Chemistry with Education

OVERVIEW
Prepare to teach the next generation of scientists with UWS’s BSc (Hons) Chemistrywith Education degree. As well as providing you with extensive theoretical knowledge and practical skills in chemistry, this programme will help you develop professional skills through workbased learning to ensure you’re fully equipped to meet the demands of being a teacher. On successful completion of this programme, you’ll meet the Standard forProvisional Registration as a secondary school teacher of chemistry.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

• You’ll study the fundamentals of chemistry as a core science before progressing to more complex, specialist topics in Honours year.
• Laboratory sessions will develop your practical and communication skills.
• In Years 3 and 4 you’ll develop your teaching skills through specialist modules in education.
• Upon successful completion of this programme, in addition to meeting the Standard for Provisional Registration as a secondary school teacher of chemistry you will also be eligible to apply for Associate Membership of the Royal Society of Chemistry (AMRSC).
• BSc (Hons) Chemistry with Education students can join UWS’s Couper Chemical Society. Named after the renowned Scottish chemist Archibald Scott Couper, this student-run society organises academic and social activities throughout the year, including guest lectures and science outreach, to help students of all levels on the Chemistry and Forensic Sciences programmes get to know one another.

PROGRAMME DETAILS

This programme aims to instill you with the skills and attributes that are transferable to other areas of study and professional employment. These include:
• Accessing and apply relevant research findings
• Communicating effectively with audiences
• Engaging in professional dialogue with peers and senior colleagues
• Critical analysis
• Evaluation and synthesis of ideas
• Exercising autonomy and initiative
• Working with others

CAREERS
On successfully completing this programme, you’ll leave UWS with General Teaching Council for Scotland registration and are eligible for a one-year paid
induction post in a Scottish Secondary School. You will also have the knowledge and practical skills required for a career in drug research, environmental analysis, forensic science and much more.