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Faculty of Science Booklet, Academic Session 2021/2022
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 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 adapt to the 21 century challenges of teaching science
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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 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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