Physics Education, BS

Physics Education Major Courses (46-47 credits)

Other Departmental /Program Course Requirements (41-68 credits)

• MA 16100 - Plane Analytic Geometry And Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core) or
• MA 16500 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)

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• MA 16200 - Plane Analytic Geometry And Calculus II (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core) or
• MA 16600 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus II (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)

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• MA 26100 - Multivariate Calculus (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)
• CHM 11500 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science Selective for core)
• CHM 11600 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science Selective for core)

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• CS 15800 - C Programming LINK (satisfies CoS Computing and Teambuilding Experience Requirement) or
• CS 17700 - Programming With Multimedia Objects LINK (satisfies CoS Computing and Teambuilding Experience Requirement) or
• CS 18000 - Problem Solving And Object-Oriented Programming LINK (satisfies CoS Computing and Teambuilding Experience Requirement)

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• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods LINK (satisfies Information Literacy Selective for core) (satisfies CoS statistics requirement) (satisfies one of the Science/Engineering requirements for Physics Selective) or
• STAT 35000 - Introduction To Statistics (satisfies CoS statistics requirement) (satisfies one of the Science/Engineering requirements for Physics Selective) or
• STAT 50300 - Statistical Methods For Biology (satisfies CoS statistics requirement) (satisfies one of the Science/Engineering requirements for Physics Selective) or
• STAT 51100 - Statistical Methods (satisfies CoS statistics requirement) (satisfies one of the Science/Engineering requirements for Physics Selective)

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition LINK (satisfies Written Communication & Information Literacy for core and CoS composition requirement) or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition LINK (satisfies Written Communication & Information Literacy for core and CoS composition requirement)

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• COM 21700 - Science Writing And Presentation LINK (satisfies Oral Communication for core and CoS technical writing and presenting requirement)
• Language I Selective -LINK - Credit Hours: 0.00 - 4.00
• Language II Selective - LINK - Credit Hours: 0.00 - 4.00
• Language and Culture III Selective -LINK (Select courses COULD satisfy Human Cultures Humanities for core-could be met by EDCI 28500 ) - Credit Hours: 0.00 - 4.00
• General Education Elective I LINK (Select courses could satisfy Human Cultures Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• General Education Elective II LINK (Select courses could satisfy Human Cultures Humanities for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• General Education Elective III LINK (Select courses could satisfy Humanities Behavioral/Social Science for core- can be met by EDPS 23500 ) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Great Issues LINK (satisfies one of the Science/Engineering requirements for Physics Selective) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Multidisciplinary Elective LINK (Select courses could satisfy Science, Technology & Society Selective for core) - Credit Hours: 0.00 - 3.00

Professional Education Requirements (36 credits)

• EDCI 27000 - Introduction To Educational Technology And Computing (satisfies Information Literacy for core)
• EDCI 30900 - Reading In Middle And Secondary Schools: Methods And Problems
• EDST 20000 - History And Philosophy Of Education (Satifies Human Cultures Humanities for core)
• EDCI 20500 - Exploring Teaching As A Career (Satisfies Written Communication for core)
• EDCI 28500 - Multiculturalism And Education (Satisfies Humanities Behavioral/Social Science for core and CoS language/culture requirement)
• EDPS 23500 - Learning And Motivation (Satisfies Humanities Behavioral/Social Science for core and CoS General Education requirement)
• EDPS 26500 - The Inclusive Classroom
• EDCI 42400 - The Teaching Of Earth And Physical Science In The Secondary Schools (fall) (also meets CoS Multidisciplinary Requirement)
• EDCI 42800 - Teaching Science In The Middle And Junior High School (spring)
• EDCI 49800 - Supervised Teaching (also meets CoS Teambuilding Experience Requirement)

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology & Society Selective
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

Program Requirements

Note

*Satisfies a University Core Requirement

≥120 semester credits required for Bachelor of Science degree.

2.0 Graduation GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

2.0 average in PHYS/ASTR classes required to graduate.

2.5 average in Physics Content courses required to graduate (those denoted by ^)

3.0 average in Professional Education courses required to graduate ( No grade below a C- )

Degree Requirements

The student is ultimately responsible for knowing and completing all degree requirements.

Degree Works is knowledge source for specific requirements and completion

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program.  For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor:

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.