Physical Science

Program Purpose: Physical Science courses prepare students for a diversity of professions requiring an understanding of the fundamentals of the physical sciences.

Program Description: Such professions include teaching science at the secondary level, serving as a technical administrator in government and industry, or completing legal work with patents, scientific librarianship, and scientific journalism.

COLLEGE LEVEL STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Information Competency
2. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

PROGRAM LEVEL STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:

1. Be able to observe naturally occurring, repeatable physical events and interactions and identify their physical origin;
2. Have the ability to establish cause and effect relationships between these interactions through progressive scientific modeling using a variety of mathematical techniques;
3. Have the ability to verify the model through systematic, scientific measurement 

PROGRAM MAPPING:

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