REQUIRED COURSE LIST
FOR
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PHYSICS
| Required Physics Courses | Required Math Courses | Other Required Courses | |||||||
| PHYS 122 | PHYSICS TODAY I | 1 | MATH 220 | CALCULUS I | 4 | ENGL 100 | EXPOSITORY WRITING I | 3 | |
| PHYS 123 | PHYSICS TODAY II | 1 | MATH 221 | CALCULUS II | 4 | ENGL 200 | EXPOSITORY WRITING II | 3 | |
| PHYS 223 | PHYSICS I | 5 | MATH 222 | CALCULUS III | 4 | SPCH 105 | PUBLIC SPEAKING I | 2 | |
| PHYS 224 | PHYSICS II | 5 | MATH 240 | ELEMENTARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS | 4 | LIFE SCIENCE | 4 | ||
| PHYS 325 | PHYSICS III | 4 | 16 | HUMANITIES & FINE ARTS | 11 | ||||
| PHYS 506 | PHYSICS LAB | 3 | SOCIAL SCIENCES | 12 | |||||
| PHYS 522 | MECHANICS | 4 | MODERN LANGUAGES | 15 | |||||
| PHYS 532 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS I | 4 | 50 | ||||||
| PHYS 662 | INTRO TO QUANTUM MECHANICS | 4 | |||||||
| PHYS 5xx or higher | Advanced Physics Elective | 3 | |||||||
| 34 | |||||||||
| 1. Chemistry I(CHM 210) and II( CHM 230) are strongly recommended
for all physics majors 2. In addition to specific course requirements all physics majors must have a knowledge of computational tools and computer programming as stated in the prerequisites for PHYS 325 and PHYS 506 | |||||||||
| Totals: | Physics Courses | 34 | |||||||
| Math Courses | 16 | ||||||||
| Distribution Requirements | 50 | ||||||||
| Free Electives | 24 | ||||||||
| TOTAL | 124 | ||||||||
| Advanced Course Electives | Other Courses Available | ||||||||
| PHYS 553 | Introduction to the Physics of Lasers | 3 | PHYS 399 | Physics Honors Seminar | 1-3 | ||||
| PHYS 620 | Teaching University Physics | 3 | PHYS 400 | Independent Study in Physics | 1-3 | ||||
| PHYS 623 | Oscillations, Waves & Relativity | 3 | PHYS 460 | Undergraduate Topics in Physics | 1-6 | ||||
| PHYS 633 | Electromagnetic Fields II | 3 | PHYS 497 | Senior Research | 1-3 | ||||
| PHYS 636 | Physical Measurements Instrumentation | 5 | PHYS 498 | Honors Tutorial | 1-3 | ||||
| PHYS 639 | Computations in Physics | 3 | PHYS 499 | Senior Honors Research | 1-3 | ||||
| PHYS 642 | Nuclear Physics | 3 | PHYS 707 | Topics in Physics | Variable | ||||
| PHYS 651 | Introduction Optics | 3 | |||||||
| PHYS 652 | Applied Optics & Optical Measurement | 3 | |||||||
| PHYS 655 | Physics of Solids | 3 | |||||||
| PHYS 691 | Introduction to Astrophysics | 3 | |||||||
|
PHYS 664 |
Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics |
3 | |||||||
| PHYS 692 | Introduction to Cosmology | 3 | |||||||
| PHYS 694 | Particle Physics | 3 | |||||||
| PHYS 701 | Cosmology | 3 | |||||||
| PHYS 709 | Applied Quantum Mechanics | 3 | |||||||