Secondary Education, B.S. (Physics K-12)

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

This Teacher Certification option prepares a student to teach physics and related science courses in grades K-12.Teacher Certification students take a total of 120 credit hours for their degree with 34 credit hours in Physics, and 46 credit hours in Education. The remaining credit hours are from mathematics and required humanities courses.Physics is the study of matter and energy and its interactions therefore, physics describes the fundamental nature of our reality in this existence. It is the most basic of sciences and the foundation of many aspects of our modern civilization. Look around, you would be hard pressed to find pieces of technology i.e., micro and nanoelectronics, lasers, solar panels, nuclear power plants, as well as medical devices, that were not at one time research tools of, or examples of some fundamental principles discovered and explored by physicists. As our world continues its juggernaut of unstoppable technical progress, sustaining economic activity will require increased numbers of individuals educated at higher and higher levels of technical skill. There is no level higher than that of physics, thus studying physics is great preparation for an endeavor that you may desire or undertake. On the other hand, you may just have an insatiable curiosity about how the universe works! Studying physics is the best way to satisfy this curiosity and to prepare for the challenges of the life in the future.

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