Table 2 The details of the Integrated Science program (Source: FED, 2019)
Courses categories | Courses | Credits | |
|---|---|---|---|
General education and free electives1 | (According to UM, undergraduate students should learn eight general-education courses in four areas - Global Awareness, Literature and Humanities, Science and Technology, and Society and Behaviors, and they can select any courses provided by home faculty or other faculties as free elective) | 51 (38.6%) | |
Educational foundation | Introduction to Education; Educational Psychology; Sociology of Education; Introduction to Special Education; Teacher Ethics and Teacher Professional Development; School Counseling and Guidance | 18 (13.6%) | |
Science content | Introduction to Biological Sciences; College Physics; Electromagnetism and Physical Optics; Introduction to College Chemistry; Advanced Mathematics I; Analytical and Environmental Chemistry; Advanced Mathematics II; General and Clinical Microbiology; Earth and Universe; Genetics and Epigenetics; Inorganic Chemistry | 33 | 45 (34.1%) |
General and Clinical Biochemistry; Cell and Molecular Biology; Physiology and Pathophysiology; Development and Aging (Specialization in biology) | 12 | ||
Physical Chemistry; Materials Physics and Chemistry; Organic and Polymer Chemistry; Nano chemistry (Specialization in chemistry) | |||
Quantum Physics; Thermodynamic and Statistical Physics; Solid State Physics; Low-dimensional Physics (Specialization in physics) | |||
Pedagogy of science | Science Education in Secondary Schools; Scientific Inquiry and Practical Work in Secondary Schools; Assessment in Science Education; Emerging Pedagogies of STEM Teaching | 12 (9.1%) | |
Teaching practice | Supervised Teaching and School Experience | 6 (4.5%) | |
Total | Â | 132 | |