Physics Teaching Licensure program
(12 credits)
Dr. John Truedson, Bemidji State University Physics Department
Text: Modern Physics, Tipler and Llewellen, 4th Ed. Freeman, 2002
Course schedule: Fall 2007: This course will be offered primarily on-line using the D2L course tools Participants will receive a free copy of the text. The course will consist of on-line lectures, discussion, assignments, and exams, along with the development of a unit in modern physics for a high school physics classroom.
PHYS: Modern
Optics for Teachers, 3 credits. (Summer 2008)
Dr. John Truedson, Bemidji State University Physics
Department
Text: Optics,
Hecht, 4th Ed. Addison-Wesley, 2002
Course schedule: Summer 2007: This course will be
offered primarily on-line using the D2L course tools. Participants will receive a free copy of the
text. The course will consist of on-line lectures, discussion, assignments, and
exams, along with the development of a unit in optics for a high school physics
classroom.
PHYS
Electronics for Teachers, 3 credits.
(Summer 2008)
Dr. David Bahr, Bemidji State University Physics
Department
Text: TBA
This course will be offered on the Bemidji State
University campus in summer
2008 and is intended to taken in conjunction with the PHYS 6980 research course
described below. The course will be 3
weeks in length from 8 – 11 am Monday – Friday. Participants will receive a
free copy of the text. The course will consist of lectures, discussion,
assignments, labs and exams, along with the development of a unit in
electronics for a high school physics classroom.
PHYS Research
in Physics, 3 credits (Summer 2008)
Dr. John Truedson, Bemidji State University Physics
Department
Dr. Steve Lindaas, MSU Moorhead Physics Department
Text: none
This course will be offered on the Bemidji State
University campus in
summer 2008 and is intended to taken in conjunction with the PHYS 6930
Electronics course described above. The
course will be 3 weeks in length from 12 – 3 pm Monday – Friday. The course will consist of series of
laboratory research experiments using the facilities at Physics Department of
Bemidji State University. Participants
will be required to write a research paper in an area of Physics.
