Bachelor of Science - Pathway to Teaching (Primary/Secondary) - Environmental Health

Western Sydney University

Take your pick from a huge range of majors and minors, like Education, Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Environmental Science. Gain access to Western’s specialist facilities and state-of-the art teaching labs. Learn to solve complex problems by working with students in other disciplines. Initial enrolment will be into the Bachelor of Science (major) Pathway to Teaching (Primary/Secondary) to gain the necessary learning areas to satisfy the NSW Education Standards Authority requirements for entry into teaching. Graduates of the Bachelor of Science majors pathway can transition into a Master of Teaching after demonstrating suitability for teaching. Study in the Master of Teaching will concentrate on contemporary pedagogy to apply your discipline knowledge to a classroom setting. This consecutive degree can give you access to a teaching career in 4.5 years (accelerated mode) or 5 years (full-time mode). Completion of this program in 4.5 years involves study of the Master of Teaching component in 18 months in accelerated mode. A Master of Teaching is also available in normal full-time mode over two years (or part-time equivalent). Depending on the major chosen, the Bachelor of Science component of this program is offered at Campbelltown, Hawkesbury and Parramatta campuses. The full range of education minor subjects is offered at Bankstown and Penrith campuses with a selection of subjects at Parramatta campus and online. The Master of Teaching (Secondary) component is only offered at Penrith campus. The Master of Teaching (Primary) component is primarily offered at Bankstown although a small selection of subjects are offered at the Penrith campus. For all teaching programs: Western Sydney University reserves the right to vary teaching programs to enable students to meet any additional provisions in relation to teacher registration, which may be required by relevant external organisations. The air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, and the places we live, work and play all have major impacts on our health and well-being. The testamur major Environmental Health, when combined with the major Environmental Futures in a Bachelor of Science, will equip you to explore the diverse range of natural and built-environment challenges that confront us, from the mitigation of human health impacts of global climate change through to the more localised issues of air and water quality, waste management, food security, environmental noise and healthy communities. The major areas of study addressed within the major include air pollution community studies emergency management environmental regulation and policy environmental monitoring environmental planning environmental protection epidemiology food safety noise, occupational environment risk assessment sustainable environmental management toxicology urban development and water pollution.

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