Physics Education Major, Grades 9-12, BSE, ES07

General Education Core Requirements (42): 26 Hours

• Area 1A  6 hours social sciences, 3 hours met by PSY 100, 3 additional hours - see below
• Area 1B  3 hours civics - see below
• Area 2A  6 hours written communication - see below
• Area 2B  3 hours oral communication - see below
• Area 3    3 hours natural sciences non-lab, met by BIO 102 or CHEM 140
• Area 3    4 hours natural sciences with lab, met by GEOL 120 or PHYS 270
• Area 4    3 hours mathematics, met by MATH 150
• Area 5A  6 hours humanities, ENG 250 recommended but not required - see below
• Area 5B  3 hours fine arts - see below
• Area 5C  3 hours global competencies, met by EDUC 280
• Area 5D  2 hours health and wellness - see below

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Institutional Degree Requirement: 1 Hour

• UE 0100 - The University Experience 1
• HNRS 0101 - Honors Forum 2 Honors students only 1 cr. hr. towards institutional requirement
• BIO 0100 - Freshman Seminar 1 Yours to Lose students only

Supporting requirements: 1922ours

• Grade of ‘C’ or higher

• EDUC 0100 - Introduction to Teacher Education I 3
• MATH 0150 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry I 5
• MATH 0250 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry II 4
• MATH 0260 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry III 4
• MATH 0322 - Differential Equations 3
• PSY 0100 - General Psychology 3

Professional Education Core: 30 Hours

• 3.0 GPA / ‘C’ or higher

• EDUC 0280 - Foundations of Education in a Global Society 3
• EDUC 0302 - The Exceptional Child 2
• EDUC 0321 - Microteaching 1
• EDUC 0329 - Pedagogical Theory, Methods and Practices 4
• EDUC 0480 - Instructional Techniques for Teaching English Language Learners 3 OR EDUC 380 Second Language Acquisition (3)
• EDUC 0422 - Content Area Literacy I: Secondary/Middle School 3
• EDUC 0423 - Classroom and Behavior Management 3
• EDUC 0424 - Content Area Literacy II: Secondary/Middle School Interventions 3
• EDUC 0429 - Assessment of Student Learning 3
• EDUC 0432 - Critical Issues in Education 2
• PSY 0310 - Educational Psychology 3

Professional Education Additional Course: 3 Hours

• 3.0 GPA / ‘C’ or higher

• EDUC 0333 - Teaching Science in Middle and Secondary School 3

Content Knowledge: 39 Hours

• 3.0 GPA /Grade of ‘C’ or higher

• BIO 0102 - General Biology 3
• CHEM 0140 - General Chemistry I 3
• GEOL 0120 - Introduction to Geology 4
• GEOL 0300 - Environmental Geology 3
• PHIL 0420 - Philosophy of Science 3
• PHYS 0270 - General Physics I 4
• PHYS 0290 - General Physics II 4
• PHYS 0291 - General Physics II Lab 1
• PHYS 0301 - Modern Physics 4
• PHYS 0322 - Classical Mechanics 3
• PHYS 0401 - Electricity and Magnetism 4
• PHYS 0452 - Quantum Mechanics 3

Field and Clinical Experience: 10 Hours

• ‘C’ or higher

• EDUC 0462 - Student Teaching-Secondary 10

MoCA Missouri Content Assessment

• Passing Score of 220

Total Hours: 131

• EDUC 321, EDUC 329 and EDUC 423 are Junior Block courses
• All EDUC prefix courses require a ‘C’ or higher
• Degree completion: cumulative GPA 2.75 or higher, cumulative content GPA 3.0 or higher, Missouri Content Assessment (MoCA), all other coursework completed, approved background check
• See Teacher Education department for additional requirements