Learning Outcomes

Program Goals and Student Learning Outcomes

Goal #1 Students will have the scientific knowledge needed to begin their careers or graduate school.

  • Know the foundations of physics, as evidenced by solving problems in elementary mechanics and electricity and magnetism.
  • Know the main areas of physics at the intermediate/advanced undergraduate level, as evidenced through solving problems in:
    • Modern Physics
    • Classical Mechanics
    • Electricity and Magnetism
    • Quantum Mechanics
    • Thermodynamics
    • Mathematical Physics

Goal #2 Students will have the analytical and problem solving skills needed to begin their careers or to enter graduate school.

  • Demonstrate analytical and problem solving skills at the introductory level as evidenced in elementary mechanics and electricity and magnetism.
  • Demonstrate analytical and problem solving skills at the introductory level as evidenced in:
    • Modern Physics
    • Classical Mechanics
    • Electricity and Magnetism
    • Quantum Mechanics
    • Thermodynamics
    • Mathematical Physics

Goal #3 Students will have the laboratory skills needed to begin their careers or enter graduate school.

  • Be able to carry out experiments in mechanics and electricity and magnetism at the introductory level.
  • Know the roles of hypotheses, measurements and analysis in the development of scientific theory at the introductory level as evidenced by laboratory reports.
  • Be able to carry out experiments at the intermediate/advanced level.

Goal #4 Students will have the communication skills necessary to begin their careers or enter graduate school.

  • Be able to write a well-documented laboratory report that reflects high personal and ethical standards.
  • Be able to make an oral presentation to a variety of audiences (e.g. professionals within the field, general audience, peers) that informs while still respecting the different backgrounds and needs of each audience member

Physics


For More Information

Foek T. Hioe
Department Chair
fhioe@sjfc.edu
(585) 385-8162

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