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Faculty Restructure

Dear Education Students,

From July 1st, the Faculty you are enrolled in will have a new name and be known as the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS).

The Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences and Education, and the Institute for International Studies are merging to create synergies in teaching and learning and in research. It will have four main academic program areas: Communication, Teacher Education, Adult Education and International Studies.

The change will not affect your course, subjects, study patterns or location, and you will continue to use the Student Centre you are currently using.

The Dean’s Unit will be located on level 5 of Building 10 on the City Campus. An interim FASS website will be online from July 1st. It will include the current websites of the merging Faculties.

I hope you will have a pleasant and relaxing break and look forward to welcoming you to the new Faculty in Spring semester.

Best wishes,

Professor Theo van Leeuwen

Dean
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

NEW - Basic Maths Skills Course

To ensure that all students have a minimum level of competency in primary school mathematics, all primary education students are required to sit a Basic Skills Test. Students are required to achieve a minimum mark of 80% on this test to pass Mathematics Teaching and Learning 1. Students getting between 70 and 80% may sit the test again. Those who get below 70% have to attend a remedial course before they are allowed to sit the test again. Free remedial courses are run for these students and for students who have gained between 70 and 80% on a second attempt of the test.

Note: students who have not achieved the minimum mastery mark of 80% after three attempts at the test, are not permitted to continue with the B.Ed. (Primary) degree course and need to consult with the Course Director as to alternative pathways.

The remedial courses are run by Judyth Hayne, Maths Study Centre at Kuring-gai Campus.

Enquiries and enrolments to Judyth.Hayne@uts.edu.au.

The next basic Maths skills course will be offered on the following dates:

You may find the following practice Mathematics tests useful for practising your skills:
Test 1 (PDF)
Test 2 (PDF)
Test 3 (PDF)
Test 4 (PDF)
Test 5 (PDF)
Test 6 (PDF)

Attention- PRIMARY EDUCATION STUDENTS

If you do not have 2 units of Mathematics on your HSC certificate you must complete the Maths Study Centre 2 Unit Mathematics course before the end of your degree.

General Mathematics is satisfactory for the 2 unit requirement.

The Maths Study Centre will only run this free course if there are sufficient enrolments and it is generally offered every 2 to 3 years.
We hope to run this course in the Spring semester in 2008.

If you are interested please contact:
Judyth Hayne
judyth.hayne@uts.edu.au
or
0419423171 (mobile)