Student Learning Goals/Objectives |
Courses Resulting in Outcomes/Goals |
Activities Resulting in Outcomes/Goals |
Assessment Measures/Criteria/Rubrics** |
Timetable |
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1 |
Demonstrate ability to communicate clearly using the vocabulary and concepts of physics. |
PHY 111, 112, 310, 324, and 410 |
Classroom discussions, assignments, hands-on activities, problem solving sessions, laboratory activities |
Examinations, homework assignments, Laboratory reports |
Fall 2017 |
2 |
Demonstrate ability to solve conceptual and quantitative problems in physics at an undergraduate level. |
All physics courses |
Classroom discussions, assignments, hands-on activities, problem solving sessions, and laboratory activities |
Examinations, homework assignments, and computational project reports, FMCE*, and BEMA* |
Fall 2017 |
3 |
Demonstrate understanding of laboratory skills used in physics laboratory exercises. |
PHY 111, 112, 324 and 410 |
Laboratory activities: a range of experiments from fairly structured ones in PHY 111 and 112 to more open-ended ones in PHY 324 and 410 |
Laboratory reports, project reports, and oral presentations |
Fall 2017 |
4 |
Demonstrate ability to write algorithms in a computational language using common software. |
PHY 310, 425, 435, 440, and 441 |
Write programs to find numerical solutions, classroom discussions, and computational projects |
Project reports and final project reports |
Spring 2017 - Fall 2017 |
5 |
Demonstrate an understanding of keeping an accurate and legible laboratory notebook. |
PHY324 and 410
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Notebooks and laboratory activities |
Laboratory notebooks |
Spring 2017 - Fall 2017 |
6 |
Demonstrate ability to analyze and evaluate experimental data. |
PHY324 and 410 |
Laboratory activities and data analysis using computer software, if necessary |
Laboratory reports, laboratory notebooks, and oral presentations |
Spring 2017 - Fall 2017 |
7 |
Demonstrate mastery of the subject matter in Classical Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, and Quantum Mechanics. |
PHY 425, 435, 440, and 441 |
Classroom discussions and assignments |
Homework assignments and cumulative examinations |
Fall 2017 |
8 |
Demonstrate adequate technical report writing skills. |
PHY 310, 324 and 410 |
Writing formal project and laboratory reports |
Laboratory reports and project reports |
Spring 2017 - Fall 2017 |
9 |
Demonstrate adequate oral presentation skills. |
PHY410 |
Oral presentations by individual students on one of the completed experiments to faculty at the end of the semester |
Oral presentations |
Fall 2017 |
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