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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Physics Education (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
MATH 220   - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I   4      
EDCI 110   - Foundations of Education   3      
PHYS 123   - Physics Today II   1      
PHYS 223   - Physics I, Mechanics, and Thermodynamics   5      
MATH 100   - College Algebra   OR 3      
STAT 225   - Introduction to Statistics   3      
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
COMM 106   - Public Speaking I   3      
ENGL 100   - Expository Writing I   3      
MATH 221   - Analytic Geometry and Calculus II   4      
PHYS 123   - Physics Today II   1      
PHYS 224   - Physics II, Electromagnetism, and Sound   5      
Total Credits: 16      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
ENGL 200   - Expository Writing II   3      
MATH 222   - Analytic Geometry and Calculus III   4      
PSYCH 110   - General Psychology   3      
BIOL 198   - Principles of Biology   4      
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Total Credits: 17      
       
Semester 2      
EDCI 200   - Teaching as a Career   1      
EDCI 230   - Early Field Experience   1      
MATH 340   - Elementary Differential Equations   4      
Social & Behavioral Sciences Requirement 3 KSC 050  
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
EDCI 315   - Educational Psychology   3      
EDCI 320   - Core Teaching Skills and Lab   3       
EDSP 323   - Exceptional Students in the Secondary School   2      
PHYS 109   - Astronomy   3      
PHYS 325   - Physics III, Relativity, and Quantum Physics   4      
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
EDCI 318   - Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning   1      
EDCI 405   - Middle-Level Education   2      
PHYS 506   - Advanced Physics Laboratory   4      
CHM 210   - Chemistry I   4      
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 14      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
EDSEC 455   - Teaching in a Multicultural Society   1      
EDSEC 477   - Content Area Literacies and Diverse Learners   2       
EDSEC 525   - Interpersonal Relations in the Schools   1      
EDSEC 542   - Science Methods for Secondary and Middle Schools   3      
EDSEC 543   - Science Methods Practicum    2      
EDSEC 614   - Laboratory Techniques in Teaching Science   3      
EDCI 764   - Engineering Design Practices in Secondary Science Teaching   3      
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
EDSEC 586   - Teaching Internship in Secondary Schools   1-12      
Total Credits: 12      
       
Total Program Hours: 120