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2022-2023 Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Physics, Custom 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 MATH 024: Linear Algebra and Differential Equations  
PHYS 010: Introductory Physics III   PHYS 105: Analytic Mechanics Core  
PHYS 108: Thermal Physics Core   PHYS 126: Special Relativity Minicourse  
MATH 023: Vector Calculus   Free Elective

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–Social Science Free Elective

Fourth Year

Fall Spring
Senior Thesis Requirement General Education: AREA B–Arts and Humanities
Major Lower Division Science or Engineering Elective Major Custom Emphasis Elective
Major Custom Emphasis Elective Major Custom Emphasis Elective
General Education: Crossroads PHYS 196: Undergraduate Thesis  (if needed)