Physics, B.S.

Non-departmental requirements:

• CHEM 1100 - General Chemistry I (4)
• CHEM 1200 - General Chemistry II (4)
• MATH 2010 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (4) *
• MATH 2020 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry II (4) *
• MATH 2030 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry III (4) *
• MATH 3020 - Differential Equations (3)

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Departmental requirements (must have a ‘C’ or better):

• PHYS 2305 - Fundamentals of Physics I (3)
• PHYS 2310 - Fundamentals of Physics II (3)
• PHYS 2320 - Fundamentals of Physics III (3)
• PHYS 2410 - Fundamentals of Physics Laboratory I (1)
• PHYS 2420 - Fundamentals of Physics Laboratory II (1)
• PHYS 3060 - Electricity and Magnetism (3)
• PHYS 3110 - Mechanics I (3)
• PHYS 3210 - Advanced Laboratory I (2)
• PHYS 3220 - Advanced Laboratory II (2)
• PHYS 3100 - Principles of Electronics (3) or PHYS 3200 Data Acquisition, Control and Analysis  
• PHYS 3310 - Modern Physics (3)
• PHYS 3410 - Computational Physics I (3)
• PHYS 4110 - Thermal Physics (3)
• PHYS 4220 - Mathematical Methods of Physics (3)
• PHYS 4300 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (3)

Freshman Year

Sophomore Year

Junior Year

Senior Year

Distribution of Hours

* Core Curriculum Courses - 69

% Non-departmental Required Courses- 23

# Physics Electives - 13

& Electives - 15

< Possible Physics Electives:

PHYS 3070-Electricity and Magnetism II, PHYS 3200-Data Acquisition, PHYS 3120-Mechanics II, PHYS- 3290 Environmental Physics, PHYS 3510-Nanotechnology, PHYS 4220- Mathematical Physics, PHYS 4230- Lasers and Applied Optics, PHYS 4250- Science Instrumentation, PHYS 4310- Quantum Mechanics II, PHYS 4320- Nuclear and Particle Physics, PHYS 4330- Solid State Physics, PHYS 4410- Computational Physics II, PHYS- 4900 Senior Thesis. Any 3000-4000 Level math or computer science course

(SI) = Speaking Intensive; (WI) = Writing Intensive