Course Requirements

Teaching Major in Physics, 50 hours

+ 39 hours of education courses below:

Common core, 34 hours:

Prefix	Course title	Credit hours
PHYC 120	General Physics 1	5
122	General Physics 2	5
260	Intro to Modern Physics	4
262	Modern Physics Lab	1
CHEM 111	General Chemistry 1	4
112	General Chemistry 2	4
MATH 165	Calculus 1	4
166	Calculus 2	4
Research	Honors thesis, internship, or departmental research	3

You must also complete a research project for 3 hours of credit (honors, thesis, internship, or departmental research).

In addition to the core courses above, students must complete the high school physics concentration, and the senior high/junior high/middle school education program listed below.

High School Physics Concentration, 16 hours:

Prefix	Course title	Credit hours
PHYC 330	Mechanics	3
340	Physical Optics	3
354	Electronics 1	4
434	Thermodynamics	3
450	Electricity and Magnetism	3

Students who currently hold or are pursuing a secondary license in one of the following areas will not be required to complete the high school physics concentration area: life science, earth/space science, mathematics, chemistry.

High School/Junior High/Middle School Education Program, 39 hours: 

Prefix	Course title	Credit hours
SCI 150	Basic Concepts	3
395	Intro to Teaching Science	3
396	Science Methods and Materials	3
EDMU 205	Multicultural Education	3
EDPS 251	Growth and Development for Sec. Ed.	3
390	Educational Psychology	3
EDSE 380	Principles of Teaching Sec. School	3
EDJH 385	Principles of Teaching Middle School	3
EDFO 420	Fundamentals of Education	3
	Student Teaching	12