This web page is being reviewed and is expected to be updated for the Fall 2009 semester. In the meantime, please contact the department's administrative office for updates about academic requirements.

• 47 credits in Physics
• 15 credits in Mathematics
• 28 credits in General Education courses
• 30 credits to be chosen with the help of your adviser.

Click here for a sample course sequence. 

The requirements for the B.A. in physics include:

• 37 credits in Physics
• 15 credits in Mathematics
• 28 credits in General Education courses
• 40 credits to be chosen with the help of your adviser.

Click here for a sample course sequence.

Students in the B.A. program are strongly encouraged to minor in another discipline offeorange by the College of Arts and Sciences.

The department also offers a minor in physics.

	-	Required Course
	-	Highly Recommended
	-	Highly Recommended for Pre-Engineering Students

Course Requirements
Course#	Course Title	Lab	B.A.	B.S.
PHY 100	Perspectives in Physics
PHY 104	Astronomy
PHY 106	Beyond the Solar System
PHY 107	Observational Astronomy
PHY 110	Physics for Music Lovers
PHY 111	College Physics I
PHY 112	College Physics II
PHY 113	Physics for Science Majors I
PHY 114	Physics for Science Majors II
PHY 118	Problems Using Computers
PHY 121	Physical Universe: Astronomy & Cosmology
PHY 122	Light-Principles and Demonstrations
PHY 130	The Ascent of Physics
PHY 211	Introduction to Mathematical Methods for Physicists
PHY 216	Modern Physics
PHY 217	Physics of Energy Sources
PHY 230	Statics
PHY 231	Dynamics
PHY 243	Analog Circuits
PHY 244	Digital Circuits
PHY 250	Physical Problems of Pollution
PHY 260	Engineering Thermodynamics
PHY 263	Introduction to Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
PHY 264	Optics
PHY 301	Mathematical Methods in Physics
PHY 302	Theoretical Physics
PHY 316	Fluid Dynamics
PHY 322	Advanced Physics
PHY 330	Engineering Materials
PHY 370	Physical Mechanics
PHY 380	Electromagnetic Theory
PHY 390	Special Topics
PHY 401	Physics Colloquium
PHY 421	Undergraduate Physics Thesis I
PHY 422	Undergraduate Physics Thesis II
PHY 428	Quantum Mechanics
PHY 490	Independent Study
PHY 513	Principles of Environmental Physics II
PHY 555	Lasers and Holography

Cognate Area - Mathematics
Course#	Course Title	Lab	B.A.	B.S.
MTH 141	Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
MTH 142	Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
MTH 243	Calculus III
MTH 244	Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations
MTH 253	Linear Algebra

Cognate Area - Computer Science
Course#	Course Title	Lab	B.A.	B.S.
CSC 171	Introduction to Computer Programming
CSC 172	Introduction to Algorithms and Data Structure

Cognate Area - Chemistry
Course#	Course Title	Lab	B.A.	B.S.
CHE 111	General Chemistry I
CHE 112	General Chemistry II

	-	Required Course
	-	Highly Recommended
	-	Highly Recommended for Pre-Engineering Students