| Approved Site(s): |
| | Approved for San Diego and Mission Bay High Schools. This course is specific to these schools’ International Baccalaureate magnet program and is not available to other sites.
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| Grade Range: |
| | 11–12 |
| Prerequisites: |
| | None |
| Course duration: |
| | Two semesters |
| Subject area in which graduation credit will be given: |
| | Science: Physics - weighted |
| UC subject area satisfied: |
| | d - Laboratory Science |
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| Course Description: |
| | This college prep course is the first year of a two-year sequence of courses that prepares students to take the IB Physics HL (Higher Level) exam. In this first-year of study, students focus on the concepts of matter; forces and motion; waves; electricity; and thermal and nuclear physics. The course emphasizes problem solving through familiarity with classical applications in the lab. This course satisfies the Group 4 (Experimental Sciences) requirement for the International Baccalaureate diploma. |
| State Course Code(s): |
| | 9355 - International Baccalaureate (IB) Physics |
| Basic Texts and Teaching Guides: |
| | No adopted text. School choose from among available
resources. |