POLICY SOURCE: Catalog COS - Undergraduate Degree Program Descriptions	POLICY NO.: 4034
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TITLE: BS - Science Education-Physics	SUBMITTED BY: Levi Lewis
DATE: August 20, 2012	APPROVED BY: Liz Fox

Bachelor of Science in Science Education–Physics

The recommended program plan is given below. Teacher certification area: Physics (6–12). All applicants must meet the current entrance requirements for teacher-education programs established by the Florida Department of Education. Formal application is made during the sophomore year. Application procedures and requirements may be found in the department’s student handbook.

Freshman Year

FALL		CREDITS
ASC 1000	University Experience	1
BIO 1010	Biological Discovery 1	4
COM 1101	Composition and Rhetoric	3
EDS 1005	Introduction to Education	3
MTH 1001	Calculus 1	4
PSY 1411	Introduction to Psychology	3
		18

SPRING		CREDITS
COM 1102	Writing about Literature	3
COM 2370	Speech	3
EDS 2050	Educational Psychology	3
MTH 1002	Calculus 2	4
PHY 1001	Physics 1	4
PHY 2091	Physics Lab 1	1
		18

Sophomore Year

FALL		CREDITS
CHM 1101	Chemistry 1	4
HUM 2051	Civilization 1	3
MTH 2001	Calculus 3	4
PHY 2002	Physics 2	4
PHY 2092	Physics Lab 2	1
		16

SPRING		CREDITS
CHM 1102	Chemistry 2	4
EDS 2010	Education Seminar	2
MTH 2201	Differential Equations/Linear Algebra	4
PHY 2003	Modern Physics	3
	Humanities Core Course*	3
		16

Junior Year

FALL		CREDITS
EDS 3033	Measurement and Evaluation	3
EDS 3095	Clinical and Field Experience 1	2
EDS 4051	Methods and Management of Middle and High School Teaching	4
EDS 4060	Educational Strategies for ESOL	3
PHY 3011	Physical Mechanics	4
		16

SPRING		CREDITS
EDS 3034	Assessment and Evaluation	3
EDS 3096	Clinical and Field Experience 2	2
EDS 4071	Methods and Strategies for Teaching Middle and High School Science	4
EDS 4081	Content Area Reading	3
HUM 3352	History of Science and Technology: Renaissance to Present	3
	Restricted Elective (Earth Science)	3
		18

Senior Year

FALL		CREDITS
EDS 4090	Research Seminar (Q)	2
EDS 4095	Student Teaching 1	6
PHY 4020	Optics	3
PHY 4021	Experiments in Optics	1
		12

SPRING		CREDITS
EDS 4096	Student Teaching 2 (Q)	12
		12

TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED 126 

*Humanities Core Courses
HUM 2052	Civilization 2: Renaissance Through Modern
HUM 2142	World Art History 2: Early Modern to Post-Colonial
HUM 2212	British and American Literature 1
HUM 2213	British and American Literature 2
HUM 2331	American History: Pre-Columbian to Civil War Era
HUM 2332	American History: From Reconstruction to the Present

Not all humanities core courses are offered online or every term; check the current schedule of classes for humanities core options.