Physics Major Curriculum

Freshmen Year

Fall Semester
Spring Semester
PHYS 161 Physics I

PHYS 163 Physics I Lab

ENGL 101 Composition and Critical Thought

CHEM 145 Fundamentals of Chemistry I

CHEM 147 Fundamentals of Chemistry I Lab

MATH 141 Calculus I

PE 101 Physical Education

PHYS 162 Physics II

PHYS 164 Physics II Lab

CHEM 146 Fundamentals of Chemistry II

CHEM 148 Fundamentals of Chemistry II Lab

MATH 142 Calculus II

CSCI 143 Programming in C

PE 102 Physical Education


Sophomore Year

Fall Semester
Spring Semester
PHYS 261 Modern Physics with Applications

PHYS 263 Modern Physics Lab

MATH 241 Multivariable Calculus

ENGR 219 Electric Circuits

ENGR 223 Electric Circuits Lab

HUM/SSCI elective

PHYS 228 Astronomy and Astrophysics

PHYS 271 Experimental Methods I

MATH 242 Elementary Differential Equations

ENGL 102 Advanced Exposition and Literature

HUM/SSCI elective

HUM/SSCI elective


Junior Year

Fall Semester
Spring Semester
PHYS 309 Mathematical Methods

PHYS 315 Electromagnetic Theory

PHYS elective*

HUM/SSCI elective

Free elective

PHYS 272 Experimental Methods II

PHYS 316 Optics and Wave Motion

PHYS 326 Optics Lab

PHYS 413 Quantum Mechanics

HUM/SSCI elective

HUM/SSCI elective


Senior Year

Fall Semester
Spring Semester
PHYS 313 Classical Mechanics

PHYS 323 Classical Mechanics Lab

PHYS elective*

HUM/SSCI elective

Free elective

Free elective

PHYS 314 Thermodynamics

PHYS 492 Senior Seminar

Technical elective**

ASC 400 Values Seminar

Free elective