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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Physics B.S. Phys.
Sub-plan: Teaching
Sample Plan: Secondary Education Sample Plan
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 22.0 cr
PHYS 1301W - Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering I : 4.0 cr : PHYS, WI
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
MATH 1272 - Calculus II : 4.0 cr
PHYS 2201 - Introductory Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics : 4.0 cr
PHYS 2605 - Quantum Physics Laboratory : 3.0 cr
MATH 1271 - Calculus I : 4.0 cr : MATH
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 4.0 cr
PHYS 1302W - Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering II : 4.0 cr : PHYS, WI
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 19.0 cr
PHYS 2601 - Quantum Physics : 4.0 cr
PHYS 2503 - Physics III: Intro to Waves, Optics, and Special Relativity : 4.0 cr
PSY 1001 - Introduction to Psychology : 4.0 cr : SOCS
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
MATH 2243 - Linear Algebra and Differential Equations : 4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
MATH 2263 - Multivariable Calculus : 4.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 31.0 cr
PHYS 4001 - Analytical Mechanics : 4.0 cr
PHYS 4051 - Methods of Experimental Physics I : 5.0 cr
PHYS 4052W - Methods of Experimental Physics II : 5.0 cr : WI
Technical Electives (26 cr) : 14.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
HSCI 3814 - Revolutions in Science: The Babylonians to Newton : 3.0 cr : HIS, GP
PHYS 4002 - Electricity and Magnetism : 4.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
PHIL 3601W - Scientific Thought : 4.0 cr : WI
Technical Electives (26 cr) : 12.0 cr