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Secondary Education Physics Minor

Degree Type: Minor

Required Courses		Credit Hours
PHYS 241	General Physics 1 *Z	5
PHYS 242	General Physics 2 *Z	5
PHYS 311	Intro to Modern Physics *Z	3
PHYS 450	Science Laboratory*Z	3
PHYS 460	Physics Seminar	1-3
Electives (Choose 7 Credits):
PHYS 260	Statics *Z	3
PHYS 261	Dynamics*Z	3
CHEM 311	Polymer Analysis*Z	3
ASTR 120	The Stellar System*Z	4
ASTR 130	The Solar System*Z	4
ASTR 140	The Sun *Z	3
ASTR 230	Introductory Astrophysics* Z	3
Minimum semester credit hours required for physics minor:		24

Teaching Minors for Secondary Education Majors

The Secondary Education program requires the completion of a teaching major and a teaching minor to fulfill the subject area requirements of the program.

Secondary Education majors may choose appropriate teaching minors from the following areas: accounting, biology, general business, chemistry, English, history, marketing/distributive education, mathematics, physical education/coaching, physics, Spanish or speech communication.

A 2.50 GPA is required for satisfactory completion of the physics teaching minor.

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