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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Physics Education BA Four Year Plan


Physics Education BA Four-Year Plan

FALL SPRING
First Year
PHYS 207 - Fundamentals of Physics I (4cr.)     PHYS 208 - Fundamentals of Physics II (4cr.)  
PHYS 169 - Perspectives on Physics and Astronomy (1cr.)    MATH 242 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus B (4cr.)   
MATH 241 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus A (4cr.)   CHEM 104 - General Chemistry (4cr.)   
CHEM 103 - General Chemistry (4cr.)    ENGL 110 - Seminar in Composition (3cr.)   
UNIV 101 - First Year Experience I (1cr.)    
Foreign Language Requirement (1/3)  
Credits: 18 Credits: 15
Second Year
PHYS 211 - Oscillations and Waves (3cr.)    PHYS 309 - Physics of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries (3cr.)  
Physics Elective (PHYS 310  recommended) Physics Elective (PHYS 311  recommended) 
MATH 243 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus C (4cr.)    Foreign Language Requirement (3/3)
Foreign Language Requirement (2/3) Group A, B, or C Breadth (2/9) 
Group A, B, or C Breadth (1/9) CISC 106 - General Computer Science for Engineers (3cr.)  
Credits: 17 Credits: 16
Third Year
Physics Elective (PHYS 424  recommended)   Physics Elective (PHYS 333  recommended)
EDUC 413 - Adolescent Development and Educational Psychology (4cr.)  (DLE) EDUC 414 - Teaching Exceptional Adolescents (3cr.)  
MATH 302 - Ordinary Differential Equations (3cr.)   Physics Elective (PHYS 313  recommended) 
University A, B, or C Breadth (3/9) (SWR) Group A, B, or C Breadth (5/9) 
University A, B, or C Breadth (4/9) Group A, B, or C Breadth (6/9)
Credits: 16 Credits: 15
Fourth Year
EDUC 420 - Reading in the Content Areas (1 to 3cr.)   EDUC 400 - Student Teaching (3 to 12cr.)  (Capstone)
SCEN 491 - Teaching Science in Secondary Schools (4cr.)    Group A, B, or C Breadth (9/9)
Group A, B, or C Breadth (7/9) Free Elective (1/1)
Group A, B, or C Breadth (8/9)  
EDUC 419 - Diversity in Secondary Education (3cr.)  (Multicultural)  
Credits: 14 Credits: 13
Total Credits: 124

Disclaimer: Four-Year Plans are a Departmental suggestion of how a student could complete this degree in four years (eight semesters). Students may opt to take courses in the summer or winter sessions. These plans do not take into account additional requirements brought on by minors or other majors. A Four-Year Plan is subject to change from year-to-year given the resources and focuses of the Department.  It is the student’s responsibility to meet with his or her assigned advisor at least once a semester to monitor progress and ensure that he or she is on track to graduate on time. This document is intended as a supplemental advisement tool to be used in conjunction with in-person advisement and the UDSIS Degree Audit.  Students should direct any questions or concerns regarding degree progress to their advisor or Academic Assistant Dean.