BS PHYSICS - Recommended Curriculum Total Credits indicate: (total credits, credits in PHYS and/or Math) |
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| First year | Fall | Spring | |||
| MATH 201x (Calc II) | 4 | MATH 202x (Calc III) | 4 | ||
| PHYS 211x (Gen. Phys I) | 4 | PHYS 212x (Gen. Phys II) | 4 | ||
| ENGL 111x (Intro Acad. Writing) | 1 | LS 101X (Library Sci.) | 1 | ||
| Hum/Soc Sci x | 3 | COMM 131/141x (Fund of Oral Comm) | 3 | ||
| 3 | Hum/Soc Scix | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 15,8 | Total Credits | 15,8 | ||
| Second year | Fall | Spring | |||
| PHYS 213x (Elem. Modern Phys) | 4 | PHYS 220 (Computational Phys) | 4 | ||
| ENGL 213x (Academic Writing) | 3 | PHYS 301 (Intro to Math Phys) | 4 | ||
| CHEM 105x (Gen. Chem I) | 4 | CHEM 106x (Gen. Chem II) | 4 | ||
| *** | PHYS 313 (Thermo & Statistical Phys) | 4 | Elective | 3 | |
| Hum/Soc Scix | 3 | ||||
| Total Credits | 14,4 | Total Credits | 15,8 | ||
| Third year | Fall | Spring | |||
| PHYS 341 (Class Phys:Part Mech) | 4 | PHYS 342 (Class Phys II: E&M) | 4 | ||
| MATH 421 (Applied Analysis) | 4 | MATH 422 (Intro Complex Analysis) | 3 | ||
| PHYS 381 W,O (Advanced Lab) | 3 | PHYS 382W (Advanced Lab II) | 3 | ||
| Hum/Soc Sci x | 3 | Hum/Soc Sci x | 3 | ||
| Total Credits | 14,11 | Total Credits | 13,10 | ||
| Fourth year | Fall | Spring | |||
| PHYS 343 (Class Phys:Vibrations/Waves) | 4 | Hum/Soc Scix | 3 | ||
| PHYS 421 (Quantum Mechanics) | 4 | PHYS 472 ** (Advanced Topics II) | 3 | ||
| PHYS 471 * (Advanced Topics I) | 3 | PHYS 462 (Optics) | 4 | ||
| Elective | - | Elective | 3 | ||
| Elective | 3 | ||||
| Total Credits | 14,11 | Total Credits | 16,7 | ||
| * PHYS 471: 1 credit per topic. Advanced Topics in Physics I. Emphasis topics provide increased breadth in basic physics. Three topics are offered within the fall and spring semesters of each academic year as compressed 14 -lecture, one-credit courses. The selection is made from within the following: 471A Condensed Matter PhysicsI; 471B Condensed Matter Physics II; 471C Space and Auroral Physics; 471D Nonlinear Dynamics; 471E Biophysics; 471F Nuclear and Particle Physics; 471G General Relativity; 471H Astrophysics; 471I Topics in Modern Mathematical Physics. (Pre-requisites: PHYS 220 and 301 or permission of instructor.) | |||||
| **PHYS 472: 1 credit per topic: Advanced Topics in Physics II. Application topics provide expanded exposure to subjects in physics. Three topics are offered within the fall and spring semesters of each academic year as compressed 14-lecture, one-credit courses. The selection is made from within the following; 472A Planetary Atmospheres; 472B Fluid Dynamics; 472C Plasma Physics; 472D Hamiltonian Mechanics; 472E Physics of Glaciers; 472F Remote Sensing; 472G Solar Physics; 472H Advanced Laboratory; 472I Spectroscopy; 472J Cosmology; 472K Quantum Computation; 472L Covarian Kinematics and Dynamics . (Pre-requesites: PHYS 220 and 301 or permission of instructor.) | |||||
| *** PHYS 313 will be offered Fall Semester NOT Spring Semester for 07/08 academic year only. Beginning in the 2008/09 academic year - it will move to spring semester. | |||||