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Goals and Learning Objectives
| Goals | Learning Objectives | Courses |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Provide students with scientific knowledge needed to begin their careers or to enter graduate school. | 1.1. Students will learn the foundations of physics, as evidenced through solving problems in elementary mechanics and electricity and magnetism. | Phys 11A, 12A |
| 1.2. Students will learn the main areas of physics at the intermediate/ advanced undergraduate level, as evidenced through solving problems in a. Modern Physics b. Classical Mechanics c. Electricity and magnetism d. Quantum mechanics e. Thermodynamics f. Optics |
Phys 118 (118A starting Fall 2008), 140, 104, 159, 136, 135, 137 | |
| 2. Provide students with the analytical and problem solving skills needed to begin their careers or to enter graduate school | 2.1. Students will demonstrate analytical and problem solving skills at the introductory level, as evidenced in elementary mechanics and electricity and magnetism. | Phys 11A, 12A |
| 2.2. Students will demonstrate analytical and problem solving skills at the intermediate/ advanced undergraduate level, as evidenced in a. Modern Physics b. Classical Mechanics c. Electricity and magnetism d. Quantum mechanics e. Thermodynamics f. Optics |
Phys 118 (118A starting Fall 2008), 140, 104, 159, 136, 135, 137 | |
| 3. Provide students with the laboratory skills needed to begin their careers or to enter graduate school | 3.1. Students will learn to carry out experiments in mechanics and electricity and magnetism at the introductory level. | Phys 11B, 12B |
| 3.2. Students will learn the roles of hypotheses, measurement and analysis in the development of scientific theory at the introductory level as evidenced by laboratory reports. | Phys 11B, 12B | |
| 3.3. Students will learn to carry out experiments at the intermediate/ advanced level. | Intermediate/ advanced laboratory courses; see Bulletin | |
| 4. Provide students with the communication skills needed to begin their careers or to enter graduate school. | 4.1. Students will learn how to write a laboratory report. | Phys 11B, 12B, Intermediate/ advanced laboratory courses; see Bulletin |
| 4.2. Students will learn how to make a brief oral presentation. | Intermediate/ advanced laboratory courses; see Bulletin | |
| 5. Overall knowledge and skill level - "to begin their careers or to enter graduate school." | 5.1. Students will be successful in beginning a career or graduate school. |