Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) with Bachelor of Science (BTeach(Sec) BSc)

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Program Code

BTSBS

Academic Year

2023

Program Faculty

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Special Notes

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These Program Rules should be read in conjunction with the University's policies (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies).

Overview

The Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) with Bachelor of Science double degree prepares students for teaching in secondary schools. It is designed for students who are beginning tertiary study. The primary focus in the first three years of the double degree is on completing two teaching areas for teaching up to Year 12 level.

Students are required to have completed the requirements of the discipline degree to be eligible to enrol into the fourth year of the program.

The Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) with Bachelor of Science is an AQF Level 7 qualification with a standard full-time duration of 4 years.

The program is offered as a double degree only and students are required to complete both awards at the same time.

Conditions

Condition of Admission
Criminal History Clearance: Students must be able to demonstrate a successful National Criminal History Record Check (NCHRC) as it is required by teacher employment authorities in Australia and South Australia. A Working With Children Check (WWCC) is required prior to undertaking any professional experience/practicum placements which involves contact with minors (under 18 years of age). These placements are compulsory. International students will be required to obtain a certificate from their home country

Condition of Enrolment
Interruption of program: Students must apply for permission from the Program Coordinator before taking a Leave of Absence. Any extension of the leave without approval will result in the loss of place in the program but an application may be made to be re-admitted to the program subject to the admission procedures in place at the time.

Condition of Continuing Enrolment
LANTITE: progression into the fourth year of the program is subject to the successful completion of both the literacy and numeracy components of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE).

Academic Program Rules for Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) with Bachelor of Science

There shall be a Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) with Bachelor of Science.

Qualification Requirements

Academic Program:

To qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) with Bachelor of Science, the student must complete satisfactorily a program of study consisting of the following requirements with a combined total of not less than 96 units, comprising:

Core courses to the value of 36 units from the Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary).
Courses to the value of 6 units from the Bachelor of Teaching Curriculum and Pedagogy courses.
Courses to the value of 54 units from the Bachelor of Science including:

Level I courses to the value of 18 units
Level II courses to the value of 18 units
Level III courses to the value of 18 units

Science Elective courses up to the value of 12 units.

Two Major Teaching Areas (with at least one from Group 1) from the following:
Major Teaching Area (Group 1):

Biology
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Science
Physics

Major Teaching Area (Group 2):

Digital Technologies
Mathematics
Psychology

* Defined by Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL), a major teaching area is the equivalent of a total of three-quarters of a year’s full time study which equates to a minimum of 18 units. No more than 6 units at Level I and at least 6 units at Level III can be counted. Teaching areas in the Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) with Bachelor of Science are at least 21 units.

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Bachelor of Science Major Teaching Areas

To satisfy the requirements for Bachelor of Science Major Teaching Areas students must complete courses to the value of at least 42 units from two teaching areas (with at least one from Group 1) from the following:

Major Teaching Area Group 1:

Biology
Chemistry
Earth and Environmental Science
Physics

Major Teaching Area Group 2:

Digital Technologies
Mathematics
Psychology

Major Teaching Area 1 - Biology

All of the following courses must be completed:

Level I

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
BIOLOGY 1201	Biology I: Human Perspectives	3

and

Courses to the value of 3 units from the following:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
BIOLOGY 1101	Biology I: Molecules, Genes and Cells	3
BIOLOGY 1401	Concepts in Biology	3

and

All of the following courses must be completed:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
CHEM 1100	Chemistry IA	3
CHEM 1200	Chemistry IB	3

All of the following courses must be completed:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
CHEM 1101	Foundations of Chemistry IA	3
CHEM 1201	Foundations of Chemistry IB	3

All of the following courses must be completed:

Level II
*Please note Level II Biochemistry courses require Level I Chemistry as prerequisites as follows: CHEM 1100 and CHEM 1200 or CHEM 1101 and CHEM 1201.

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
BIOCHEM 2500	Biochemistry II: Molecular and Cell Biology	3
BIOCHEM 2501	Biochemistry II: Metabolism	3

and

Courses to the value of 3 units from the following:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
ENV BIOL 2501	Evolutionary Biology II	3
ENV BIOL 2502	Ecology II	3

Courses to the value of 6 units from the following:

Level III

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
BIOCHEM 3000	Molecular and Structural Biology III	6
ENV BIOL 3004	Freshwater Ecology III	3
ENV BIOL 3010	Marine Ecology III	3
ENV BIOL 3121	Concepts in Ecology III	3
ENV BIOL 3560	Evolution of Australian Biota III	3
ENV BIOL 3580	Conservation Biology III	3
ENV BIOL 3590	Evolutionary Biology III	3

Major Teaching Area 1 - Chemistry

All of the following courses must be completed:

Level I

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
CHEM 1100	Chemistry IA	3
CHEM 1200	Chemistry IB	3

All of the following courses must be completed:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
CHEM 1101	Foundations of Chemistry IA	3
CHEM 1201	Foundations of Chemistry IB	3
CHEM 1312	Foundations of Chemistry IS	3

All of the following courses must be completed:

Level II

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
CHEM 2545	Organic Chemistry II	3
CHEM 2550	Physical and Inorganic Chemistry II	3

Courses to the value of 3 units from the following:

Level III

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
CHEM 3610	Inorganic Chemistry III	3
CHEM 3620	Organic Chemistry III	3
CHEM 3630	Physical Chemistry III	3

and

Courses to the value of 6 units from the following:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
CHEM 3211	Synthesis of Materials III	3
CHEM 3212	Fundamentals of Materials III	3
CHEM 3213	Advanced Synthetic Methods III	3
CHEM 3214	Medicinal and Biological Chemistry III	3
CHEM 3600	Environmental and Analytical Chemistry III	3
CHEM 3610	Inorganic Chemistry III	3
CHEM 3620	Organic Chemistry III	3
CHEM 3630	Physical Chemistry III	3

Major Teaching Area 1 - Earth and Environmental Science

All of the following courses must be completed:

Level I

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
GEOLOGY 1100	Planet Earth	3
GEOLOGY 1103	Building a Habitable Planet	3

All of the following courses must be completed:

Level II

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
GEOLOGY 2500	Sedimentary Geology II	3
GEOLOGY 2502	Igneous and Metamorphic Geology II	3

All of the following courses must be completed:

Level III

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
GEOLOGY 3505	Earth Systems History III	3
GEOLOGY 3525	Mineral Resources III	3
PALAEO 3005	Geochronology, Fossils and Palaeoenvironments III	3

Major Teaching Area 1 - Physics

All of the following courses must be completed:

Level I
*Please note that the Physics courses require MATHS 1011 and MATHS 1012 as co-requisites

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
MATHS 1011	Mathematics IA	3
MATHS 1012	Mathematics IB	3
PHYSICS 1100	Physics IA	3
PHYSICS 1200	Physics IB	3

All of the following courses must be completed:

Level II
*Please note that the Physics courses require MATHS 2101 and MATHS 2102 as co-requisites

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
MATHS 2101	Multivariable & Complex Calculus II	3
MATHS 2102	Differential Equations II	3
PHYSICS 2510	Quantum Mechanics II	3
PHYSICS 2534	Electromagnetism II	3

All of the following courses must be completed:

Level III

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
PHYSICS 3002	Experimental Physics III	3
PHYSICS 3542	Physics III	6

Major Teaching Area 2 - Mathematics

All of the following courses must be completed:

Level I

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
MATHS 1011	Mathematics IA	3
MATHS 1012	Mathematics IB	3

and

Courses to the value of 3 units from the following:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
ENG 1002	Programming (Matlab and C)	3
STATS 1005	Statistical Analysis and Modelling I	3

Courses to the value of 9 units from the following:

Level II

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
MATHS 2100	Real Analysis II	3
MATHS 2101	Multivariable & Complex Calculus II	3
MATHS 2102	Differential Equations II	3
MATHS 2103	Probability & Statistics II	3
MATHS 2104	Numerical Methods II	3
PURE MTH 2106	Algebra II	3
STATS 2107	Statistical Modelling and Inference II	3

Courses to the value of 6 units from the following:

Level III

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
APP MTH 3001	Applied Probability III	3
APP MTH 3002	Fluid Mechanics III	3
APP MTH 3014	Optimisation III	3
APP MTH 3016	Random Processes III	3
APP MTH 3021	Modelling with Ordinary Differential Equations III	3
APP MTH 3023	Partial Differential Equations and Waves III	3
APP MTH 3124	Decision Science III	3
MATHS 3021	Capstone Project in Mathematical Sciences III	3
MATHS 3026	Cryptography III	3
PURE MTH 3002	Topology and Analysis III	3
PURE MTH 3007	Groups and Rings III	3
PURE MTH 3009	Integration and Analysis III	3
PURE MTH 3019	Complex Analysis III	3
PURE MTH 3023	Fields and Modules III	3
STATS 3001	Statistical Modelling III	3
STATS 3006	Mathematical Statistics III	3
STATS 3022	Data Science III	3
STATS 3023	Computational Bayesian Statistics III	3

Major Teaching Area 2 - Digital Technologies

All of the following courses must be completed:

Level I

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
COMP SCI 1102	Object Oriented Programming	3
ENG 1002	Programming (Matlab and C)	3

All of the following courses must be completed:

Level II

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
COMP SCI 2000	Computer Systems	3
COMP SCI 2103	Algorithm Design & Data Structures	3
COMP SCI 2201	Algorithm & Data Structure Analysis	3

All of the following courses must be completed:

Level III

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
COMP SCI 3006	Software Engineering & Project	3

and

Courses to the value of 3 units from the following:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
COMP SCI 3001	Computer Networks & Applications	3
COMP SCI 3004	Operating Systems	3
COMP SCI 3005	Computer Architecture	3
COMP SCI 3007	Artificial Intelligence	3
COMP SCI 3317	Using Machine Learning Tools	3

Major Teaching Area 2 - Psychology

All of the following courses must be completed:

Level I

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
PSYCHOL 1000	Psychology IA	3
PSYCHOL 1001	Psychology IB	3
PSYCHOL 1004	Research Methods in Psychology	3

All of the following courses must be completed:

Level II

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
PSYCHOL 2004	Doing Research in Psychology	3
PSYCHOL 2007	Psychology in Society	3

Courses to the value of 6 units from the following:

Level III

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
PSYCHOL 3021	Health & Lifespan Development Psychology	3
PSYCHOL 3022	Individual Differences, Personality & Assessment	3
PSYCHOL 3023	Perception & Cognition	3
PSYCHOL 3026	Learning and Behaviour	3
PSYCHOL 3027	Psychology, Science & Society	3

Bachelor of Teaching Core Courses (Curriculum and Pedagogy) Science

To satisfy the requirements for Bachelor of Teaching Core Courses (Curriculum and Pedagogy) Science students must complete courses to the value of 6 units.

Courses to the value of 6 units from the following:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
EDUC 4106	Biology Curriculum & Pedagogy (UG)	3
EDUC 4108	Chemistry Curriculum & Pedagogy (UG)	3
EDUC 4111	Digital Technologies Curriculum & Pedagogy (UG)	3
EDUC 4112	Earth & Environmental Science Curr & Ped (UG)	3
EDUC 4126	Mathematics Curriculum and Pedagogy (UG)	3
EDUC 4130	Physics Curriculum & Pedagogy (UG)	3
EDUC 4131	Psychology Curriculum & Pedagogy (UG)	3
EDUC 4132	Science Curriculum and Pedagogy (UG)	3
EDUC 4133	Scientific Studies/STEM Curriculum & Pedagogy (UG)	3

Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) Core Courses

To satisfy the requirements for Bachelor of Teaching (Secondary) Core Courses students must complete courses to the value of 36 units.

Level I

All of the following courses must be completed:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
EDUC 1001	Schools and Society	3
EDUC 1100	Introduction to Teaching and Learning	3

Level II

All of the following courses must be completed:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
EDUC 2001	Issues in Contemporary Education	3
EDUC 2002	Research as Teaching Practice	3

Level III

All of the following courses must be completed:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
EDUC 3003	Teaching the Diverse Classroom	3
EDUC 3006	Middle and Senior Secondary Years Pedagogy	3

Level IV - Professional Experience

All of the following courses must be completed:

Subject / Catalogue	Course Title	Unit Value
EDUC 4090	Prof Experience B & Assess for Graduate Teaching	6
EDUC 4213	Education Research Skills	3
EDUC 4215	Secondary Years Professional Experience A	3
EDUC 4217	Curriculum, Assessment & Policy	3
EDUC 4218	Foundations of Education	3

Published on: 30 November, 2022 | 09:52:57