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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2024/2025

Introduction
Bachelor of Science with Education (B.Sc.Ed.) is a programme that was established
in the year 1975 with the co-operation of the Faculty of Education. It is designed to
provide students with opportunities to become certified physics, chemistry, biology,
or mathematics teachers at the secondary and pre-university levels. The
programme will cater to students with solid grounding in physics, chemistry, biology
or mathematics content knowledge. Students will also be provided with the
pedagogical knowledge and skills to professionally equip them to become effective
classroom teachers.
The programme had been recently reviewed to ensure the curriculum will prepare
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students to adapt to the 21 century challenges of teaching science or mathematics.
Students will get to graduate after a minimum of 8 semesters where they will have
to complete 141 credits comprising of courses from the University Courses (22
credits); Faculty Core Courses (8 credits), Faculty Elective Courses (8 credits),
Science Major Courses (66 credits), and Education Minor Courses (37 credits).
Apart from the lectures in the Science Major Courses, students will be posted to
schools to undergo professional preparation as school teachers as part of the
Education Minor Courses. Students get to choose their preferred specialization to
become either a physics, chemistry, biology, or mathematics teacher that is
qualified to teach not only at public secondary schools but also at the private
secondary schools or pre-university colleges.

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