The document describes the BSc in Science Education program at DCU. The 4-year program provides an integrated curriculum in science, math, education, and IT to prepare students to become post-primary science teachers. Students gain teaching experience through school placements in years 2-4 and can choose to specialize in physics, chemistry, or math. The program qualifies graduates to teach two science subjects to leaving certificate level.

2. BSc in Science Education
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3. DCU has responded to the need for a
new generation of science teachers
by preparing an integrated
curriculum including:
 Science
 Mathematics
 Education
 Information Technology
BSc in Science Education

4.  Direct route into post-primary teaching
 Integrated Professional Diploma (H.Dip./GDED) & same
salary as H.Dip./GDED Grads
 Teacher training concurrent with science courses
 Dedicated Science Education lab
 Choice of 2 from Physics, Chemistry, or Mathematics as
major & minor topic – qualification to teach those 2
subjects to Leaving Cert level
 Computing / IT integral to the course
 Foundation course in Biology – (no qualification to teach
to Leaving Cert level)
BSc in Science Education

5. Course Structure

6. Course Structure

7. First Year::
Microteaching, small group teaching
Second Year:
Microteaching, 4 weeks in school teaching Junior
Certificate Maths and Science
Third Year:
4 weeks in school teaching Junior & Senior Cycle
Deepen subject knowledge
Link teaching with project in major subject
Fourth Year:
2 weeks Teaching Preparation workshop
14 weeks (Feb–May) teaching Junior & Senior Cycle
School Placement Teaching Practice

8. Requirements:
–HD3 or OA2 in Mathematics
–HD3 or OC3 in any Laboratory Science
Points:
–440 (cut off in 2014), intake of up to 40 students
Entry Requirements

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What will you do
here?
INTRA, Exchange,
Global Classrooms,
Social Engagement,
Field Trips, LIYSF etc

10. Where will you go from here?
The BSc in Science Education equips you with a skill set appropriate to
a successful, sustainable and rewarding career
Alternative Careers
 Option to Transfer to other Science Courses after First
Year (transfer to SE only for first 6 weeks)
 Technical Training
 Marketing
 Communications
 Personnel

11. Employment Prospects
75% continue in teaching in Ireland and the UK
 Others have continued in postgraduate studies:
-MSc
-PhD
Other employment (banking); travelling, etc

12. Life at DCU
We know going to
University isn’t all about
lectures and books. It’s
also about getting out
there, getting involved
and having some of the
best experiences of your
life

13. Life at DCU
 Student Advice Centre
 Uaneen Module
 Students Union / Office of Student Life – www.dcusu.ie
 Elite Athlete Entry Scheme
 Clubs and Societies
 Learning Support Service
 Disability Service
 Student Accommodation
 Class Representation

14. Getting Here
Getting here, either by public transport or
under your own steam, is easy; we’re close
to the M50 and M1 motorways and
serviced by bus routes from all parts of the
city.

15. Getting Here
 44 & 104 now stop on campus, with numerous other
busses from Ballymun Road and Collins Avenue
 Private busses from Dundalk, Drogheda, Bettystown,
Skerries, Lusk, Laytown and Rush
 Bus Eireann 101 and 109A
 Go Car on campus
 M50 links
 Walking and Cycling routes
 Drumcondra Train Station

16. Questions and
Answers
?Odilla Finlayson
School of Chemical
Sciences
odilla.finlayson@dcu.ie
ph. 01 700 5409