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Submitted by sbaumgartner on Tue, 04/19/2022 - 11:57
Type of Offering
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Arts & Sciences School of Science, Technology and Mathematics

Courses

I. MAJOR COURSES (30-31 hours)

Group A: Required courses

Physics 1 + Lab
Physics 2 + Lab
Modern Physics
Math Methods
Analytical Mechanics
Electricity and Magnetism 1
Capstone II
Planetary Astronomy or Stars and Galaxies


Group B: Electives
Choose 2 additional courses from the list below to complete the hours required for the applied physics major, that is, an additional 5 or 6 hours.

Advanced Physics Lab
Nuclear Physics
Phys of Photo. Mat.
Optics
Astrophysics
Solid State
Statistical Mechanics
Computational Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Intro to Quantum Comp.
Plasma Physics
Special Topics in Physics


II. OTHER REQUIRED COURSES
Calculus 1, Calculus 2
Completion of a Major, Minor, or Option in another field
or
Completion of one of the following sequences:
General Chemistry 1 - majors, Gen. Chem. 2 - majors
Biology 1, Biology 2

III. CAPSTONE PROJECT

The student is required to complete a capstone project. This project will consist of research on a physics topic in consultation with a physics professor. In the case when the student is involved in a capstone project in a discipline other than physics, and the research topic has significant ideas that belong to the physics discipline, the capstone will be considered joint research and will satisfy the requirement of a physics capstone as well.

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