  In 2016, the Department of Physics at Oregon State University began a process
to revise our Paradigms in Physics curriculum for physics majors. We began with
a colloquium to inform the department of our plans and request their
assistance, followed by a survey of students and faculty as well as individual
interviews with the faculty teaching each course. As we developed a plan to
address student- and faculty-identified challenges in the curriculum, we met
with each faculty member individually to explain and refine our proposal, which
was unanimously approved by the faculty. Major changes include major changes to
several courses (math methods, computational physics, modern physics,
electronics, and classical mechanics), including the introduction of two
sophomore-year courses designed specifically to help prepare students for their
upper-division courses.
