Certificate Information

The Master Physics Teacher Certificate, endorsed by SMU School of Education is qualified for 120 professional development hours.

Cost:

Free tuition and labs. $500 mini-grant for course-related materials.

Schedule:

Participants will meet Mid week from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. for two 13-week semesters in Fall and then Spring.

Format:

Lectures, micro-workshops, labs, sharing best practice, labs, seminars, more labs, team problems, did we mention labs?

Sample Course Description:

Fall Semester 

MECHANICS
  • Kinematics, Force and Motion, Gravitation
  • Energy, Momentum, Oscillations
  • Spring Semester

    ELECTROMAGNETISM
  • Electric charge, field, potential, Circuits, Magnetism

  • Summer Semester

    MODERN PHYSICS

  • Relativity – Spacetime, Light, Gravity, Galaxies, the Universe
  • Quantum Mechanics – Atoms, Nuclei, Uncertainty, Technology
  • Particle Physics – Forces of Nature, Accelerators & Detectors