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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 CSP 310537 DFEE)
Offered By: Department of Physics,
ICS - Division of Information and Communication Sciences

General Requirements

Minimum number of credit points92
Minimum number of credit points which satisfy the requirements for the degree of Bachelor68
Maximum number of credit points at 100 level36
Minimum number of credit points in units at 200 level or above designated in the Schedule of Undergraduate Units as science units34
Minimum number of credit points in units at 300 level or above designated in the Schedule of Undergraduate Units as science units18
Minimum number of credit points in units with an EDUC prefix12
Minimum number of credit points in units with a TEP prefix12
and completion of other specific requirements as set out below

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 CBMS101 Introductory Chemistry A (3) 3
Required CBMS103 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)
OPTO221 Introduction to Optical Science and Technology (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 Communication Technologies 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 TEP414 Professional Experience II (2) 2
Required TEP416 Professional Experience IIA (2) 2
Required TEP433 Science in the Secondary School I (3) 3
Required TEP434 Science in the Secondary School II (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)
OPTO321 Optical and Photonic Devices and Systems I (3) 9
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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