Adolescence Education: Physics, B.S. - 4-Year Degree Map

First Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
EDUC 1060 - Issues, Philosophy, and Foundations of Education	3	CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II	4
CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I	4	MATH 2240 - Calculus II	4
MATH 2230 - Calculus I	4	PHYS 2040 - General Physics II	4
PHYS 2030 - General Physics I	4	COMP 1000 - Composition	3
TOTAL	15	TOTAL	15

Second Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
PHYS 2050 - General Physics III	3	MATH 2770 - Ordinary Differential Equations	3
PHYS 2870 - Intermediate Physics Laboratory	1	EPSY 2050 - Adolescent Growth and Development	3
EDUC 3001 - Diversity and Teaching	3	PHYS 3100 - Analytical Mechanics/Dynamics	4
MATH 2250 - Calculus III	4	Foreign Language II	3
BIOL, GEOL, METR, ASTR Elective	3	Gen Ed Elective	3
Foreign Language I	3
TOTAL	17	TOTAL	16

Third Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
PHYS 3200 OR PHYS 4130	3	EDUC 3046 - Teaching Reading in Content Areas	3
PHYS 4330 - Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism I	3	PHYS 3060 - Laboratory and Demonstration Apparatus	2
EPSY 2075 - Psychological Foundations of Education: Learning and Motivation	3	PHYS 4890 - Advanced Physics Laboratory	3
EDUC 2046 - Development of Language and Adolescent Literacies	3	SCIN 3015 - Technologies in General Science	2
EDUC 3013 - Education Law Requirements	1	Gen Ed Elective	3
		Astronomy Elective	3
TOTAL	13	TOTAL	16

Fourth Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
EPSY 3029 - Survey of Exceptional Children	3	SCED 4096 - Student Teaching in Secondary Science	6
SCED 4092 - Research, Theory and Practice in Middle and High School Science Education	4	SCED 4096 - Student Teaching in Secondary Science	6
SCIN 3098 - Interdisciplinary Science Capstone	3	SCED 4098 - Seminar in Middle and High School Science Education	3
PHYS 3350 OR PHYS 3400	4
TOTAL	14	TOTAL	15

Elective Key and Math Course Guidance

Gen Ed Elective: a course carrying one or more Gen Ed area attribute(s): Basic Communication (BC3), Mathematics (M3), American History (AM3), World Civilizations (OW3), Foreign Language (FL3), Social Sciences (SS3), Humanities (H3), The Arts (A3), Natural Sciences (NS3), Western Civilization (WC3). Elective courses and major courses carrying Gen Ed attributes apply toward SUNY Oneonta’s Gen Ed requirements .

OCS Elective: any course that carries an Oral Communication Skills (OCS) attribute.

Liberal Arts Elective: any course that carries a Liberal Arts (LA) attribute. SUNY Oneonta’s minimum LA requirements vary by degree award.

Upper Division Elective: any elective course numbered 3000 and above. All courses (required and elective) at this level apply toward SUNY Oneonta’s upper division requirement .

Upper Division Liberal Arts Elective: any course numbered 3000 and above that carries a LA attribute.

Elective: any course outside the major. Electives apply toward the total credits required by a degree program. Electives may also be needed to satisfy other degree requirements , including the minimum number of credits outside the department of the major.

Math Course Guidance

SUNY Oneonta recognizes that students enter college with different math backgrounds. For guidance on the math course(s) most suited to your preparation and program of study, visit the College’s Math Pathways site.

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