Program Learning Outcomes
| Title |
Description |
| Personal Responsibility |
Ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making |
| Social Responsibility |
Intercultural competence, knowledge of civic responsibility, and the ability to engage effectively in regional, national, and global communities |
| To be determined |
This is a placeholder for course goals that have not been mapped to program learning outcomes |
| Teamwork |
Ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal |
| Critical Thinking Skills |
Graduates of the Physics program will demonstrate critical thinking by formulating logical hypotheses to investigate physical phenomena through structured experimentation and theoretical modeling. Students will independently analyze data sets, identify patterns, perform error analysis, discover and apply established scientific laws. |
| Physics Xfer Content Knowledge |
Graduates of the Physics program will demonstrate mastery of core physics principles by applying the laws of physics to analyze physical systems. Students must exhibit a comprehensive understanding of mechanics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, mechanical waves and electromagnetic waves. By applying mathematical models to physical phenomena, students will accurately describe physical phenomena and predict system behaviors. |
| Content Knowledge |
Graduates of the Physics program will demonstrate mastery of core physics principles by applying the laws of physics to analyze physical systems. Students must exhibit a comprehensive understanding of mechanics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, mechanical waves and electromagnetic waves. By applying mathematical models to physical phenomena, students will accurately describe physical phenomena and predict system behaviors. |
| Communication Skills |
Graduates of this program will demonstrate professional communication proficiency by effectively creating scientific reports on experiments and through collaborative dialogue within their teams and/or in class-wide discussions. |
| Empirical and Quantitative Skills |
Graduates of the Physics program will demonstrate empirical and quantitative skills by analyzing numerical data or observable facts to reach informed conclusions. Students will utilize mathematical modeling and statistical methods to represent physical phenomena symbolically and graphically. By applying algebraic and calculus-based reasoning to experimental results, they must accurately interpret patterns, identify sources of error, and propose methods to reduce experimental errors for future work. |