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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Physics B.S. Phys.
Sub-plan: Professional
Sample Plan: Professional
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
PHYS 1301W - Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering I : 4.0 cr : PHYS, WI
MATH 1271 - Calculus I : 4.0 cr : MATH
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
PHYS 1302W - Introductory Physics for Science and Engineering II : 4.0 cr : PHYS, WI
MATH 1272 - Calculus II : 4.0 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
CSCI 1113 - Introduction to C/C++ Programming for Scientists and Engineers : 4.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
PHYS 2503 - Physics III: Intro to Waves, Optics, and Special Relativity : 4.0 cr
PHYS 2201 - Introductory Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics : 4.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :4.0 cr
MATH 2373 - CSE Linear Algebra and Differential Equations : 4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
PHYS 2601 - Quantum Physics : 4.0 cr
PHYS 3605W - Modern Physics Laboratory : 3.0 cr : WI
PHYS 3041 - Mathematical Methods for Physicists : 3.0 cr
MATH 2374 - CSE Multivariable Calculus and Vector Analysis : 4.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
PHYS 4001 - Analytical Mechanics : 4.0 cr
PHYS 4051 - Methods of Experimental Physics I : 5.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US, Historical Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
PHYS 4002 - Electricity and Magnetism : 4.0 cr
PHYS 4052W - Methods of Experimental Physics II : 5.0 cr : WI
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
PHYS 4101 - Quantum Mechanics : 4.0 cr
PHYS 4201 - Statistical and Thermal Physics : 3.0 cr
PHYS 4303 - Electrodynamics and Waves : 3.0 cr
PHYS 4621 - Introduction to Plasma Physics : 3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
PHYS 4211 - Introduction to Solid-State Physics : 3.0 cr
MATS 3011 - Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering : 3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
PHYS 4121W - History of 20th-Century Physics : 3.0 cr : WI
MATH 4242 - Applied Linear Algebra : 4.0 cr