Physics (B.S.)
Administered by the Physics and Engineering Technology Department
Effective Fall, 2009
For a major in Physics, the bachelor of science program requires 71 semester hours; 15 of the required semester hours count toward general education requirements. Thus, in addition to the above program requirements, students must complete 35 to 44 semester hours in general education. The balance of the university's 120 semester hours requirement for a bachelor's degree comes from electives.
Bachelor of Science required courses include:
54.211 General Physics I
54.212 General Physics II
54.302 Mechanics: Dynamics
54.310 Modern Atomic Physics
54.314 Electricity and Magnetism
54.315 Electronics
54.318 Optics
54.400 Advanced Physics Laboratory
54.422 Thermodynamics
54.450 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
12 semester hours chosen from other physics courses numbered above 300
- 52.115 Chemistry for the Sciences I
- 52.116 Chemistry for the Sciences II
- 53.125 Calculus I
- 53.126 Calculus II
- 53.225 Calculus III
- 53.322 Differential Equations
- 56.116 Algorithmic Processes for Computers
One of the following three courses: