PHYSICS PROGRAM
Kutztown University - Department of Physical Sciences
SECONDARY EDUCATION/PHYSICS & MATHEMATICS
GENERAL EDUCATION
I. BASIC
REQUIREMENTS: 15 S.H.
A. COMPOSITION:
3 S.H. # +
ENG 023
B. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: 3 S.H. # +
SPE 010
C. AMERICAN HISTORY: 3 S.H.
HIS 025 OR HIS 026
C. HEALTH: 2/3 S.H.
HPD 101, 115, 116 OR 120
D. PHYSICAL EDUCATION: 1 S.H.
DAN OR HPD
II. HUMANITIES:
12 S.H.
A. LITERATURE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE, OR
PHILOSOPHY: 6 S.H.
B. ART HISTORY, MUSIC, SPEECH, OR THEATRE:
3 S.H.
MUS, SPE, THE
C. ELECTIVES IN HUMANITIES: 3 S.H.
III. SOCIAL SCIENCES:
12 S.H.
A. HISTORY or POLITICAL SCIENCE: 3
S.H.
B. ANTHROPOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY or SOCIOLOGY:
3 S.H.*
C. ECONOMICS or GEOGRAPHY: 3 S.H.
D. ELECTIVE IN SOCIAL SCIENCES: 3 S.H.*
IV. NATURAL SCIENCE
& MATH: 12/14 S.H.
A. MATHEMATICS: 3 S.H.* # +
MAT
B. BIOLOGY W/LAB: 3 S.H.*
BIO
C. PHYSICAL SCIENCE W/LAB: 3 S.H.*
AST, CHM, GEL, MAR, PHY
D. NATURAL SCIENCE OR MATHEMATICS ELECTIVE:
3 S.H.*
V. ADDITIONAL
ELECTIVES: 9 S.H.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
I. PROFESSIONAL
COURSES: 9 S.H.
EDU 100 Perspectives on American Education # +
PSY 120 Adolescent Psychology # +
PSY 140 Educational Psychology # +
II. PROFESSIONAL
SEMESTER: 18 S.H.
EDU/SEU 220 Appraisal & Evaluation # +
AVC 300 Instructional media & Technology # +
EDU/SEU 310 Problems in Secondary Education # +
EDU/SEU 323 Methods of Teaching Secondary Math # +
EDU/SEU 324 Methods of Teaching Secondary Science # +
EDU/SEU 340 Teaching Reading in Secondary Schools # +
III. STUDENT
TEACHING: 14 S.H.
SEU 390 Student Teaching/Practicum I #
SEU 391 Student Teaching/Practicum II #
IV. FREE
ELECTIVES
Notes:
*Some courses in Professional Education and the Specialization
can be used to fulfill General Education requirements.
#These courses require a grade of "C" or better.
+These courses are required prioer to Student Teaching.
Students seeking multiple certifications must take the appropriate SEU Methods
course for each certification area in the two semester preceeding student teaching.
SEU Prefix will be effective Spring 1998.
Professional Semester includes a two week field experience and should be scheduled
as a block prior to student teaching.
SPECIALIZATION
I. REQUIRED: 62
S.H.
BIO 104 Principles of Biology
CHM 100 General Chemistry I
CHM 102 General Chemistry II
MAT 171 Calculus I
MAT 172 Calculus II
MAT 273 Calculus III
MAT 224 Foundations of Higher Mathematics
MAT 230 Statistics or MAT 301 Probability and Statistics I
MAT 240 Synthetic Geometry or MAT 320 Geometry and the Real Numbers
MAT 260 Linear Algebra or MAT 274 Calculus IV or MAT 340 Differential Equations
MAT 311 Abstract Algebra
MAT Elective @ 200 level or above
MAT 112 Basic Programming or MAT 124 Introduction to FORTRAN or MAT 135 Computer
& Information Science I
PHY 100 Physics I
PHY 102 Physics II
PHY 110 Modern Physics
PHY 312 Mechanics
PHY 315 Advanced Lab I
PHY 316 Electricity & Magnetism
NOTE
Up to 21 S.H. of Specialization courses need to be applied to categories
IV and V of General Education.
The mathematics elective may include any of the alternate mathematics courses
listed above
but is not necessarily restricted to these courses.
created November 2003
by D.J. Moore