Coordinator:
Robert Zisk (848-932-0783; email: robert.zisk@gse.rutgers.edu)
Please visit the website.
Program Description:
The five-year teacher education program in physical science and physics education (K-12) leads to a bachelor's degree, a master's degree, and
initial teacher certification. Rutgers undergraduates do preliminary
coursework and field placements as assigned during the sophomore and
junior years, are admitted to the program during the spring semester of
the junior year, and enter the professional education sequence in the
summer between junior and senior years. Students then qualify to have
their bachelor's degree awarded by the undergraduate liberal arts
college.
Students continue with the
professional sequence the summer after graduation. They return in the
fall to complete a student-teaching internship with related coursework
and continue with full-time graduate study, including a field-based
research project, in the spring. The Ed.M. degree is conferred upon the
completion of all five-year program requirements.
After
the master's degree is awarded, the GSE will make a recommendation to
the New Jersey State Department of Education on behalf of the student to
receive a CEAS as a teacher.Pre-Admission Core Courses (6.5 credits)
05:300:200
Introduction to Education (3)
05:300:201
Introduction to Education Field-Based Lab - Clinical Experience (.5)
05:300:306
Introduction to Educational Psychology: Principles of Classroom Learning (3)
Physical Science Education (15 credits)
05:300:462 Demonstration and Technology in Science Teaching (3)
15:256:551 Development of Ideas in Physical Science (3)
15:256:552 Teaching and Assessment Physical Science (3)
15:256:557 Multiple Representations in Physical Science (3)
15:256:593 Topics in Engineering Education (3)
Common Professional Education Core (15 credits)
05:300:450 Urban Education I (1.5)
05:300:451 Urban Education II (1.5)
05:300:452 Teaching
Emerging Bilinguals in the K-12 Classroom I (1.5)
05:300:453 Teaching
Emerging Bilinguals in the K-12
Classroom II (1.5)
15:255:534 Classroom
Organization for the Inclusive and Special Classroom (3)
15:293:523 Inclusive
Teaching in Education (3)
Choose one from the following:
15:255:539 Communities, Schools, and Social Justice (3)
15:253:540 Teaching
English Language Learners (3)
05:300:406 Community-Based
Language Learning (3)
Clinical Experience
(19.5 credits)05:300:498 Clinical Experience Phase 1 (.5)
05:300:499 Clinical Practice Phase 2 (4)
15:255:535 Clinical Practice Phase 3 (9)
15:255:536 Clinical Practice Seminar (6)
Major Requirements
Every candidate for certification in physical science education must complete a full major in either chemistry, physics, or engineering and at least 15 credits in the other subject, or a major in chemical or biochemical engineering from the School of Engineering. Candidates for certification in physics education need to complete a major in physics, mechanical engineering, civil and environmental engineering, industrial and systems engineering, or materials science and engineering.
Combined B.A./B.S./Ed.M. Five-Year Teacher Preparation Programs 
