Lower-Level and Supporting Courses
PHYS 171—Introductory Physics: Mechanics (3)
PHYS 174—Physics Laboratory Introduction (1)
PHYS 272—Introductory Physics: Fields (3)
PHYS 273—Introductory Physics: Waves (3)
PHYS 275—Experimental Physics I: Mechanics, Heat, and Fields (2)
PHYS 276—Experimental Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism (2)
MATH 140—Calculus I (4)
MATH 141—Calculus II (4)
MATH 241—Calculus III (4)
MATH 246—Differential Equations (3)
MATH 240—Linear Algebra (4)

Upper-Level Courses
EDPL 301—Foundations of Education (3)*
EDHD 413—Adolescent Development (3)
EDHD 426—Cognitive and Motivational Basis of Reading: Reading in Content Area I (3)
EDCI 463—Teaching Reading in Content Area II (3)
PHYS 374—Intermediate Theoretical Methods (4)
PHYS 375—Experimental Physics III: Electromagnetic Waves, Optics (3)*
PHYS 401—Quantum Physics I (4)*
PHYS 411—Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism (4)

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*In the Education Physics area of concentration: EDPL 301 may be replaced by EDPL 401—Educational Technology, Policy and Social Change (3). PHYS 401 may be replaced by PHYS 420-—Principles of Modern Physics (3). PHYS 375 may be replaced by one additional non-seminar 400-level approved Physics course of 3-4 credits.

Note: Students who are considering pursuing the Education Physics area of concentration are encouraged to enroll in EDCI 280—Introduction to Teaching, for a survey of education and teaching.