Program Description

Program Objectives

Program Structure

Academic Rules

Fees

Glossary of Terms

Area(s) of Specialisation

Program Summary

	Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
	Contact: education@unsw.edu.au
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Typical Duration: 4 Years
	Typical UOC Per Semester: 24
	Min UOC Per Semester: 6
	Max UOC Per Semester: 27
	Min UOC For Award: 192
	Award(s):
	Bachelor of Education
	Bachelor of Science

Program Description

Program Objectives and Graduate Attributes

1. A high level of knowledge and skill dealing with the needs of a range of students and how they learn.
2. A high level of knowledge of specific subject content and how to teach that content to a diverse range of students.
3. An ability to integrate theory and practice through the critical analysis and exploration of a diverse range of educational issues.
4. A capacity to create and maintain safe and challenging learning environment through the effective use of a variety of appropriate classroom management skills.
5. An ability to plan, assess, and report for effective learning.
6. An ability to critically reflect upon and continually improve professional knowledge and practice.
7. A capacity to actively and collaboratively engage with members of the education profession and with the wider community.
8. An ability to communicate effectively with a diverse range of students and other stakeholders through a variety of modes, including verbal, written and multimodal/ICT .

Program Structure

1. Education Core (60 UOC)
2. Prescribed Education method electives (24 UOC)
3. Prescribed Education electives (12 UOC)

• Science
• Mathematics

Academic Rules

1. enrol in the Bachelor of Education in Dual mode and complete 96 units of credit;
2. complete the method requirements for one or two areas of teaching specialisation
3. complete at least 30 UOC of Level I courses before enrolling in Level II courses
4. complete at least 30 units of credit of Level II courses before enrolling in Level III courses

1. be a Graduand or Graduate of the Bachelor of Education
2. hold a WAM of 70 or higher in those streams they are seeking to further study
3. complete the List A and List B seminar coursework requirement for their area of study (18 UOC)
4. complete a research project or thesis (30 UOC)

1. An approved major from the Bachelor of Science program; and
2. Science elective courses.

1. Students must complete a minimum of 96 units of credit for the Bachelor of Science;
2. Students must complete at least one approved Bachelor of Science major, and this must be declared before enrolling in level II courses. Details of approved Bachelor of Science majors and how to declare a major can be found on the 3970 Bachelor of Science program page;
3. In addition to the courses required for a student's chosen major, students must take 'science' courses so that the major plus 'science' courses total 96 units of credit. Details of what courses constitute ‘Science’ courses can be found in Table 1 on the 3970 Bachelor of Science program page;
4. Students must complete at least 24 units of credit of ‘science’ level I courses; Most majors in the Bachelor of Science already satisfy this requirement, for example, the Molecular Biology major requires BIOS1101, BABS1201, CHEM1011, CHEM1021 and 6 units of credit of Mathematics. This is a total of 30 units of credit of science level I courses, therefore, no more level I science courses are required. Where a major does not include at least 24 units of credit of science level I courses, students will need to choose additional level I science courses to bring the total to 24 units of credit. For example, Psychology requires PSYC1001 and PSYC1011, therefore, students will need to choose an additional 12 units of credit of science level I courses. These science level I courses also count towards the 96 units of credit requirement at rule number 3.
5. No student may commence level II courses until 30 units of credit of level I courses have been successfully completed. (This is 30 units of credit of courses taken towards the entire Dual program and not just courses for the Science component);
6. Students may commence Science level III courses upon successful completion of 72 units of credit (This is 72 units of credit of courses taken towards the entire Dual program and not just courses for the Science component).

1. At least one course (6UOC) in the four teaching disciplines of Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Science
2. At least 12 UoC in a second science other than the major teaching area
3. At least 2 courses (12 UOC) in Physics or Chemistry

• 60 UOC in Mathematics. These Mathematics courses must be chosen so as to fulfill the requirements for a Mathematics for Education major stream in the BSc program (3970), and include the courses MATH3560 'History of mathematics' and MATH3570 'Foundations of calculus.' Refer to Mathematics for Education in Program 3970.

Fees

Glossary of Terms