Physics Certification
Courses Required
Teaching certification is based on fulfillment of requirements for the major.
A Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Physics, including the following courses:
Descriptor
Credits
Courses
MATH 202
1
1 MATH
MATH 211
1
MATH 211
Writing Course
1
Any W1 course
English
Literature
1
not including the W1 course
PHYS 211
1
PHYS 211
PHYS 212
1
PHYS 212
PHYS 221
1
PHYS 221
PHYS 222
1
PHYS 222
PHYS 235
1
PHYS 235
PHYS 310
1
PHYS 310
PHYS 331
1
PHYS 331
PHYS 332
1
PHYS 332
PHYS 333
1
PHYS 333
EDUC 101
1
EDUC 101 Social Foundations of Education
EDUC 201
1
EDUC 201 Educational Psychology
EDUC 230 Foundations of Assessment
EDUC 230
1
(required for class of 2014 and beyond)
EDUC 240
1
EDUC 240 Literacy and Learning
EDUC 334 or
EDUC 335
1
EDUC 334 Later Childhood and Adolescence or EDUC 335
Child and Adolescent Development
EDUC 339 The Inclusive Classroom
EDUC 339
1
(required for class of 2014 and beyond)
EDUC 355
1
EDUC 355 Teaching of Science in Secondary School
EDUC 359
3
EDUC 359 Student Teaching: Secondary
EDUC 459
1
EDUC 459 Professional Seminar in Secondary Education
For options in Math and English
* English Literature can be any ENGL course labeled as literature by the English Department.
The W1 course may or may not be ENGL, but two courses MUST be taken. English AP courses
accepted for credit at Bucknell can be accepted for the Literature course.
**The two mathematics intensive courses can be met by any course at Bucknell with a MATH
prefix, EDUC 362, PSYC 215, a SAT II Math Level I Assessment with a score of 560 or above,
AP math accepted for credit at Bucknell, College Mathematics transferred from any accredited
College, including CLEP or distance learning, (may be acceptable for PreCIP even if not for
credit at Bucknell. See Certification Officer or Chair of Education for verification before taking
such a course).
Sample Certification Course Sequence