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TESC04 - Physics (Undergraduate Study Pattern)

Major: Science Teaching
Area of Study: Teacher Education
Degrees: BSc DipEd - Bachelor of Science with the Diploma of Education (UAC Preference 300537)
Offered By: Department of Physics,
ICS - Division of Information and Communication Sciences

General Requirements

Minimum number of credit points required for the degree92
Minimum number of credit points required at 200 level38
Minimum number of science credit points required at 200 level or above34
Minimum number of credit points required in EDUC units12
Minimum number of credit points required in TEP units12
Minimum number of science credit points required at 300 level18

Specific Requirements

100 level
Required eitherMATH135 Mathematics IA (3)
orMATH132 Mathematics IA (Advanced) (3) 3
Required eitherMATH136 Mathematics IB (3)
orMATH133 Mathematics IB (Advanced) (3) 3
Required PHYS140 Physics IA (3) 3
Required PHYS143 Physics IB (3) 3
Required CHEM101 Introductory Chemistry A (3) 3
Required CHEM103 Introductory Chemistry B (3) 3
Required EDUC105 Education: The Psychological Context (3) 3
Required EDUC106 Education: The Social and Historical Context (3) 3
Required 6 cp fromBIOL units
GEOS units 6
200 level
Required MATH235 Mathematics IIA (3) 3
Required MATH236 Mathematics IIB (3) 3
Required PHYS201 Physics IIA (3) 3
Required PHYS202 Physics IIB (3) 3
Required PHYS270 Astronomy (3) 3
Required one ofPHYS220 Scientific Modelling (3)
OPTO200 Optoelectronics (3)
PHYS278 Advanced Astronomy (3)
Any 200-level Chemistry unit 3
Required eitherEDUC262 Education: The Learner (3)
orEDUC264 Education: The Policy Context (3) 3
Required one ofEDUC258 Mathematics in Schools (3)
EDUC261 Information and CommunicationTechnologies and Education (3)
EDUC262 Education: The Learner (3)
EDUC264 Education: The Policy Context (3)
EDUC265 Educational Assessment (3) 3
Required TEP246 Key Competencies in Special Education (2) 2
Required eitherTEP295 Curriculum and Instruction in the Secondary School IA (3)
orboth TEP282 - Curriculum and Instruction in the Secondary School I (2)
and TEP283 - Curriculum and Instruction in the Secondary School II (2)
3
300 level
Required PHYS301 Electromagnetism and Quantum Physics (3) 3
Required three ofPHYS303 Atomic and Solid-State Physics (3)
PHYS304 Quantum Physics II (3)
PHYS306 Optical Physics (3)
PHYS377 Astrophysics I (3)
PHYS378 General Relativity and Cosmology (3)
OPTO300 Optoelectronic Devices and Systems I (3) 9
Required TEP414 School Experience II (2) 2
Required TEP416 School Experience IIA (2) 2
Required TEP433 Science in the Secondary School I (3) 3
Required TEP434 Science in the Secondary School II (3) 3
Electives
Balance of credit points required11
TOTAL CREDIT POINTS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROGRAM 92

Notes

General Requirements still to be satisfied: (from electives) 300 level: 6 cp from science units
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