Physics Major With Secondary School Licensure
Recommended for students intending to teach physics in secondary school.
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A sample four-year course planning sheet can be found here. This plan does require courses taken during two summers.
Alternatively, the following table represents a typical 5-year plan for a physics major who wants to teach high school physics and needs to obtain secondary school teaching licensure. (Here is a printable 5-yr version.)This sample 5-year plan fulfills the requirements for a Bachelor of Science, a physics major and a mathematics minor, as well as the General Education courses required by the University for graduation. You may wish to view a table of course requirements to compare the physics coursework required for each of the four emphases of the physics major.
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Term |
Course Name |
Credits |
Fall 2012 |
English 101 Freshman English |
3 |
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Physics 180 Physics for Scientists and Engineers I |
5 |
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Physics 190 Frontiers of Engineering and Physics |
1 |
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Math 253 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I |
5 |
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Total Semester Credits |
14 |
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Term |
Course Name |
Credits |
SPRING 2013 |
English 102 Freshman English |
3 |
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Physics 181 Physics for Scientists and Engineers II |
5 |
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Math 254 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II |
5 |
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GenED 110 World of the Arts |
3 |
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Total Semester Credits |
16 |
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Term |
Course Name |
Credits |
Fall 2013 |
GenEd 130 Individual and Society |
3 |
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Physics 305 Mechanics: Statics |
3 |
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Physics 190 Frontiers of Engineering and Physics |
1 |
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Physics 324 Methods of Theoretical Physics |
3 |
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Math 255 Calculus and Analytic Geometry III |
3 |
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GenEd 120 or GenEd 140 Global or Historical Perspectives |
3 |
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Total Semester Credits |
16 |
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Term |
Course Name |
Credits |
Spring 2014 |
Speech 110 Fundamentals of Speech |
3 |
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Physics 310 Mechanics: Dynamics |
3 |
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Physics 330 Electronics |
3 |
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Physics 331 Electronics Laboratory |
1 |
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Math 280 Discrete Mathematics |
3 |
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SpecEd 205 Psychology of the Exceptional Child |
3 |
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Total Semester Credits |
16 |
|
Term |
Course Name |
Credits |
Fall 2014 |
Biology 214 Ecology and Society |
3 |
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Elective |
3 |
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GenEd 390 The World of Ideas |
3 |
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Physics 221 Intermediate Laboratory |
2 |
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Math 342 Applied Statistics |
3 |
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Total Semester Credits |
14 |
|
Term |
Course Name |
Credits |
Spring 2015 |
Physics 344 Modern Physics |
4 |
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Physics 325 Classical Electromagnetism |
3 |
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Diversity & GenEd Elective |
3 |
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Math 353 College Geometry |
5 |
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Total Semester Credits |
15 |
|
Term |
Course Name |
Credits |
Fall 2015 |
Physics 489 Senior Seminar |
2 |
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Math 355 Matrices and Linear Algebra |
3 |
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Math 361 Differential Equations |
3 |
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Chemistry 102 Introductory Chemistry I |
5 |
|
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English 370 Adv. Composition |
3 |
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Total Semester Credits |
16 |
|
Term |
Course Name |
Credits |
Spring 2016 |
EDFOUND 212 Educational Psychology |
3 |
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EDFOUND 243 Foundations of Education in a Pluralistic Society |
3 |
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EDFNDPRC 210 Introduction to Education and Teaching |
3 |
|
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Chemistry 104 Introductory Chemistry II |
5 |
|
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PEGRNL 192 Personal Health and Fitness |
1 |
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Total Semester Credits |
15 |
|
Term |
Course Name |
Credits |
Fall 2016 |
SECNDED 466 Literacy Strategies for Content-Area Teachers |
3 |
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CIFLD 402 Directed Teaching-Alternative Placement Elementary School |
2 |
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CIFLD 492 Field Study |
3 |
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SECNDED 429 Methods of Teaching Science |
3 |
|
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EDFOUND 425 Measurement and Evaluation |
3 |
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Total Semester Credits |
15 |
|
Term |
Course Name |
Credits |
Spring 2017 |
CIFLD 414 Directed Teaching-Secondary |
12 |
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Total Semester Credits |
12 |