PHYS 7220 - Physics Principles & Teaching Problems II

4 Credit Hours
Prerequisites: PHYS 7110 with a grade of B or higher or consent of instructor.
Description
Students should have completed one year of introductory undergraduate physics equivalent to PHYS 1111/1112 or PHYS 2211/2212 before taking this course. The course will develop a deep conceptual understanding of fundamental physics concepts associated with electricity, magnetism, and modern physics in the pre-service science teachers taking it. A related goal will be to support these pre-service teachers in developing strategies for using their understanding to facilitate the construction of physics knowledge in the students they will come to teach. This course is primarily for students being certified to teach physics at the secondary school level in the Masters of Arts in Teaching program.