2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

May 31, 2025

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Physics Secondary Education, B.A.

Location(s): Main Campus

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Major Requirements

Major Requirements: 54 Credit Hours within the content area. An additional 42 Credit Hours of professional education courses are required for students pursuing secondary certification.

Bachelor of Arts students must take 12 credits of the lower division general education requirement in a foreign language.

Exit Exam: ETS

Required Physics Core Courses: 17 Credit Hours

PHYS 241 - Physics I Credits: 4 hours
PHYS 242 - Physics II Credits: 4 hours
PHYS 335 - Quantum Physics Credits: 3 hours
PHYS 340 - Classical Physics Credits: 4 hours
PHYS 410 - Ethics in Science Credits: 1 hour
PHYS 419 - Physics Capstone Credits: 1 hour

Required Physics Theory Courses: Choose 12 Credit Hours

PHYS 430 - Classical Mechanics Credits: 3 hours
PHYS 431 - Electromagnetism Credits: 3 hours
PHYS 435 - Quantum Mechanics Credits: 3 hours
PHYS 439 - Applications of Nuclear Physics Credits: 3 hours
PHYS 490 - Selected Topics in Physics Credits: 1 to 3 hours

Required Physics Experimental Courses: 7 Credit Hours

PHYS 312 - Experimental Design and Analysis Credits: 1 hour
PHYS 332 - Experimental Physics I Credits: 3 hours
PHYS 432 - Experimental Physics II Credits: 3 hours

Required Mathematics Courses: 15 Credit Hours

MATH 140 - Calculus I Credits: 4 hours
MATH 240 - Calculus II Credits: 4 hours
MATH 241 - Calculus III Credits: 4 hours
MATH 430 - Differential Equations Credits: 3 hours

Required Information Technology Science Course: 3 Credit Hours

ITSS 131 - Introduction to Object Oriented Programming Credits: 3 hours

Required Professional Education Courses: 42 Credit Hours

COMM 230 - Introduction to Public Speaking Credits: 3 hours
EDUC 130 - Technology in the P-12 Classroom Credits: 3 hours
EDUC 235 - Basic Concepts Concerning Education Credits: 3 hours
EDUC 237 - Effective Teaching Practices Credits: 3 hours
PSYC 232 - Child and Adolescent Development Credits: 3 hours
PSYC 238 - Educational Psychology Credits: 3 hours
SOWK 436 - Human Diversity in a Global Society Credits: 3 hours
SPED 233 - Survey of Individuals with Exceptionalities (P-12) Credits: 3 hours
The following may not be taken until admitted into the Teacher Education program:
EDUC 331 - Studies in Education: Special Topics in Literacy Credits: 3 hours
EDUC 432 - Fundamentals of Secondary Education Credits: 3 hours
EDUC 497 - Supervised Student Teaching Credits: 12 hours *
*Student Teaching placements determined by Director of Student Teaching the semester before Student Teaching begins.

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