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Program name: | Physics B.A. |
Sample Plan: | Physics |
Total Credits: | 119.0 |
Year 1 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
MATH 1101
- Calculus I : 5.0 cr
:
M/SR
GE
(Intellectual Community)
:2.0 cr
GE
(College Writing)
:4.0 cr
GE
(Foreign Language)
:4.0 cr
|
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
PHYS 1101
- General Physics I : 5.0 cr
:
SCI-L
MATH 1102
- Calculus II : 5.0 cr
:
M/SR
GE
(Foreign Language)
:4.0 cr
GE
(Artistic Performance)
:1.0 cr
|
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 17.0 cr
PHYS 1102
- General Physics II : 5.0 cr
:
SCI-L
MATH 2401W
- Differential Equations : 4.0 cr
:
M/SR
GE
(Communicatin,Lang,Lit,Phlosphy)
:4.0 cr
GE
(Ethical & Civic Responsibility)
:4.0 cr
|
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
PHYS 2101
- Modern Physics : 4.0 cr
:
SCI-L
MATH 2101
- Calculus III : 4.0 cr
:
M/SR
PHYS 2201
- Circuits and Electronic Devices : 4.0 cr
:
SCI-L
GE
(Fine Arts)
:4.0 cr
|
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 12.0 cr
PHYS 3101
- Classical Mechanics : 4.0 cr
:
SCI
GE
(Historical Perspectives)
:4.0 cr
GE
(Human Behvr,Socl Proces,Instns)
:4.0 cr
|
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
PHYS 3501
- Statistical Physics : 4.0 cr
:
SCI
GE
(People and the Environment)
:4.0 cr
Elective
:4.0 cr
Elective
:3.0 cr
|
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
PHYS 4101
- Electromagnetism : 4.0 cr
PHYS 4901
- Senior Thesis I : 1.0 cr
Elective
:2.0 cr
GE
(GE Requirement)
:4.0 cr
Elective
:4.0 cr
|
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
PHYS 4201
- Quantum Mechanics : 4.0 cr
PHYS 3301
- Optics : 4.0 cr
Elective
:4.0 cr
Elective
:2.0 cr
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