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Secondary Education Physics Fast Track

Note to students: Remember that this is a SAMPLE. Your schedule, for many reasons, will probably not end up looking exactly like this. What’s shown is a “fast-track” schedule. Be aware that you also have the option of completing the Physics major over a four-year period, with a fifth year reserved for your teaching credential. Requirements will differ if you enter Westmont with AP or college credit. Please confer with Physics department advisor as major requirements sometimes change. Pre-requisites for the Education program are in bold.
First Year
FALL (18)
  • PHY 21-22 (5)
  • MA 9 (4)
  • GE Common Context (4)
  • GE Common Skill: Foreign Language (4)
  • PEA 32 Fitness for Life (1)
SPRING (18)
  • PHY 23-24 (5)
  • GE Common Inquiry (4)
  • MA 10 (4)
  • GE Common Context (4)
  • PEA (1)
First Year May Term or Summer
  • GE Life Science (4)
  • GE Understanding Society (4)
Second Year
FALL (17)
  • PHY 25 (4)
  • GE Common Context (4)
  • MA 19 (4)
  • GE Common Context (4)
  • PEA (1)
SPRING (18)
  • PHY 26 (4)
  • ENG 2: Composition (4)
  • PHY 40 (4)
  • GE Common Inquiry (4)
  • GE Common Inquiry (4)
  • PEA (1)
Third Year
FALL (18)
  • CHEM 1 (4)
  • ED 105: Cultural Diversity  (4)
  • PHY 121 or PHY 150 (4)
  • KNS 156: Health Education (2)
  • PHY 115 (4)
SPRING (19)
  • CHEM ll (4)
  • ED 160: Technology for the Classroom Teacher (2)
  • PHY 122 or PHY 131 (4)
  • PHY 160 (4)
  • GE Common Context (4)
  • PHY 195 (1)
First Year May Term or Summer
  • ENG 106 (4)
Fourth Year
FALL (18)
  • ED 101 Explorations in Teaching (4)
  • ED 111 Educational Psychology (4)
  • ED 125 Science Curriculum & Instruc. Planning (4)
  • ED 171 Content Area Literacy (4)
  • ED 130 Special Education (2)
SPRING (17)
  • ED 151 Curriculum, Management, Instruction (2)
  • ED 191 Student Teaching (12)
  • ED 196 Student Teaching seminar (3)
  • First Year
  • Second Year
  • Third Year
  • Fourth Year

To download a printable PDF of the schedule, click here.

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