Physics (B.A.)
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education 23 Requirements | ||
| 33 credit hours | 33 | |
| Physics Major Requirements (35 credit hours) | ||
| Required Core Courses (26 credit hours) | ||
| PHY 111 | UNIVERSITY PHYSICS I | 5 |
| PHY 112 | UNIVERSITY PHYSICS II | 5 |
| PHY 213 | UNIVERSITY PHYSICS III | 3 |
| PHY 214 | OPTICS AND HEAT LABORATORY | 1 |
| PHY 305 | MODERN PHYSICS I | 3 |
| PHY 306 | MODERN PHYSICS II | 3 |
| PHY 310 | COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS LABORATORY | 3 |
| PHY 320 | INTRODUCTION TO THEORETICAL PHYSICS | 3 |
| Electives in Physics (9 credit hours) | ||
| Select from the following: | 9 | |
| OPTICS | ||
| HEAT AND THERMODYNAMICS | ||
| STATICS | ||
| ELECTRIC CIRCUIT ANALYSIS | ||
| NONLINEAR DYNAMICS AND CHAOS | ||
| ADVANCED PHYSICS LABORATORY | ||
| CLASSICAL MECHANICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM MECHANICS | ||
| ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM I | ||
| ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM II | ||
| Required Credit Hours Outside the Major (23 credit hours) | ||
| CHE 111 | FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY I | 3 |
| CHE 112 | FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY II | 3 |
| CHE 113 | LABORATORY FOR FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY I | 1 |
| CHE 114 | LABORATORY FOR FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY II | 1 |
| MAT 161 | CALCULUS I | 4 |
| MAT 162 | CALCULUS II | 4 |
| MAT 163 | USING TECHNOLOGY TO EXPLORE CALCULUS I | 1 |
| MAT 164 | USING TECHNOLOGY TO EXPLORE CALCULUS II | 1 |
| MAT 263 | CALCULUS III | 4 |
| MAT 264 | USING TECHNOLOGY TO EXPLORE CALCULUS III | 1 |
| All College Electives | ||
| 29 credit hours | 29 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
Students will demonstrate:
- ability to communicate clearly using the vocabulary and concepts of physics.
- ability to solve conceptual and quantitative problems in physics at an undergraduate level.
- understanding of laboratory skills used in physics laboratory exercises.
- ability to write algorithms in a computational language using common software.
- an understanding of keeping an accurate and legible laboratory notebook.
- to analyze and evaluate experimental data.
- mastery of the subject matter in Classical Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, and Quantum Mechanics.
- adequate technical report writing skills.
- adequate oral presentation skills.