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Faculty of Science Booklet, Academic Session 2022/2023

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 st 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 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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