Requirements for the BS degree in Physics
Students can choose between two introductory tracks (3xx sequence preferred):
- PHYS 213. General College Physics I Lab included
- PHYS 214. General College Physics II Lab included
-OR-
- PHYS 313. Physics for Scientists I
- PHYS 314. Physics for Scientists II
- PHYS 315. University Physics Lab I
- PHYS 316. University Physics Lab II
Required advanced labs
- PHYS 516. Advanced Physics Laboratory
- PHYS 517. Electronics Laboratory
- PHYS 616. Computational Physics Laboratory
Core physics courses
- PHYS 551. Topics in Modern Physics
- PHYS 621. Analytical Mechanics
- PHYS 631. Electricity and Magnetism
- PHYS 641. Thermophysics
- PHYS 651. Quantum Mechanics
Additional required courses
- 10 hours of Chemistry
- 8 additional hours of upper division Physics, (excluding PHYS 501 and 502)
- MATH 555. Ordinary Differential Equations with Linear Algebra
ONE (1) of the following math courses
- MATH 545. Integration Techniques and Applications
- MATH 547. Advanced Calculus 1
- MATH 757. Partial Differential Equations for Engineers
- MATH 511. Linear Algebra