PHYSICS PROGRAM

Kutztown University - Department of Physical Sciences

SECONDARY EDUCATION/PHYSICS

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.

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: 62/63 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 340 Differential Equations
PHY 100 Physics I
PHY 102 Physics II
PHY 110 Modern Physics
PHY 210 Heat and Thermodynamics
PHY 230 Optics
PHY 312 Mechanics
PHY 315 Advanced Lab I
PHY 316 Electricity & Magnetism

II. EARTH SCIENCE: 3/4 S.H.
AST 140 Astronomy I
AST 142 Astronomy II
GEG 204 Meteorology
GEL 100 Physical Geology
MAR 110 Introduction to Oceanography

III. MATHEMATICS ELECTIVE: 3 S.H.
MAT 124 Introduction to FORTRAN
MAT 135 Compputer and Information Science I
MAT 136 Computer and Information Science II
MAT 260 Linear Algebra
MAT 274 Calculus IV

IV. ELECTIVES: 6 S.H.
(at least one course with an asterisk must be included)
PHY 220 Electronics*
PHY 319 Advanced Physics Laboratory II*
PHY 360 Quantum Mechanics*
PHY 370 Research in Physics*
AST
CHM
GEL
PHY

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.