Bachelor of Science - Physics

Required: 44-47 credit minimum, 34-37 upper division credits

Required courses

• PHYS 211/211L: Physics for Scientists and Engineers I and Lab (recommended)

  • Alternative: PHYS 201/201L: General Physics I

• PHYS 212/212L: Physics for Scientists and Engineers II and Lab (recommended)

  • Alternative: PHYS 202/202L: General Physics II

• PHYS 300: Pre-Capstone Seminar

• PHYS 303: Modern Physics

• PHYS 310: Physical Modeling with Matlab

• PHYS 475: Capstone Senior Thesis

• Select one of the following:

  • PHYS 309/309L: Applied Electronics and Lab

  • PHYS 340: Advanced Experimental Physics

  • PHYS 425: Geometric and Physical Optics

• Select one of the following ( 1 - 4 credits):

  • PHYS 492: Internship

  • PHYS 494: Capstone Research Project

  • PHYS 496: Directed Research

  • UNIV 496: Directed Research

• Upper Division Physics Electives - 20 credits

Only physics courses numbered 200 and above can count toward the physics credit requirements.

Required Supporting Courses

• MATH 251: Calculus I

• MATH 252: Calculus II

• MATH 261: Calculus III

• MATH 265: Differential Equations

• Select one of the following:

  • CSC 110:  Concepts of Programming

  • CSC 210: Introduction to Computer Programming

Recommended 

• CHEM 151/151L: General Chemistry and General Chemistry Lab

• CHEM 152/152L: General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Lab

• MATH 343: Linear Algebra

• MATH 420: Real Analysis

• MATH 450: Complex Variables