ACCRA INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY
Bachelor of Education with Honours (Science)

Program Synopsis


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

Course Title Course Code Prerequisite Credit Hour
Information Technology Foundation Mandatory Foundation Course 3
Innovation, Technology and Society Mandatory Foundation Course 3
Moral Studies Mandatory Foundation Course 3
Learning Skills for Open Distance Learners Compulsory University Course 3
English for Written Communication Compulsory University Course 3
English for Oral Communication Compulsory University Course 3
English for Science and Technical Purposes Compulsory University Course 3
Professional Ethics Compulsory University Course 3
Entrepreneurship Compulsory University Course 3
Sociology and Philosophy of Education in Malaysia Core Course 3
Physical and Sport Education Core Course 3
Co-curriculum and Health Education Core Course 3
Educational Psychology Core Course 3
Guidance and Counselling Core Course 3
Principles of Instructional Technology Core Course 3
Curriculum Planning in Science Education Core Course 3
Practical Activity in Science Core Course 3
Basic Techniques and Safety in Laboratory Core Course 3
Methodology in Teaching Science Core Course 3
Preparatory Mathematics Core Course 3
Algebra, Function and Geometry Core Course 3
Trigonometry and Calculus Core Course 3
Current Issues in Science Core Course 3
School-based Research Core Course 3
Inorganic Chemistry Major Course 3
Organic Chemistry Major Course 3
Physical Chemistry Major Course 3
Organometallic Chemistry Major Course 3
Macromolecular and Industrial Chemistry Major Course 3
Motion, Fluid & Waves Major Course 3
Thermodynamics Major Course 3
Electromagnetism and Current Major Course 3
Light and Modern Physics Major Course 3
Plant and Animal Diversity Major Course 3
Microbial Diversity and Physiology Major Course 3
Cell Biology and Cellular Biochemistry Major Course 3
General Genetics Major Course 3
Environmental Biology Major Course 3