Physics, Computation and Data Science Emphasis, B.S. Four-Year Course Plan

All General Education course options can be found here.

First Year
Fall	Spring
MATH 021: Calculus I for Physical Sciences and Engineering	MATH 022: Calculus II for Physical Sciences and Engineering
SPRK 001: Spark Seminar or SPRK 010: Spark Seminar	Major Computer Science Requirement
PHYS 008: Introductory Physics I for Physical Sciences and PHYS 008L	WRI 010: College Reading and Composition
CHEM 002: General Chemistry I	PHYS 009: Introductory Physics II for Physical Sciences and PHYS 009L
Second Year
Fall	Spring
General Education: AREA B–Social Science or Arts and Humanities	PHYS 010: Introductory Physics III
MATH 023: Vector Calculus	PHYS 105: Analytic Mechanics Core
PHYS 108: Thermal Physics Core	MATH 024: Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Free Elective	PHYS 126: Special Relativity Minicourse
Third Year
Fall	Spring
MATH 032: Probability and Statistics	PHYS 115: Electrodynamics Core II Waves and Dynamic Electromagnetic Fields
PHYS 110: Electrodynamics Core	PHYS 138: Quantum Mechanics II Core
PHYS 137: Quantum Mechanics Core	PHYS 160: Modern Physics Lab
General Education: AREA B–Arts and Humanities	General Education: Crossroads
Fourth Year
Fall	Spring
PHYS 127: Machine Learning and Statistics for Physics and Astronomy (Fall in odd years)	PHYS 181: Computational Physics (Limited offering)
Major Lower Division Science or Engineering Elective	PHYS 196: Undergraduate Thesis (if needed)
Senior Thesis Requirement	Free Elective
General Education: AREA B–Social Science	Major Upper Division Computation and Data Science Emphasis Elective

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Physics, Computation and Data Science Emphasis, B.S. Four-Year Course Plan

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