Physics

Chair:  William Harris

Program Coordinator: David Bowman

Major

(B.S. degree) A total of fifty-one semester hours required. Thirty-two semester hours of physics including PHY 211, 212, 241, 319, and 343. The remaining fifteen hours of physics courses must be numbered 300 and above. The allied courses required are MAT 125, 225, and 325, and no less than 10 hours to be chosen from the following courses: MAT 310 and 345; CHE 111, 112, and 113; CSC 115 and 312.

Minor

A total of nineteen semester hours required in physics including PHY 211, 212, 241; and nine hours of 300 or 400 level course work in Physics.

Recommended Sequence of Courses

First Year:
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PHY 211 PHY 212
MAT 125 MAT 225
Second Year:
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PHY 241 PHY 319
PHY 343 MAT elective
MAT 325
Third Year:
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PHY elective PHY elective
CHE elective PHY elective
Fourth Year:
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PHY elective PHY elective
MAT or CHE elective