Physics B.S.

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Please note: The third year of the program varies depending upon which semester the student chooses to take away following The Arch Summer Semester classes. Please note the following differences in curriculum:

• If students are going to be away during the Fall semester of their junior year, they should take the listed courses for each term and any courses under the Fall Away Track for year three of their program.
   
• If students are going to be away during the Spring semester of their junior year, they should take the listed courses for each term and any courses under the Spring Away Track for year three of their program.

Fourth Year

Tracks

Technical and free electives may be chosen to provide a 128-credit B.S. in Physics with a track in Computational Physics. Program advisers should be consulted.

Footnotes

1. HASS courses shall total 24 credits and meet distribution requirements in the catalog.
2. PHYS 1100  or PHYS 1110 ; and PHYS 1200  may be substituted for PHYS 1150  and PHYS 1250 , respectively.
3. MATH 4000-level electives to be chosen from the following:
   MATH 4100 , MATH 4300 , MATH 4400 , MATH 4500 , MATH 4600 , MATH 4700 , or MATH 4800  .
   A Physics course approved by the Physics Undergraduate Program Committee.
4. Technical Electives are to be selected with the aid of an adviser in order to create a track in an appropriate applied physics field. See “Applied Physics Track” below.
5. Students must complete a culminating experience, which may be fulfilled (1) through research participation; (2) by passing a designated 4-credit senior elective course; or (3) by passing a designated 3-credit course in Physics or Astronomy plus 1 credit of PHYS 4910 .

Electives

Physics majors planning to pursue graduate study should take advanced physics courses chosen from the following undergraduate- and graduate-level offerings:

• ASTR 4120 - Observational Astronomy Credit Hours: 4
• ASTR 4220 - Astrophysics Credit Hours: 4
• ASTR 4240 - Gravitation and Cosmology Credit Hours: 4
• PHYS 4240 - General Relativity Credit Hours: 4
• PHYS 4620 - Elementary Particle Physics Credit Hours: 4
• PHYS 4630 - Lasers and Optical Systems Credit Hours: 4
• PHYS 4720 - Solid-State Physics Credit Hours: 4
• PHYS 4810 - Computational Physics Credit Hours: 4
• PHYS 4960 - Topics in Physics Credit Hours: 1-4
• PHYS 6510 - Quantum Mechanics I Credit Hours: 4
• PHYS 6520 - Quantum Mechanics II Credit Hours: 4
• PHYS 6530 - Quantum Mechanics III Credit Hours: 4
• PHYS 6960 - Topics in Physics Credit Hours: Variable