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[beccastareyes]

It's still surreal that people expect me to put together (well, adapt) two whole courses. One of which is a non-major course, so I have a lot more freedom (as students' future professors won't expect a certain base knowledge).

So, I did get my teaching schedule: in the morning, I am teaching the Physics for Non-majors course (basically a general education science course intended for people who won't need to know any physics for their jobs) and in the afternoon, two sections of the first quarter of Calculus-based Physics (a course I have taken before, and one taken by physicists and engineers*).

It also means I have a five-hour break in the middle of the day for office hours, writing lessons, rehearsing and grading. (I don't mind bringing grading home for weekends/weekdays.)

* Mostly engineers. The general rule for physics departments is that you teach algebra-based physics for pre-meds and calculus-based for engineers. I think if science majors take physics, usually the chemists have to take calc-based, but the biologists can get by with algebra-based. Either way, most universities keep physics departments around so someone can teach Intro to Physics, and maybe some general education courses. (People like astronomy and stuff like that.) Physics majors are a nice bonus.

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[everbright]

You seem to have a handle on this whole thing at least. :)