Physics Education

If you’re pursuing a profession as a physics or astronomy teacher in a secondary school, a master of arts in education in physics may be right for you. Ranked among the nation’s top physics departments with the strongest professional master’s degree programs by the American Institute of Physics, our department will provide you with powerful resources, research-oriented training, and personal attention.

Our master’s program can help you be a better teacher, providing you with opportunities to work on research projects in areas such as condensed matter, nuclear physics, medical physics, nanoscience, nanomaterials, high energy/particle physics, and physics education.

In order to begin our program, you must possess a valid physics teaching license or be in the process of securing certification in physical science/physics teaching.