Secondary Licenses: Physics
The required courses for a 9-12 teaching license in physics and physical science are listed below. All teaching candidates are advised that completion of the program within a four-year time frame requires careful planning. If you seek a license to teach, please seek early advising from the School of Education to plan your program.
An optional general science 5-8 extension may be earned in combination with the physics license.
The Licensure Requirements Form lists a full description of the required courses and tests.
Education courses:
EDU 3150 Schools and Society
EDU 3250 Educational Psychology
EDU 5620 Education and Cultural Diversity
EDU 5640 Families, Schools, and Communities
EDU 5690 Theory to Practice 5-8
EDU 5710 Teaching Literacy in the Middle and High Schools
EDU 5720 Exceptionality
EDU 5740 Teaching Science in the Middle and High Schools
EDU 5780 Teaching in Secondary Schools
EDU 5900 Student Teaching Seminar
EDU 5950 Secondary Student Teaching
Physics courses:
PHYS 1230 General Physics I
PHYS 1240 General Physics II
PHYS 3540 Modern Physics
PHYS 5900 Junior Seminar (2 semesters)
PHYS 5910 Senior Seminar (2 semesters)
PHYS 5920 Research Project-Based Advanced Laboratory (2 semesters)
Three of the following courses, one of which must be at 5000 level:
PHYS 3520 Physical Optics
PHYS 3750 Thermo Dynamics and Statistical Mechanics
PHYS 3800 Electronic and Instrumentation
PHYS 5930 Theoretical Mechanics
PHYS 5940 Advanced Electromagnetic Field Theory
PHYS 5950 Advanced Quantum Mechanics
PHYS 5955 Advanced Topics in Physics
CHEM 3560 Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy
Other courses:
MATH 1170 Calculus I
MATH 1180 Calculus II
MATH 3320 MultiVariable and Vector Calculus
MATH 3720 Introduction to Applied Mathematics
Two of the following electives**:
BIO 1800 Principles of Ecology and Evolution
BIO 1820 Principles of Plant and Animal Physiology
CHEM 1130 General Chemistry I
CHEM 1140 General Chemistry II
PHYS 101 Astronomy (taken at Augsburg)
GEOL 150 Dynamic Earth and Global Change (taken at Macalester)
**To fulfill the optional general science 5-8 extension, all six courses must be taken.
See the secondary physics licensure requirements form for a full description of the required courses and tests. | 
