College of Science and Mathematics
Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Bachelor of Science in Physics
Sample 4-Year Paradigm for BS in Physics with a concentration in Astronomy
Freshman Year First Semester Freshman Year Second Semester
|
Course |
Credits |
Course |
Credits |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
FDS 100 |
1 |
CSC 117 |
4 |
||
|
SCI 100 |
3 |
SSC 100 |
3 |
||
|
CHE 151 |
5 |
CHE 152 |
5 |
||
|
MAT 143 |
4 |
MAT 153 |
4 |
||
|
COM 119 |
3 |
PED |
0.5 |
||
|
PED |
0.5 |
||||
|
Total |
16.5 |
16.5 |
Sophomore Year First Semester Sophomore Year Second Semester
|
Course |
Credits |
Course |
Credits |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CSC 239 |
2 |
PHY 241 General Physics I |
5 |
||
|
MAT 241 |
4 |
PHY 271 Astronomy I |
3 |
||
|
MAT 261 |
4 |
MAT 242 |
3 |
||
|
ENG 120 |
3 |
SS elective |
3 |
||
|
ECO 221 |
3 |
HUM elective |
3 |
||
|
PED |
0.5 |
||||
|
Total |
16.5 |
17.0 |
Junior Year First Semester Junior Year Second Semester
|
PHY 242 General Physics II |
5 |
PHY 341 Modern Physics |
3 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PHY 311 Classical Mechanics |
3 |
PHY 351 Modern Physics Lab |
1 |
|
|
PHY 397 Jr Seminar I |
0.5 |
PHY 398 Jr Seminar II |
0.5 |
|
|
MAT 341 |
3 |
MAT 342 |
3 |
|
|
PHY 371 Astronomy II |
3 |
MAT 346 |
4 |
|
|
PHY 495/496 |
1 |
PHY 495/496 |
1 |
|
|
PED |
0.5 |
HUM elective |
3 |
|
|
Total |
16.0 |
15.5 |
Senior Year First Semester Senior Year Second Semester
|
Course |
Credits |
Course |
Credits |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
PHY 321 Electromagnetism |
3 |
PHY 411 Statistical Mechanics |
3 |
||
|
PHY 441 Quantum Mechanics |
3 |
PHY 482 Astronomy Lab II |
1 |
||
|
PHY 497 Sr Seminar I |
0.5 |
PHY 498 Sr Seminar II |
0.5 |
||
|
PHY 481 Astronomy Lab I |
1 |
MAT 325 |
3 |
||
|
PHY 495/496 |
1 |
PHY 495/496 |
1 |
||
|
HUM elective |
3 |
HUM elective |
3 |
||
|
Science elective |
3 |
Science elective |
3 |
||
|
Science elective |
3 |
||||
|
Total |
17.5 |
17 |