Undergraduate Major

Biology and Human Biology Major Teaching Area

From bacteria to biomes, share your enthusiasm for biological sciences by teaching secondary school students all about this discipline.

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MJ-BHBS
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70
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Overview

Turn your love of science into a career as a confident and inspiring teacher.

Teaching science to secondary school students engages your imagination as you create learning experiences for your students. Your specialty subjects would be Biology and Human Biology. The course also teaches the skills needed to teach lower school science, including Chemistry, Physics, and Earth and Space.

You’ll learn how to work in a range of teaching environments, through lectures, science labs, tutorials, and a range of practical placements. 

3 reasons to study Education at Murdoch

  1. Before you start your first prac, you’ll be able to develop your teaching skills, practise dealing with challenging behaviour, and try parent teacher interviews and other situations by using SimLabTM technology, our virtual classroom that uses actors and avatars.
  2. Get essential experience in a range of practical placements which could include metropolitan, rural, remote, international, multicultural, hospital, private and state school environments.
  3. Build an online portfolio as part of your degree to share your teaching experience with future employers. You’ll also be able to select a second teaching area from Mathematics, English, Humanities and Social Sciences, Science or Secondary Education Support.

What you’ll learn

You'll be mentored by our team of experienced teaching professionals to become a confident, creative and flexible teacher. You'll learn to become the kind of biology or human biology teacher who can really inspire future scientists, with a strong grounding in learning, teaching and curriculum. Some of the topics you'll cover include:

  • Learn classroom management skills, including how to deal with challenging behaviour and make learning fun
  • Discover how to apply your scientific and theoretical learning in a range of practical settings
  • Find out how to encourage your students to think creatively about our world and the humans, animals, insects and other creatures who live here
  • Get inspired to stay curious about the world and commit to lifelong learning throughout your teaching career

Your future career

This course gives you the qualification you need to teach secondary students, including teaching biology and human biology to Year 11 and 12 ATAR students. You will also study a second teaching area, giving you greater employment opportunities.

For more details about this course, please view our admission information: Murdoch Admission Information - Education

 

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Total credit points: 30

Unit code Unit name Credit points
Major30 credit points
Required Units24 credit points
BIO103Environmental Biology3
BIO152Cell Biology3
BIO247Biochemistry3
BMS206Biomedical Physiology3
CHE140Fundamentals of Chemistry3
EDN376Teaching Science3
BMS107Foundations of Vertebrate Form and Function3
EDN476Teaching Senior Secondary Science3
Specified Elective Units6 credit points
BIO367Forensic Toxicology3
OR
BMS316Parasitology: People, Pets and Wildlife3
OR
BMS323Clinical Biochemistry I3
OR
SIK201Two-Way Science3
OR
BMS212Medical Microbiology3
OR
BIO246Microbiology3
OR
BIO394Genetic Engineering3
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English Requirements

You must meet a minimum standard in English to study at Murdoch, which for most courses can be demonstrated by providing evidence that you have completed Year 11 and 12 in Australia at any level if you are a domestic student, or through either English proficiency tests, university preparation courses, English language courses, previous tertiary study or vocational education.

Advanced Standing

Everyone has a different path to university so if you’ve already completed formal or informal learning, you could receive advanced standing. Also known as recognition of prior learning, advanced standing can reduce the amount of study needed to complete your degree by giving you credit for certain units.

Formal learning can include previous study in higher education vocational education or adult and community education. Informal learning can include on the job learning, various kinds of work and life experience.

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This information applies to courses offered at our Australian campuses only. Courses offered at our Dubai  and Singapore campuses or delivered by Open Universities Australia may have different requirements.

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Following your successful application, you’ll receive a Letter of Offer which will contain specific course and fee information.

If you are applying for an undergraduate course, you may be eligible for a Commonwealth Supported Place. Postgraduate programs are full fee paying, unless indicated otherwise in your Letter of Offer.

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