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