Requirements for a physics education major with a teaching license, grades 9-12, are 56 credits plus 30 credits in education:

• PHYS 111-112 — General College Physics I and II, 4 credits each OR 

PHYS 128-211 — Physics for Scientists and Engineers I and II, 4 credits each

• PHYS 224 — Introductory Modern Physics, 4 credits

• PHYS 225 — Introductory Modern Physics II, 4 credits

• PHYS 314 — Classical Mechanics, 4 credits

• PHYS 315 — Electrodynamics, 4 credits

• PHYS 316 — Statistical Physics, 4 credits 

• PHYS 327 — Techniques for Experimental Physics, 4 credits

• PHYS 429 — Quantum Mechanics, 4 credits

• PHYS 430 — Senior Seminar, 4 credits

• Successful completion of the secondary/K-12 curriculum requirements. The required methods of teaching course is EDUC 372 — Methods of Teaching in Science, 4 credits.

Required supporting courses:

• MATH 121 — Calculus I, 4 credits

• MATH 122 — Calculus II, 4 credits

• MATH 223 — Calculus III, 4 credits

• MATH 311 — Differential Equations, 4 credits

General Science Teaching License, Grades 5-8

A recommended addition to the physics education major with a teaching license, grades 9-12, is the general science teaching license, grades 5-8. The requirements for the general science teaching license, grades 5-8, are 32 credits (see education).

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