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Bachelor of Education - 4th Year Mathematics Conversion

Course summary for current students

Award granted Bachelor of Education
Duration1 year full-time or part-time equivalent
Deakin course codeE356M

For continuing students only.  Final intake was 2009.

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Course overview

The Bachelor of Education - Fourth Year Mathematics Conversion course is designed to provide a course of study for trained secondary teachers who wish to extend their teaching methods into the area of mathematics.  The degree comprises 8 credit points of study normally completed by part-time study.

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  • Fees are calculated on a per unit basis
  • Fees charged will depend on the individual units chosen
  • Fees per unit/credit point may increase annually due to rises in the cost of course delivery and services

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Course rules

To be awarded the Bachelor of Education-Fourth Year Mathematics Conversion, a student must satisfactorily complete 8 credit points of study taken from the list of course-grouped units leading to the award.

The course of study shall include a sub-major in the discipline of mathematics and teaching methodology in mathematics education. The course of study shall normally be completed within a period of not less than two trimesters of full-time study or part-time equivalent and not more than five trimesters of study or part time equivalent.

Further extensions of time may be granted with the permission of the Faculty Board which must not exceed 10 consecutive years from the date the student first enrolled in the course.

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Course structure

Level 1
Trimester 1

SIT192 Discrete Mathematics (B, G, X)  

ESM424 Mathematics: Curriculum Study (B, X)  


Trimester 2

SIT194 Introduction to Mathematical Modelling (B, G, X)  

ESM425 Senior Mathematics: Curriculum Study (B, X)  


Level 2

Trimester 1
SIT291 Mathematical Methods for Information Modelling (B, X)  

Plus one level 4 mathematics education elective unit


Trimester 2

Students may select from:

SIT281 Cryptography (B, G, X)  
or

SIT292 Linear Algebra and Applications to Data Communications (B, X)  

Plus one level 4 mathematics education elective unit

Level 4 Mathematics elective units

ESM415 Problem Solving and Modelling in the Mathematics Classroom (X)  

ESM438 Evaluating Children's Progress (X)  

ESM433 Exploring Space and Number   

Notes:

(i) ESM433 offered in alternate years 2015, 2017

(ii) ESM438 offered in alternate years 2014, 2016

 

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