- Program summary
- Program overview
- Admission requirements
- Program structure
- Program requirements
- Enquiries
Program summary
Award abbreviation: GCScEd(Physics)
Degree type: postgraduate coursework program
Mode of study: on campus
Duration: 1 year part-time
Fee type 2010: Commonwealth supported places, postgraduate coursework places
Total courses: 4
Commence: Semester 1
USC program code: SE506
CRICOS code: Not available to international students on a Student Visa.
Program overview
This program is designed for teachers in middle years of schooling or those in non-physics senior areas of study who wish to expand their knowledge and understanding to the area of physics and develop expertise in response to the new Queensland Studies Authority syllabus in physics that is underpinned by a contextual approach to pedagogy.
This program includes three courses in physics providing teachers with sufficient knowledge depth in this area and a capping course in contextual science that allows teachers to consolidate their understanding of physics and to be responsive to the new syllabus.
Admission requirements
Students must be practising teachers and hold an undergraduate science-based degree. Such a degree must not have a major or minor in physics.
Program structure
Option 1:
No prior knowledge of physics is required
Required courses:
SCI107 Digital Crime Scene Management
PHY201 Physics
PHY202 Fluids, Waves and Thermodynamics
Plus select 1 course from:
PHY311 Electronics and Electromagnetism
EDU501 Optics and Modern Physics
Option 2:
Some prior knowledge of physics is required as approved by the program coordinator
Required courses:
PHY201 Contextual Science and Mathematics
PHY202 Fluids, Waves and Thermodynamics
PHY311 Electronics and Electromagnetism
EDU501 Optics and Modern Physics
Program requirements
- Refer to the Academic Rules.
- Refer to explanation of terms.
- International students need to refer to the University's English language proficiency requirements.
- Only a full-time study option is available to international students.
Enquiries
Faculty of Science, Health and Education
Tel: +61 7 5459 4699
Email: education@usc.edu.au