This page provides links to the catalogue description of the courses that were specifically designed for teachers. For your convenience, these courses are offered during the summer. Each course page also includes a link to the syllabus and to the current online material for  that particular course. You may also take some of our regular courses. Use the teacher link from the left menu to get back to this page.  The offerings for summer 2005  are:

2005 SUMMER COURSES

PH 4013/6013. Selected Topics in Physics for  Teachers I. (3) (Prerequisite: consent of instructor.) Basic concepts of physics. Will include discussion and clarification of material from currently adopted public school textbooks. This course is intended for high school physics teachers: June 1 - 14 · 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM · Hilbun 315 Details about course content are available at: http://physics.msstate.edu/TTIP05/schedule1.html Instructor: Dr. Taha Mzoughi (mzoughi@ra.msstate.edu) PH 4033/6033. Demonstrations and Concepts for Physics Teachers. (3) (Prerequisite: consent of instructor.) Topics are selected from waves, sound, light and electromagnetism as covered in high school. Equal emphasis is placed on theory, problems, demonstrations and laboratory. This course is intended for high school teachers: June 15 - 28 · 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM · Hilbun 315 Details about course content are available at: http://physics.msstate.edu/TTIP05/schedule2.html Instructor: Dr. Taha Mzoughi (mzoughi@ra.msstate.edu) PH 4023/6023. Astronomy for Physics Teachers. (3) (Prerequisite: consent of instructor.) This course provides teachers with a set of indoor and outdoor astronomy activities they can use in their classrooms, as well as familiarity with star charts, the night sky, and a better understanding of planets, stars and the Universe: July 6 - 20 · 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM plus some night work at observatory. Instructor: Dr. John Patrick Lestrade (lestrade@ra.msstate.edu)

Please contact the Physics & Astronomy Department @ 662-325-2806 or Amy Massey @ amym@ra.msstate.edu for further information. Visit the departmental website @ https://www.uis.msstate.edu/pls/PROD/wwskschd.P_SelTerm  for further course information and possible date changes.