Associate's Degree and University Transfer - Associate in Physics Education (AS-T)

General Degree Requirements

  • A minimum of 90 quarter hours of transferable credit.
  • A college cumulative grade point average of at least 2.0 is required.
  • English 101 (Composition – Exposition) is required.
  • A minimum of 25 of the last 45 credits must be earned at Pierce College.
  • A 1.5 grade (C-) or better for all requirements is required unless prerequisites state otherwise.
  • "Pass" (P) grades, independent study credits and cooperative work experience/work-based learning credits may be used only for general elective credits.
  • Once a course has been successfully completed, credits obtained may be used only once, even if that course is listed in more than one category.

Course Requirements ( 94-103 total credits required)
Communication Skills (10 credits)

 

ENGL& 101 English Composition I (required) ( 5 credits)
ENGL 103 Composition – Argumentation & Research (5 credits)
OR
ENGL 107 Composition – Writing about Literature (5 credits)
Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning Skills (10 credits)

 

MATH& 151  Calculus I
MATH& 152 Calculus II
Humanities & Social Science (15 credits)
 

CMST& 220 Public Speaking 
PSYC& 100 General Psychology

                Multicultural elective by advisement
Specific Pre-Major Requirements (50 credits)
 

CHEM& 161-163 General Chemistry w/lab I-III
PHYS& 221-223 Engineering Physics I-III
MATH & 153 Calculus III
MATH 205 Linear Algebra
MATH 224 Multivariate Calculus
MATH 238 Differential Equations

CS& 131 /141 Computer Science I C++/JAVA
Education Requirements (8-10 credits)
 

EDUC& 202 Intro to Education
EDUC 190 Education Practicum

General Electives (0-5 credits)
 

PSYC& 200 strongly recommended. Engineering disciplines should include a design component consistent with ABET accreditation standards. Additional college-level courses so that total earned is at least 90 credits. May include prerequisites for major courses (e.g., pre-calculus), additional major coursework, or specific general education or other university requirements, as approved by the advisor.

Notes

  1. Students completing this degree will receive the same priority consideration for admission to the baccalaureate institution as they would for completing the direct transfer associate's degree and will be given junior status by the receiving institution.
  2. Courses in Humanities/Social Science must come from the current ICRC distribution list in order to count as General Education or General University Requirements (GERs/GURs) at the receiving institution. Additional general educational requirements, cultural diversity requirements, and foreign language requirements, as required by the transfer institution, must be met prior to the completion of a baccalaureate degree.
  3. Students should be advised that some baccalaureate institutions require physics with calculus to meet specific pre-major science category.

Program Outcomes

Associate in Physics Education (AS-T) Degree Outcomes:

  1. Graduates will be able to question, search for answers and meaning and develop beliefs of what it means to be a competent, ethical, professional secondary education physics teacher and the disposition to adhere to the professional, legal, and ethical responsibilities of being a secondary education physics teacher.
  2. Graduates will acquire the necessary knowledge base in physics, mathematics and sciences, as recommended by participating state college or university teacher preparation programs, for future secondary education physics teachers.

Core Abilities Outcomes

Critical, Creative, and Reflective Thinking:
Graduates will be able to question, search for answers and meaning, and develop ideas that lead to action.

Responsibility:
Graduates will be able to respond by examining the relationship between self, community, and environments, evaluating potential impacts and consequences of actions, and making choices and contributions based on that examination and evaluation.

Information Competency:
Graduates will be able to seek, find, evaluate and use information and employ information technology to engage in lifelong learning.

Effective Communication:
Graduates will be able to exchange messages in a variety of contexts using multiple methods.

Multiculturalism:
Graduates will demonstrate knowledge of diverse ideas, cultures and experiences and the ability to examine their own attitudes and assumptions in order to engage others with civility and empathy.

Fundamental Areas of Knowledge Outcomes

Communication:
Graduates identify, analyze, and evaluate rhetorical strategies in one’s own and other’s writing in order to communicate effectively.

Humanities:
Graduates acquire skills to critically interpret, analyze and evaluate forms of human expression, and create and perform as an expression of the human experience.

Social Sciences:
Graduates use social science research methods and/or theory in order to analyze and interpret social phenomena.

Natural Sciences:
Graduates use the scientific method to analyze natural phenomena and acquire skills to evaluate authenticity of data/information relative to the natural world.

Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning:
Graduates utilize mathematical, symbolic, logical, graphical, geometric, or statistical analysis for the interpretation and solution of problems in the natural world and human society.

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