Natural Sciences. Integrated program
The Faculty of Geography
Name
Natural Sciences. Integrated program
Program code
54777
Qualification awarded
Bachelor
Length of programme
4 years
Number of credits
240
level of qualification according to the National Qualification Framework and the European Qualifications Framework
6
Qualification level
First (Bachelor)
Discipline
Education
Speciality
Knoledge Field
Specific admission requirements
Complete general secondary education
Specific arrangements for recognition of prior learning
Diploma of secondary education
Qualification requirements and regulations, including graduation requirements
By a separate decision of the examination board, based on the professional mastery of the competencies provided by the blocks of disciplines according to the professional direction (minimum necessary criteria: choosing one of the proposed blocks for choice; assessment for pedagogical practice of at least 75 points; attestation exam with an assessment of at least 75 points)
Programme learning outcomes
PLO 01. Collect, process, and analyze information in the field of Natural Sciences (Geography, Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Biology). Explain the significance of Natural Sciences' achievements for a scientific understanding of the holistic picture of the surrounding world.
PLO 02. Communicate effectively in professional Ukrainian, both orally and in writing.
PLO 03. Communicate in a foreign language for professional purposes.
PLO 04. Apply information technologies, as well as cartographic and geo-informational models, in the field of Natural Sciences.
PLO 05. Conduct field and laboratory research, and organize their results.
PLO 06. Determine the main characteristics, processes, history, and composition of the Earth as a planetary system and its geospheres.
PLO 07. Determine the main characteristics, processes, history, and composition of the landscape envelope and its components.
PLO 08. Apply models, methods, and data from Geography, Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Biology, Ecology, Mathematics, information technologies, etc., when studying the natural processes of formation and development of geospheres.
PLO 09. Demonstrate knowledge of and apply the theory, didactics, and teaching methodology of integrated Natural Science courses in general secondary education institutions.
PLO 10. Demonstrate understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals and the potential of one's professional field to achieve them, including within Ukraine, for self-development, health preservation, sustainable societal development, and environmental safety.
PLO 11. Adhere to the moral and ethical principles of research, academic integrity, and a professional code of conduct.
PLO 12. Develop projects and practical recommendations in the field of Natural Sciences, as well as educational and local development projects.
PLO 13. Apply international information sources regarding the development of natural and technical sciences and medicine, integrate international experience in environmental monitoring, and work in an international context.
PLO 14. Apply innovative pedagogical technologies in secondary education to teach the integrated Natural Sciences course.
PLO 15. Foster students' creativity and entrepreneurial competence.
Form of study
Full-time form
Examination regulations and grading scale
Written and oral exams, assessments, ongoing control (surveys, presentations, test tasks, modular control papers), differentiated assessments, defense of practice reports, certification exams, and defense of the bachelor's qualification work.
Оbligatory or optional mobility windows (if applicable)
On the basis of concluded agreements about international academic
mobility by Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
with foreign and domestic partners under the terms of the competition.
Work placement
1. Pedagogical research practice (educational)Complex discipline. 2. Educational practice on the basics of natural field research. 3. Pedagogical practice of teaching integrated courses of Natural Sciences for 5-6 grades. 4.Pedagogical practice on the development of integrated natural science courses for 7-9 grades. 5. Pedagogical practice of teaching integrated natural science courses for grades 7-9. 6. Pedagogical practice of teaching an integrated course of natural sciences in grades 10-12.
Work-based learning
Student-centered project-oriented training, which is conducted in the form of lectures, seminars, practical classes (including in existing laboratories), independent work, consultations and joint projects with teachers, educational and industrial practices, and performance of bachelor's qualification work in the last year of study.
Director of the course
Tetiana
Mykolaivna
Lavruk
Department of Earth Science and Geomorphology
The Faculty of Geography
The Faculty of Geography
Occupational profiles of graduates
Jobs in educational institutions, (specialist in education, teacher of Natural Sciences (Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Biology, Geography), teacher of the integrated educational subject "Natural Sciences", classroom teacher in institutions of secondary education of the I-II levels of accreditation and institutions of professional pre-university of education, organizer of naturalistic circles in additional education institutions, organizer of extracurricular and out-of-school educational work with children, tourism instructor, a teacher of a vocational and technical institution, etc.
Access to further studies
Education seekers have the right to obtain education at the second (master's) level of higher education and can acquire additional qualifications in the adult education system.
Subjects
As part of the curriculum, students study the following disciplines
Genetics
Code: ОК 35,
Educational, Pedagogical technologies
Code: ВК 3.4.4,
Environmental Monitoring
Code: ВК 2.3,
Urboecology
Code: ОК 36,
GIS in Natural Sciences
Code: ОК 34,
Economic and Social Geography of Ukraine
Code: ОК 30,
Вибрані розділи трудового права та основ підприємницької діяльності
Code: ОК 33,
Green Economy
Code: ВК 2.5,
Socio-political studies
Code: ОК 29,
Physical Geography of Ukraine
Code: ОК 28,
Partnership Pedagogy Training
Code: ВК 3.3.4,
Management of eEco-projects
Code: ВК 2.4 ,
Nutritiology
Code: ОК 31,
Pedagogical practice of teaching integrated courses of Natural Sciences for 7-9 grades.
Code: ОК 32,
Pedagogical practice on the development of integrated natural science courses for 10-12 grades
Code: ОК 37,
Innovations in Urban Planning
Code: ВК 2.6,