CONT608: Senior Physics

Course Schedule

Course Description

The study of physics can be challenging but rewarding. Students come to the subject with enthusiasm, thought-provoking questions and a desire for answers, and through conceptual understanding, problem solving and inquiry, they gain a deeper understanding of the world. 

Senior Physics teachers must create a culture of high expectations of their students through engaging and accessible content. In this course, you’ll explore the intention and efficacy of teaching practices to address all facets of physics. You’ll have the opportunity to enhance your planning, instructional and assessment approaches to ensure that you meet the needs of all students. By the end of this course, you’ll have the strategies, resources and, most importantly, the confidence to teach Senior Physics effectively.

What You Will Learn and Do

In this course, you’ll have the opportunity to

• create an inclusive and equitable learning environment for all Senior Physics students through effective and inclusive course planning, instructional strategies and assessment practices
• evaluate and apply teaching strategies that centralize thinking and problem solving in the classroom to deepen understanding for students
• explore and apply approaches to integrate inquiry tasks and lab activities, both hands-on and virtual, into everyday instruction, and experiment with both guided and open-ended processes
• understand and apply assessment for learning and assessment as learning practices and their feedback structures to support Senior Physics students’ learning through a course
• evaluate assessment of learning practices to create an effective and inclusive assessment and evaluation plan for a Senior Physics course
• explore and understand the cross-curricular nature of physics to create meaningful and engaging experiences for Senior Physics students
• reflect on the use of effective mathematics instructional and assessment practices that can be adapted for use in Senior Physics courses

Application Requirements

1) OCT MEMBERSHIP

We will use the OCT number you provide during online registration to confirm you are an OCT member with an undergraduate degree.

2) YOUR UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE UNIVERSITY TRANSCRIPT(S)*

Your transcript(s) must show: The equivalent of 3.0 full-year undergraduate/graduate courses in Physics or the equivalent of 2.0 full-year undergraduate/graduate courses if you already hold another senior qualification.

*If you completed a Queen's undergrad (at any time), or a B.Ed., Honour Specialist, or an Intermediate or Senior ABQ course with us within the last 4 years you are not required to resend your transcripts.

Please email a copy of your unofficial undergraduate transcript to cedmail@queensu.ca

Course Materials

Accommodations

Applicants who require accommodations for a specific learning need (e.g., learning disability) within their AQ/ABQ course, should click here for further information and support.

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Refund Schedule

• If you drop a course by the midpoint of the course, you will receive 100% of your course fee
• If you drop a course after the midpoint, before the end of the course, you will receive 50% of your course fee

For more about our refund policies, visit our Fees & Refunds page.