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Program name: | Physics B.S. Phys. |
Sub-plan: | Teaching |
Sample Plan: | Secondary Education |
Total Credits: | 121.0 |
Year 1 - Fall Semester: 26.0 cr
PHYS 1301W
- Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering I : 4.0 cr
:
PHYS,
WI
MATH 1271
- Calculus I : 4.0 cr
:
MATH
LE
(Civic Life and Ethics)
:3.0 cr
LE
(Arts/Humanities)
:3.0 cr
MATH 1272
- Calculus II : 4.0 cr
PHYS 1302W
- Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering II : 4.0 cr
:
PHYS,
WI
PSY 1001
- Introduction to Psychology : 4.0 cr
:
SOCS
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Year 1 - Spring Semester: 0 cr
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Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
PHYS 2201
- Introductory Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics : 4.0 cr
LE
(Biological Sciences)
:4.0 cr
PHYS 2503
- Physics III: Intro to Waves, Optics, and Special Relativity : 4.0 cr
Freshman Composition
:4.0 cr
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Year 2 - Spring Semester: 18.0 cr
LE
(Diversity and Soc Justice US)
:3.0 cr
PHYS 2601
- Quantum Physics : 4.0 cr
MATH 2243
- Linear Algebra and Differential Equations : 4.0 cr
MATH 2263
- Multivariable Calculus : 4.0 cr
PHYS 2605
- Quantum Physics Laboratory : 3.0 cr
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Year 3 - Fall Semester: 0 cr
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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
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Year 4 - Fall Semester: 14.0 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
:4.0 cr
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Year 4 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
PHIL 3601W
- Scientific Thought : 4.0 cr
:
WI
Technical Electives (26 cr) : 12.0 cr
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