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Matter & Interactions II for Secondary School Teachers
PY 582 - 601 INTERNET
Class Number: 23232
Prerequisites: PY 581
Credit Hours: 3. credit(s)
Corequisites: None.
Required Lab: See below for details.
Restrictions: None.
  Restrictions may be on all or some of the seats. For information visit: http://distance.ncsu.edu/courses/enrollment-requirements.php
Instructor:
 Bruce Sherwood
Address:
 Box 8202
E-mail:
bruce_sherwood@ncsu.edu
Phone:
 N/A
Fax:
 919-515-6538, attn Bruce Sherwood
Course Description: Second semester (electricity and magnetism) of a two-semester sequence intended to broaden and deepen in high school physics teachers their knowledge of introductory-level physics from a contemporary point of view. Includes an introduction to computational physics. Departmental permission required: normally restricted to in-service high school physics teachers. PY 581 prerequisite may be waived with strong background in physics and mathematics.
Course Informational Video :
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Primary Delivery Format :
 Internet
Course Website :
http://courses.ncsu.edu
** Access to the website may be restricted to registered students or not available until the start of the semester.
Learning Management System :
 This course uses WebAssign, an online Learning Management System. To gain access to this system you will need to purchase an Access Card. For more information please visit http://distance.ncsu.edu/course_technologies/cms/webassign.html.

Wolfware , WebAssign (This course uses WebAssign, which requires a subscription fee. Please see http://www.webassign.net/pricing/index.html.)
Additional Technology Requirements :
 Unity E-mail (http://webmail.ncsu.edu) , Other : Computer DVD
Lab Information :
 No required lab. Desktop experiments are done at home.
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NCSU Campus Visits : None
Other Attendance Requirements : None.
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Course Requirements:
This will operate as a regular university course, that is, there will be readings, homework assignments, and tests. Activities will begin when NCSU classes begin, August 19, 2009. Homework will be turned in through WebAssign, a computer homework system. Participants will be required to contribute regularly to a class web forum about the pedagogical aspects of the work. A good command of basis calculus (derivatives) is required. Participation requires about 10 hours per week.

Format of the Course: The course includes these components:
Topics will be similar to those in a traditional introductory physics course but will emphasize the atomic nature of matter in ways that are pedagogically novel.
The course will stress the use of fundamental principles to address novel problem situations.
The programming language VPython will be used throughout the course to illustrate and examine key concepts. No prior programming experience is required since all necessary programming information will be provided as part of the course.
Introduction to recent findings in Physics Education Research.
Problem solving techniques and teaching problem solving.
Low-cost experiments.
Course Materials:
PASCO electricity and magnetism kit EM-8675, available from http://www.pasco.com.

REQUIRED: Matter & Interactions Vol II: Electric & Magnetic Interactions by Chabay, Ruth and Sherwood, Bruce. 2nd Edition. 2007. Wiley. ISBN# 0470108312
Miscellaneous Information: An electronic version of the textbook is available at low cost through WebAssign.
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Tuition & Fees: The Tuition and Fees for Distance Education classes (section 601 and above) are calculated on a per credit hour basis and are not included as a part of on-campus tuition and fees. For complete Tuition and Fees information please visit: http://distance.ncsu.edu/tuition/.
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For enrollment information, please visit: http://distance.ncsu.edu/how-to-apply/index.php or call 919-515-9030 or toll-free 866-467-8283.

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