For entry to honours (fourth year) in one of the science disciplines, at least 24 units of credit need to be taken at level three in the discipline, and approval needs to be obtained from the head of the relevant science school.
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In fourth year, there is the opportunity to do Computer Studies Method if 12 units of credit of computing have been completed |
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