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The Bachelor of Education (Science) program is tailor-made for in-service teachers. The program is designed to enable these teachers obtain their university degree. The curriculum focuses on three main components:
- development of the learner’s pedagogical knowledge;
- enhancement of the learner’s teaching and student-assessment methodology;
- improvement of learner’s knowledge in science.
The integrated approach of the curriculum is designed to increase the student’s skills so as to be able to stimulate the student’s intellectual interest in the sciences and guide them towards academic success. This program has a course combination in the fields of education and science. Candidates are required to accumulate minimum 120 credits in order to graduate.
Program Structure
Mandatory Foundation Courses |
Subject Name |
Credit |
Information Technology Foundation |
3 |
Innovation, Technology and Society |
3 |
Moral Studies |
3 |
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Compulsory University Courses |
Subject Name |
Credit |
Learning Skills for Open Distance Learners |
3 |
English for Written Communication |
3 |
English for Oral Communication |
3 |
English for Science and Technical Purposes |
3 |
Professional Ethics |
3 |
Entrepreneurship |
3 |
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Core Courses |
Subject Name |
Credit |
Sociology and Philosophy of Education in Malaysia |
3 |
Physical and Sport Education |
3 |
Co-curriculum and Health Education |
3 |
Educational Psychology |
3 |
Guidance and Counselling |
3 |
Principles of Instructional Technology |
3 |
Curriculum Planning in Science Education |
3 |
Practical Activity in Science |
3 |
Basic Techniques and Safety in Laboratory |
3 |
Methodology in Teaching Science |
3 |
Preparatory Mathematics |
3 |
Algebra, Function and Geometry |
3 |
Trigonometry and Calculus |
3 |
Current Issues in Science |
3 |
School-based Research |
6 |
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Major Courses |
Subject Name |
Credit |
Inorganic Chemistry |
3 |
Organic Chemistry |
3 |
Physical Chemistry |
3 |
Organometallic Chemistry |
3 |
Macromolecular and Industrial Chemistry |
3 |
Motion, Fluid & Waves |
3 |
Thermodynamics |
3 |
Electromagnetism and Current |
3 |
Light and Modern Physics |
3 |
Plant and Animal Diversity |
3 |
Microbial Diversity and Physiology |
3 |
Cell Biology and Cellular Biochemistry |
3 |
General Genetics |
3 |
Environmental Biology |
3 |
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Total |
120 |
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