If you used Conceptual Physics, what did you call it on transcripts?

[foxbridgeacademy]

We're going to use Hewitt's CP for 9th grade, what would you call it on a transcript?  Would a University consider it a full Physics credit or can we call it something else then do Physics again (at CC)?  

 

My original intention was to do ICP or Physical Science and I still might, but it seems that it is assumed (by many on these boards) that neither of those is H.S. level?  Our state universities don't require anything specific other then 3 sciences, 2 of them being labs.  Physical Science is an approved course at the H.S. level in the P.S. here but I have no idea if they actually offer it.

 

ETA: we will be doing a "lab" as well.  Not sure if what I have planned constitutes a FULL lab, still need to research that.

[Ivey]

I'm using Suchocki's Conceptual Chemistry and calling it "Conceptual Chemistry". I've found several high school course catalogs that list "Conceptual Physics", so I would just go with that. 

 

[foxbridgeacademy]

Thank you.  That's what I was leaning toward, I don't have to decide until later of course but I like to get things set in my head.

[Matryoshka]

Our local high school uses Hewitt's Conceptual Physics for its normal, college-prep, 11th grade Physics course, and they call it... Physics.  I was rather stunned, actually, after hearing about so many 8th and 9th graders using it here!  Their Honors course uses Giancoli, and they also have AP Physics (which I'm guessing must be C, since it require calculus?)

[Crimson Wife]

The local Catholic girls' school that DD might attend has a physics-first sequence and lists the course as "Conceptual Physics". I presume it uses the Hewitt book but I'm not 100% sure.

[Kareni]

My daughter used Hewitt's Conceptual Physical Science in 9th grade.  I called the class Physical Science on her transcript.  The book used was included in the text book list that I sent along with the course description for the class.

 

Regards,

Kareni

[orelbeilinson]

We always go with the SCED system of the National Centre for Education Statistics.

 

SCED has 03161 Conceptual Physics

 

Conceptual Physics courses introduce students to the use of chemicals, characteristic properties 

of materials, and simple mechanics to better describe the world and nonliving matter. The courses 

emphasize precise measurements and descriptive analysis of experimental results. Topics covered may 

include energy and motion, electricity, magnetism, heat, the structure of matter, and how matter reacts to 

materials and forces. 

 

So if it is a regular level course for 1 credit with no 'sequence', then 03161R10011 would be the full course code.

[MorningGlory]

I am calling the course I am teaching "Physics". Although we are using Hewitt's CP as a base text, I am adding in significant problem-solving throughout the course...enough to easily bump the course from Conceptual Physics to just Physics.

 

I taught Hewitt for 9 years in a b&m school, and we always just called it physics on my students' transcripts. I did add in problem-solving then, too, so that may make a difference.