Physics: Single Field AYA Teacher Licensure
- Baccalaureate program
- Academic Year based on Semesters
- Institution:
- Case Western Reserve University
- Contact:
- Dr. Gary Chottiner
Phone: 216-368-4024
Fax: 216-368-4671
Email: gary.chottiner@case.edu - Total Hours Required in Program:
- 36 Professional Education
70 credits Subject Area
Required Coursework:
| Prefix | Num | Title | Credits | Content Area | Elective |
| ASTR or BIOL or GEOL |
201 114 101 |
The Sun and its Planets Principles of Biology The Earth and the Planets |
3 | Overview of solar system. Unity of life at the cellular level. Origin and nature of earth | X |
| PHYS | 115 or 121 | Introductory Physics I or General Physics I - Mechanics | 4 | Mechanics, thermo, waves. | |
| PHYS | 116 or 122 | Introductory Physics II or General Physics II - Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | E & M, optics. | |
| PHYS | 196 | Energy and Society | 3 | Societal and technological issues. | |
| PHYS | 221 | Introduction to Modern Physics | 3 | Atomic, nuclear, radioactivity, relativity, quantum mechanics. | |
| PHYS | 250 | Computational Methods in Physics | 3 | Computers for scientific Problems. | |
| PHYS | 309 | Selected Physics Experiments | 4 | Electronics; classical and Modern experiments. | |
| PHYS | 313 | Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics. | 3 | Entropy, phase transitions; fermion, Boson,_photon_gases. | |
| PHYS | 331 | Quantum Mechanics I | 3 | Introduction to quantum mechanics. | |
| PHYS | 351 | Physics Senior Project | 6 | Year-long project with Research group. | |
| CHEM | 105 | Principles of Chemistry I | 3 | General/inorganic chem. | |
| CHEM | 106 | Principles of Chemistry II | 3 | General/inorganic chem. | |
| CHEM | 113 | Principles of Chemistry Lab | 2 | General/inorganic chem. Laboratory. | |
| ENGR | 131 | Elementary Computer Programming | 3 | Programming languages: Pascal, C++. | |
| MATH | 121 or 125 | Calculus for Science and Engineering I or Mathematics I | 4 | Calculus. | |
| MATH | 122 or 126 | Calculus for Science and Engineering II or Mathematics II | 4 | Calculus. | |
| MATH | 223 | Calculus for Science and Engineering III | 3 | Calculus. | |
| MATH | 224 | Elementary Differential Equations | 3 | Differential Equations | |
| Three courses chosen from the following eight: | |||||
| PHYS | 310 | Classical Mechanics | 3 | Intermediate mechanics. | X |
| PHYS | 315 | Introduction to Solid State Physics | 3 | Crystals, lattices, quantum statistics. | X |
| PHYS | 316 | Introduction to Nuclear and Particle Physics | 3 | Nuclei & particles: expt and theory. | X |
| PHYS | 324 | Electricity & Magnetism I | 3 | Advanced Electromagnetic theory. | X |
| PHYS | 325 | Electricity & Magnetism II | 3 | Advanced Electromagnetic theory. | X |
| PHYS | 326 | Physical Optics | 3 | Geometric optics and optical materials | X |
| PHYS | 328 | Cosmology and the Structure of the Universe | 3 | Structure and evolution of the universe | X |
| PHYS | 332 | Quantum Mechanics II | 3 | Advanced quantum mechanics | X |