| University Degree Requirements |
52 credit hours |
Departmental Core Curriculum |
34 credit hours |
| Emphasis Area (Professional/Industrial) |
6 credit hours |
| Cognates |
16 credit hours |
| Free electives |
16 credit hours |
| TOTAL |
124 credit hours |
| Core Curriculum |
| PHYS 211/211L |
Physics for Scientists and Engineers I/Lab |
5 credit hours |
| PHYS 212/212L |
Physics for Scientists and Engineers II/Lab |
5 credit hours |
| PHYS 332 |
Analog and Digital Electronics |
3 credit hours |
| PHYS 313 |
Modern Physics |
3 credit hours |
| PHYS 620 |
Mathematics for the Physical Sciences |
3 credit hours |
| PHYS 621 |
Mechanics |
3 credit hours |
| PHYS 632 |
Electricity and Magnetism |
3 credit hours |
| PHYS 652 |
Optics |
3 credit hours |
| PHYS 672 |
Thermal Physics |
3 credit hours |
| PHYS 651/654 |
Advanced Laboratory I/II |
2 credit hours |
| PHYS 675 |
Seminar I |
1 credit hours |
| Professional Emphasis (ideal for students pursuing graduate school): |
| PHYS 677 |
Introductory Quantum Theory |
3 credit hours |
| Elective |
600-level Physics course approved by advisor |
3 credit hours |
| Industrial Emphasis (ideal for students pursuing employment): |
| PHYS 221 |
Statics |
3 credit hours |
| PHYS 331 |
Electronic Circuits |
3 credit hours |
| Cognates |
| CHEM 122/122L |
University Chemistry II/Lab |
5 credit hours |
| MATH 235 |
Analytic Geometry and Calculus II |
4 credit hours |
| MATH 236 |
Analytic Geometry and Calculus III |
4 credit hours |
| MATH 354 |
Differential Equations |
3 credit hours |