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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2023/2024

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 students to
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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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