PHYSICS EDUCATION (PHSE) w/concurrent PHYSICS (PHYS)
Wyoming Teacher Education Program
Total credit requirement: 120 minimum
42 credit hours must be upper division
Effective: Fall 2015
Updated: Fall 2017
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UNIVERSITY STUDIES PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
please see USP catalog info for full course options
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
All Professional Ed courses must be completed with a grade of C or better. Please
note that grades of C- or lower will not satisfy this requirement.
Phase Prerequisites
2.50 minimum UW Total Institution GPA
Sophomore Standing (30+ credits)
Phase I : The above criteria must be met prior to enrollment
C or better in Q
C or better in COM1
Current Wyoming Substitute Teaching Permit
2.75 minimum UW Total Institution GPA
Junior standing (60+ credits)
Application is due prior to enrollment
Phase II : The above criteria must be met prior to enrollment
2.75 minimum UW Total Institution GPA
2.5 minimum major content GPA (see page 2)
Application is due prior to enrollment
Phase III : The above criteria must be met prior to enrollment
Phase IIIa - Methods - Offered FALL SEMESTER ONLY
Phase IIIb - Residency - Offered SPRING SEMESTER ONLY
EDSE 4500 Residency in Teaching (15 or 16)
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Background check completed
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED - complete Methods I & II the fall prior to your Residency.
DFS/DCI WY Sub Permit
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First Year Experience
(Each requirement must be completed with a grade of C or better to meet College of
Education Phase II prerequisites or USP requirements. Please note that a grade of C- or
lower will not satisfy these requirements.)
Intellectual and Practical Skills (IPS)
COM3 Sem/Yr.
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Additional IPS
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Courses may be part of a major, but cannot be offered by the major
department.
One course cannot fulfill both categories.
Knowledge of Human Culture (H), Physical & Natural World (PN),
US/WY Constitution (V)
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PN
ECON 1200: Economics, Law & Government (3)
HIST 1211: US History to 1865 (3)
HIST 1221: US History from 1865 (3)
HIST 1251: History of Wyoming (3)
POLS 1000: American & Wyoming Government (3)
Wyoming Challenge Exam Eligible
Quantitative Reasoning (3)
Communication 1 (3)
First Year Seminar (3)
EDSE 4275: Science Methods II (4)
EDST 3000: Teacher as Practitioner (6)
US/WY Constitution (3)
Human Culture (EDST 2450) (3)
Human Culture (EDST 2480) (4)
Physical & Natural World
Physical & Natural World
EDST 2450: Foundations of Dev & Learning (3)
EDST 2480: Diversity & Politics of Schooling (4)
ITEC 2360: Teaching w/ Technology (3)
EDEX 2484: Intro to Special Education (3)
EDST 3000: Teacher as Practitioner (6)
EDST 3550: Educational Assessment (2)
EDSE 3275: Science Methods I (3)
EDSE 4275: Science Methods II (4)
Upper Division Credits
Must have a minimum of 42 upper division hours to graduate.
PHYS 4210
PHYS 4410
EDST 3000
EDST 3550
EDSE 3275
EDSE 4275
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(42 hours minimum required to graduate)
EDSE 4500
15Residency may also be completed for 16 credits.
Petitions & Notes (USP, UW Exception Requests, College of
Education Exception Requests)
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Science Endorsement Options:
Earth Science Chemistry Biology
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UD PHYS
Electives
3
PHYSICS MAJOR CONTENT (63 minimum hours)
Minimum 2.5 GPA required in major content. All major content courses must be completed with a grade of C or higher .
Please note that grades of C- or lower will not satisfy this requirement.
REQUIRED Mathematics courses REQUIRED Physics courses
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COSC 1010: Intro. to Computer Science I (4)
COSC 1030: Computer Science I (4)
REQUIRED additional courses
ASTR 1000: Descriptive Astronomy (3)
ASTR 1050: Survey of Astronomy (4)
PHYS 4310: Quantum Mechanics (3)
ASTR 4610: Intro to Astrophysics (3)
ASTR 2310: General Astronomy I (4)
ASTR 2320: General Astronomy II (4)
PHYS 2310: Physics III, Wave & Optics (4)
PHYS 3640: Modern Electronics & Experimental Techniques (4)
PHYS 4510
3
PHYS 4310/
ASTR 4610
3
Notes:
* Credit can only be earned with the following combinations as options for PHYS 2310:
ASTR 1050 and ASTR 2320 OR ASTR 1000 and ASTR 2310
** We encourage students to apply to become Supplemental Instruction (SI) teachers to fulfill the PHYS 2000 level or higher elective. Students must have successfully
completed the course for which they would like to lead the SI group, they must contact the instructor of the course regarding this option in advance of contacting the SI
program coordinator, Jessica Willford.
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PHYS 1210/1310: Engineering/College Physics I (4)
PHYS 1220/1320: Engineering/College Physics II (4)
PHYS 2320: Physics IV, Modern Physics (4)
PHYS 4210: Classical Mechanics I (3)
PHYS 4410: Electricity & Magnetism (3)
PHYS 4510: Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics (3)
PHYS elective, 2000 level or higher, 2 hrs min.
PHYS Upper Division elective (3)
MATH 2200: Calculus I (4)
MATH 2205: Calculus II (4)
MATH 2210: Calculus III (4)
MATH 2310: Differential Equations (3)
LIFE 1010: General Biology (4)
CHEM 1020: General Chemistry I (4)
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