Chemistry with Secondary Education (QTS), BSc (Hons)

Secondary education plays a vital role in students' growth, equipping them with essential knowledge and skills for adulthood. As a secondary teacher, you will build specialised subject expertise while fostering pupils' intellectual and personal development. With high demand for educators, this course ensures a meaningful societal impact. NTU's three-year Chemistry with Secondary Education programme enhances your chemistry knowledge and teaching methods, preparing you for a teaching career. Guided by experienced chemists and former teachers, you'll adopt an inclusive approach and gain practical classroom experience through placements in diverse settings.Upon completion, you'll qualify for recommendation to the Department for Education for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), enabling you to start as an Early Career Teacher. The curriculum includes core chemistry modules like Organic and Physical Chemistry, alongside education-focused studies such as pedagogy and professional development. In later years, you'll deepen teaching skills through modules on assessment and self-reflection, ensuring you're ready for modern classrooms.

In Year One, you will study the following Chemistry modules: Organic Structure and Function; Inorganic Bonding and Solid State Materials; Physical State of Matter; Spectroscopic and Chromatographic Analysis; Professional Development; Introduction to Specialist Areas of Chemistry. In Year Two, you will study a number of Chemistry modules, as well as a year long education module which includes a work-based placement. The core modules include: Organic Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Physical Chemistry; Analytical Chemistry; and Learning Chemistry: Pedagogy, Progression and Practice. You'll also choose from one of the following optional modules: Modern Day Materials; Chemical Technology; Pharmaceutical Chemistry; and Applied Instrumental Analysis. In the final year of your study, you focus on you developing an in-depth knowledge of the pedagogical skills, assessment requirements and self-reflection required to be a successful Early Career Teacher: Learning to be a teacher; Learning to teach; Learning to teach a subject 1; and Learning to teach a subject 2.