the course was introduced. This now applies to all students enrolling in Education Studies in the course.
Under the new arrangement a sequence of Education subjects (each incorporating School Expenence) is taken in the second, third and fourth years of the course, as follows:
Year 2 Education B 6 points Year 3 Education C 12 points Year 4 Education D 24 points
In 1990 the points allocation for Education B is proposed to be 8 points, and in 1992 the points allocation for Education D is proposed to be 22 points.
Course Committee
The Course Committee for the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) course is responsible for the continuing development of the course, for selecting and advising students who will undertake the course, for administering the course regulations, for appointing selection officers and course advisers, and for allocating students to course advisers.
Students wishing to communicate with the Course Committee should contact the Administrative Officer or Co-ordinator of Studies for the course.
Students wishing either to defer taking up their place in the course, or to obtain leave of absence from their studies, should apply to the Course Committee; such applications, in writing, should be forwarded to the Registrar. Students considering applying for leave of absence are advised to consult with their course adviser before making application.
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Over the years between 1981 and 1988, there have been two science courses offered at Melbourne College of Advanced Education, each with its own intake. One of these was the Bachelor of Science Education course (former VTAC code MCSE), while the other was the Science stream of the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) course (VTAC code MCSC). The two courses had virtually identical aims, many shared classes and subjects, and similar but distinct course structures and regulations. These parallel courses resulted from the decision of the University of Melbourne to hand back control of its Bachelor of Science (Education) course to the College, which already taught the majority of the subjects in that course while teaching a parallel Bachelor of Education (Secondary) course.
Over the intervening years, the College has worked to bring the subjects and structures of the two courses into alignment.
Dunng 1987, the decision was made to complete the integration of the two courses, and from 1989 onwards there will be only one science intake into the College.
The single science intake will be into the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) course. The VTAC code will be MCSC. The structures of the course. and the sub-regulations of the Bachelor of Education (Secondary) course under which the students will complete their studies. have been modified to preserve the distinctive features and strengths of the former separate courses.
The students already enrolled in the Bachelor of Science Education course will continue and complete their course under the existing Bachelor of Science Education regulations.
The Bachelor of Science Education is a four-year full-time course in which a student spends the equivalent of three years in the study of science and mathematics subjects, and one year in the study of education subjects. The education and science subjects are taken Concurrently from Year 2 onwards, and there is an emphasis on the integration of these science and education subjects.
A major study area is chosen towards the end of Year 1 from Biology. Chemistry. Computer Science, Geography, Mathematics, and Physics. Sub-major studies from these areas may be combined with the major study. The four first-year subjects are normally selected from Additional Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry. Core Mathematics, Computer Science,.
Earth Science. Geography, and Physics. Students are encouraged to take a balanced selection from these to prepare adequately for their major study area, and for the likely areas of school science and mathematics that they will teach.
Graduates of the course may apply for registration as a teacher in. Victoria. Graduates with relevant major studies may apply for membership of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute and of the. Australian Institute of Physics.
Course Committee Chairperson. Kevin Mauger - Co-ordinator of Studies and Course Adviser: Robert Prosser, room 513. Science Education Building
Course Office: room 513, Science Education Building Administrative Officer: Sandra Markwick
(Contact with the Course Committee is made through the Co-ordinator of Studies.)
Course Regulations
1. In addition to the regulations described hereinafter, a student of the Bachelor of Science Education Course shall be subject to the Common Regulations for the Course for a Bachelor of Education at Melbourne College of Advanced Education (hereinafter referred to as the Common Regulations).
2. (a) During each year a student shall attend classes and perform written, practical, laboratory, field and clinicat work prescribed by the Academic Board and published with the details of subjects unless he/she satisfies the Board that he/she has had appropriate training elsewhere.
(b) A student who enrols for a second or subsequent time in any subject for which practical work is prepared shall be required to repeat the whole of such practical work, save in so far as he/she is exempted by the head of the department responsible for such practical work.
3. A student who has, without passing in a subject, been credited with the points to be scored shall not be permitted to proceed to a higher part of that subject, but shall be allowed to proceed with other subjects of a later year of the course for which a pass in that subject may be a prerequisite.
4. The total number of points which may be credited to a student under Common Regulations 9 and 10 shall not exceed 100, including a maximum of 80 points in general subjects and a maximum of 20 points in Education subjects.
5. An approved course of study must include subjects selected from the Link Study category, such that the cumulative total of points scored as credit in these subjects shall not be less than twelve (12).
6. An approved course of study must contain subjects selected from the A-level subjects such that the cumulative total of possible points scored as credit in these subjects shall be not less than thirty (30) nor more than fifty-four (54).
7. The Bachelor of Science Education may be granted to a student who has complied with the prescribed conditions and:
(a) has gained a cumulative score that equals or exceeds 144 points;
(b) has in Education subjects gained at least 40 points, including a pass in School Experience;
(c) has in general subjects gained a cumulative score that equals or exceeds 104 points, including:
(i) at least 30 points at A-level and at least 24 points at C-level;
(ii) at least 12 points In subjects of the Link Study category, and at least 88 points in other general subjects.
Note:
For the purposes of these Regulations:
(i) each subject at first-year level shall be known as an A-level subject and shall be designated within the relevant department by a number between A00 and A99;
(ii) each subject at second-year level shall be known as a B-level subject and shall be designated within the relevant department by a number between BOO and B99;
(iii) each subject at third- and fourth-year level shall be known as a C-level subject and shall be designated within the relevant department by a number between COO and C99.
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(iv} the term 'general subject' shalt refer to any approved subject in a student's course other than Education subjects.
These regulations should be read and Interpreted in conjunction with all documents relating to procedures of the Academic Board.
Table of Subjects
Subject Area Subject/Points
A-level 8-level C-level
Biology Al 9 B3 4 C3 4
A3 2 B6 2 C4 4 B9 3 C5 4 B10 4 C6 4 812 2 C7 4 13 15 4 C8 4 B21 6 C9 4 B22 6 'C11 4 B23 6 C21 2 B24 6 C22 4
Chemistry A 9 B21 9 C11 9
B22 9 C12 9 1B23 3 C21 6
#C22 5 Computer Studies A10 9 B7 4 C2 4 B8 4 'C3 4 B10 8 C5 4
#C6 4 Earth Science Al 9
Education BOO 8 COO 12
C10 20
Geography Al 2 61 6 'C1 6
A2 2 B2 6 C2 6 A3 3 B3 6 C3 6 A4 2 B5 6 01 6 B6 6 D2 4
Mathematics AS 9 811 4 C2 4
A9 9 B12 4 C3 4 A10 9 B31 4 C11 4 A42 4 B32 4 C21 4 B33 4 C23 4 851 4 C31 4 B84 4 C32 4 B86 4 C33 4 B87 4 C34 4 C41 4 'C81 3 C85 4 'C91 3 'C92 3 'C93 3
Philosophy
1
821 4Physics Al 9 B8 4 C21 5
B21 4 C22 5 B22 4 C23 4 B23 4 'C24 4 B24 3 C25 3 C26 3 C27 4
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1B2 4 'C2 3 'C4 4 'C5 4 'C6 4 'C7 4 'Subjects in the Link Study category
#Students may include these subjects in the Link Study category if it is certified by the Head of Department that the subject has been taken by the appropriate mode.
Advice to Students
The Bachelor of Science Education degree is a four-year course designed to prepare secondary school teachers of science and mathematics. It contains the equivalent of three years study of science and mathematics, and one year of education, but the education studies are taken concurrently with the science studies, and are integrated with them. These education studies will commence in Year 2 and will increase in their proportion of a year's study in Years 3 and 4. School experience is an essential component of the design of each year's study in education.
The choice of first-year subjects is very important, as these subjects lay the foundations for the degree as a whole, both in the choice of major subject for specialization and in the selection of methods of teaching studies. These implications should be discussed carefully with a course adviser before enrolling. The authorization of a course adviser is required both before enrolment in a subject and before change of enrolment.
Course Advice and Administration
Each student is allocated to a course adviser— at present, the Co-ordinator of Studies of the Bachelor of Science Education.
He will provide assistance in planning a course of study and can also assist in such matters as deferment of. and leave of absence from, studies, special consideration in the event of illness or death in the family, study difficulties and changing subjects.
Students must consult course advisers and obtain a written authorization from them before they enrol or re-enrol and before changing subjects.
The Bachelor of Science Education Course Committee is responsible for the administration, evaluation and development of the course on behalf of the Academic Board. The Committee recommends to the Board on course structure, regulations, content and enrolment. It administers selection, credit policies and course advice recommendations. It monitors students' progress through the course and the quality of teaching within the course.
Structure of the Course
The course consists of four years of full-time study. In the first year of the course, studies are normally taken in four subject areas in science or mathematics, although subjects from other areas may be approved. In later years of the course, students will choose a major study, or area of specialization, from biology, chemistry, computer studies, geography, mathematics, or physics. Approximately half a year of each of the later years will be spent on this major study or its associated subjects.
Education studies are all compulsory and occur in Years 2, 3 and 4 of the course, They are studied concurrently with the science subjects of the degree and are intended to be integrated with them.
Given the aim of the course is to train teachers of secondary school science and mathematics, one of the most important elements to consider in course planning is the area of methods of teaching. While individual students may well choose a different pattern, it is intended that the Bachelor of Science Education student should usually take methods of teaching in his/her chosen major study and in junior science and junior mathematics. This means that a student's course must provide an adequate preparation for each of these methods, and the course adviser will need to be consulted on this aspect of subject choice.
Year One
Four A-level science and mathematics subjects – Year Two:
B-level science or mathematics subjects of major study – Other approved subjects – Education B00 – Year Three:
Science or mathematics subjects of major study -
9 points each
18 points 10 points 8 points
18 points
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Education COO - 12 points
Other approved subjects - 6 points
Year Four:
Education CIO — 20 points
Science and mathematics subjects of major study,
and other approved subjects - 16 points The points allotted to the major study in any year depend on the particular major study chosen.