Overview | Summary of Courses

Offered By:	Faculty of Science
Academic Contact:	Science Student Admin Manager

This program is offered jointly with the National University of Singapore.  The program is structured as a one year, 8 courses Master degree. Two of the courses must be ANU courses and a further two must be NUS courses.  The ANU courses to be offered will be drawn predominately from the Science Communication and Contemporary Science programs.  ANU staff will attend the NUS campus to teach the core ANU courses in an intensive mode of delivery. ANU elective courses will be available online, by intensive mode in Singapore, or ANU campus-based semester-long courses. The mode of delivery for individual ANU elective courses will be restricted to one of the previous options and may vary from year to year.

Proposed Schedules:

Proposed Schedule for full-time students Option 1

NUS Project	1 Semester at NUS
NUS Module (Core)	1 semester at NUS
NUS Module (Core)	1 Semester at NUS
ANU Module (Core)	1 semester at ANU
ANU Module (Core)	1 Semester at ANU
ANU Module (Optional)	1 Semester at ANU
ANU Module (Optional)	1 semester at ANU

Proposed Schedule for full-time students Option 2

NUS Module (Core)	1 Semester at NUS
NUS Module (Core)	1 Semester at NUS
NUS Module (Optional)	1 Semester at NUS
NUS Module (Optional)	1 Semester at NUS
NUS Module (Optional)	1 Semester at NUS
ANU Module (Core)	1 Semester at ANU
ANU Module (Core)	1 Semester at ANU
ANU Project	1 Semester at ANU

Proposed Schedule for part-time students

NUS Module (core)	At NUS
NUS Module (core)	At NUS
NUS Project	At NUS
ANU Module (core)	Conducted in intensive mode over 2-3 weeks at NUS or SCS
ANU Module (core)	Conducted in intensive mode over 2-3 weeks at NUS or SCS
ANU Module (Optional)	Through on-line mode
*ANU Module (optional)	Through on-line mode
*or 2 NUS optional modules	At NUS

Module Information:

The four core modules in the joint degree programme are:

a) SC5xxx	Innovations in Science Teaching
b) SC5xxx	Topics in Science Communication
c) SCOM8020	Science Communications and Creative Teaching
d) SCOM8021 or BIOL6191	Ethics, Issues and Consequences of Science Biotechnology in Context

ANU Core modules are conducted in an intensive mode over a period of 2 weeks at NUS or SCS for part-time students.  

ANU Electives:

• BIOL8021 Health and Disease in a Changing World
• BIOL8705 Challenges in Conservation Biology 
• ASTR8512 Astrophysics 
• BIOL8020 Genomics & Biotechnology
• CHEM8023 Chemistry and the Pharmaceutical Industry
• PSYC8020 Visual Sensation and Perception
• ENVS8005 Greenhouse Science
• SCOM8014 Communicating Science with the Public
• SCOM8015 Public Speaking and Acting Techniques
• SCNC8020 Research Placement: Exploring Modern Science

NUS Electives:

• Communicating Mathematics and Statistics
• The Art of Physics
• Teaching in Biology
• Critical Thinking and Writing
• Contemporary Materials Chemistry
• Biomaterials
• Topics in Environmental Chemistry
• Emerging Concepts in Drug Discovery
• Special Topics in Physics
• Physics in Nanostructures
• Seminar Modules

Requirements

Admission Criteria: 

A Bachelor's degree in Science (or equivalent) from a reputable university.

A postgraduate diploma from NIE for school teachers without an honours degree.

Good TOEFL score if English was not the medium of instruction in their undergraduate studies.

Other applicants without an honours degree in science will be considered on a case by case basis

Assessment

The assessment is intimately tied to the learning objectives as defined within each course.

The information published on the Study at ANU 2009 website applies to the 2009 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2008 website.