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. 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
to compare the physics coursework required
for each of the four emphases of the physics major.
| Term | Course Name | Credits | | Term | Course Name | Credits |
| Fall 2006 | English 101
Freshmen English | 3 | | Spring 2007 | English 102
Freshmen English | 3 |
| |
Physics 170 Introductory Physics I | 3 |
| | Math 253 Calculus and Analytic
Geometry I | 5 |
| | GenEd 110
World of the Arts | 3 | | |
Physics 172 Introductory Physics II | 4 |
| | GenEd 120 US Experience in a World Context |
3 | | | Physics 172L Introductory
Physics II Laboratory | 0 |
| |
Math 152 Elementry Functions | 5 | |
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| | Total
Semester Credits | 17 | | | Total
Semester Credits | 12 |
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| Fall 2007 | GenEd 130 Individual
and Society | 3 | | Spring 2008 | PEGRNL 192
Personal Health and Fitness | 1 |
| | Physics 174 Introductory Physics III |
4 | | | Physics 221 Intermediate
Laboratory | 2 |
| | Physics 174L
Introductory Physics III Laboratory | 0 | |
| Math 255 Calculus and Analytic Geometry III |
3 |
| | Math 254 Calculus and Analytic
Geometry II | 5 | | | Physics
310 Mechanics: Dynamics | 3 |
| |
Physics 305 Mechanics: Statics | 3 | |
| Speech 110 Fundamentals of Speech | 3 |
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| GenEd 140 Global Perspectives | 3 |
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Total Semester Credits | 15 | | |
Total Semester Credits | 15 |
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| Fall 2008
| Physics 320 Electricity and Magnetism I | 3 |
| Spring 2009 |
Physics 334 Digital Electronics | 4 |
| | Math 280 Discrete Mathematics | 3 |
| | Physics 334L Digital Electronics
Laboratory | 0 |
| | Chemistry 102
Introductory Chemistry | 5 | |
| Chemistry 104 Introductory Chemistry |
5 |
| | GenEd 390 The World of
Ideas | 3 | | | Math 355
Matrices and Linear Algebra | 3 |
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| GenEd Elective | 3 |
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Total Semester Credits | 14 | | |
Total Semester Credits | 15 |
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| Fall 2009
| Physics 364 Thermal Physics | 3 | |
Spring 2010 | EDFOUND 212
Educational Psychology | 3 |
| |
Physics 410 Modern Physics I | 3 | |
| EDFOUND 243 Foundations of education in a Pluralistic
Society | 3 |
| | Physics 411
Modern Physics I Laboratory | 1 | |
| EDFNDPRC 210 Introduction to Education and
Teaching | 3 |
| | Physics 488
Senior Seminar I | 1 | | |
Physics 488 Senior Seminar II | 1 |
| | Math 361 Differential Equations | 3 |
| | Diversity & GenEd Elective |
3 |
| | English 372 Technical and
Scientific Writing | 3 | | |
GenEd Elective | 3 |
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| | Total
Semester Credits | 14 | | | Total
Semester Credits | 13 |
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| Fall 2010 | SECNDED 429 Methods
of Teaching Science | 3 | | Spring 2011 | CIFLD 402 Directed
Teaching-Alternative Placement Elementary School | 2 |
| | SECNDED 466 Literacy Strategies for Content-Area
Teachers | 3 | | | CIFLD 414
Directed Teaching-Secondary | 12 |
| | CIFLD 492 Field Study | 3 |
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| | SPECED 205 Psychology of the Exceptional
Child | 3 | | | |
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| | Biology 214 Ecology and
Society | 3 | | | |
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| | Total Semester Credits | 15 | |
| Total Semester Credits | 14 |
