The Bachelor of Education (Science) programme at Kenyatta University is designed to produce professionally trained and qualified teachers who will be competent in teaching science subjects in Secondary Schools and middle level colleges.
KSCE C+ (plus), Maths C+ (plus), Chemistry/Biological Sciences – B-(minus)
Alternatively: KSCE C (plain), Maths C+(plus), Chemistry C+(plus) and Diploma in Analytical Chemistry
Mean grade of C- (minus) at KCSE and progressed from certificate to Diploma at Kenyatta University or any other recognized/accredited Institutions. Mode of Study (e.g. Regular, IBP, ODeL, etc): Regular
Graduates of this programme will be awarded a Bachelor of Education (Science) from the School of Education.
Programme structure
In each year of study, students are required to take courses in the School of Education in ad- dition to a programme of courses in the School of Pure and Applied Sciences. Students taking Plant Sciences and Zoological Sciences will be required to take three units from each of the two Departments in each year. In addition to these, they must take two units in each academic year in a second teaching subject (Geography, Chemistry or Mathematics) and four University Com- mon Units. With the exception of SBT 400 all PS courses carry one unit.
Unit Codes and Titles
University Common Units
Core
UCU 100: Communication Skills
UCU 103: Introduction to Critical and Creative Thinking
Elective (Choose One)
UCU 101: Development Studies
UCU 104: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
UCU 106: Diversity, Ethics and Citizenship
Level 100
SBT 100: Cellular Basis of Life
SBT 101: Survey of the Plant Kingdom
SBT 102: Plant Morphology and Anatomy
Level 200
SBT 200: Plant Ecology
SBT 201: Plant Function
SMB 200: General Microbiology
Level 300
Core courses
SBT 300: Cell Biology and Genetics
SBT 301: Taxonomy of Higher Plants
Elective courses (Choose any one unit)
SBT 302: Mycology
SBT 303: Principles of Plant Pathology SBT 304: Biosystematics and Palynology SMB 300: Bacteriology
SBT 306: Economic Botany
SBT 307: Biostatistics (Compulsory for students majoring in Botany in their finalyear)
SBT 308: Plant Growth and Development
SBT 309: Advanced Plant Ecology
SBT 310: Plant Biochemistry and Physiology.
Level 400 (Choose any three units)
All fourth year units are Elective
Level 400:
SBT 400: Research Project (2 units over 2 semesters) SBT 401: General Genetics
SBT 402: Phycology
SBT 403: Ecophysiology
SBT 405: Morphogenesis and Developmental Anatomy
SBT 407: Arid Land Ecology
SBT 408: Forest Ecology SBT 410: Marine Botany SBT 411: Aquatic Botany
SMB 402: Environmental Microbiology
SBT 419: Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology
SBT 420: Biotechnology SBT 421: Plant Breeding SBT 422: Virology
SBT 424: Pesticides
Second Teaching Subject
Students taking plant sciences and zoological sciences will take 2 units in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and
4th years of their study in a second teaching subject which can be either Chemistry or Geography or Mathematics. The units to be taken in each of the second teaching subjects are as follows:
Geography
Level 100
AGE 100: Introduction to Statistics Cartography and Map Analysis
AGE 102: Physical Geography
Level 200
AGE 200: Statistics and Cartography
AGE 203: Geography of East Africa
Level 300
AGE 300: Air Photo Interpretation and Field course
AGE 303: Geography of Development.
Level 400 (Choose any two units)
AGE 400: Remote Sensing and Resource Management
AGE 401: Environmental Conservation
AGE 402: Surveying.
Mathematics
Level 100
SMA 102: Basic Mathematics
SMA 104: Calculus I
Level 200
SMA 200: Calculus II
SMA 202: Linear Algebra I Level 300
SMA 335: Ordinary Differential Equation I SMA 336: Ordinary Differential Equation II
Level 400
SMA 432: Partial Differential Equation I SMA 433: Partial Differential Equation II
Chemistry
Level 100
SCH 100: Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry SCH 101: Introduction to Physical Chemistry SCH 102: Organic Chemistry**
Level 200
SCH 200: Atomic Structure and Chemistry Bonding (Prerequisite SCH100) SCH 201: Chemical Thermodynamics.
Level 300
SCH 300: Chemistry of S and P Block Elements
SCH 301: Coordination and Organic Metallic Chemistry (Prerequisite SCH101).
Level 400
SCH 401: Electrochemistry (prerequisite SCH 101)
SCH 400: Comparative Study of Transition Elements (Prerequisite SCH 301)
** Recommended to be taken in the place of SCH 301
Rationalized Units
Unit code and Title
Level 200
KCU 202: Basic Soil Science
Level 300
SMR 305: Wildlife Ecology and Management AGE 317: Geographic Information Systems ENS 349: Rangeland Resource Management
Level 400
ASC 404: Environmental Sociology
ENS 446: Agroforestry
ENS 453: Environmental Policy and Law
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