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Physics

Course Requirements
Major Academic Plan
Career Paths

There are two different Physics concentration options:

Physics

RequirementsClass NumberClass NameHours*OfferedPrerequisitesNotes
Complete AllPHSCS 121Introduction to Newtonian Mechanics3:3:1F/W/SprCalculus or concurrent enrollment 
PHSCS 220Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism3:3:1F/W/SprMATH 113
& PHSCS 121 (or equivalent)
Recommended
PHSCS 220 and PHSCS 225 taken concurrently
Complete Two
PHSCS 222Modern Physics3:3:0F/WPHSCS 123
& PHSCS 220
 
PHSCS 321Mechanics3:3:0FPHSCS 121
& PHSCS 230
& (MATH 314 or 302)
 
PHSCS 360Statistical and Thermal Physics
3:3:0WPHSCS 220
& (MATH 334 or 303)
 
PHSCS 471Principles of Optics3:3:1WPHSCS 123
& PHSCS 220
& (MATH 314 or 302)
 
PHSCS 441Electrostatics and Magnetism3:3:0FPHSCS 220
& PHSCS 318
PHSCS 442Electrodynamics3:3:0WPHSCS 441 
PHSCS 451Quantum Mechanics3:3:0FPHSCS 222
& PHSCS 318
 
Common Possible PrerequisitePHSCS 123Introduction to Waves, Optics, and Thermodynamics
3:3:1F/W/SpPHSCS 121
& Calculus

RecommendedPHSCS 225Introduction to Experimental Physics2:0:6F/WPHSCS 220 concurrently

*Hours are Credit : Lecture : Lab

Acoustics

RequirementsClass NumberClass NameHours*OfferedPrerequisitesNotes
Complete AllPHSCS 123Introduction to Waves, Optics, and Thermodynamics 3:3:1F/W/SpPHSCS 121
& Calculus
 
PHSCS 461Introduction to Acoustics3:3:0WPHSCS 121
& MATH 334 or 303
Recommended
PHSCS 123
& Concurrent enrollment in PHSCS 318
Complete TwoPHSCS 560Acoustical Measurement Methods3:3:1F- 
PHSCS 561Fundamentals of Acoustics3:3:0FPHSCS 318 or equivalent
& PHSCS 461 or concurrent enrollment
Recommended
PHSCS 318
& PHSCS 321
or equivalents
EC EN 380Signals and Systems4:3:3FEC EN 240
& MATH 334
& MATH 213
& MATH 215
& PHSCS 220
 
Indirectly RequiredPHSCS 121Introduction to Newtonian Mechanics3:3:1F/W/SprCalculus or concurrent enrollment

Possible PrerequisitesPHSCS 220Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism3:3:1F/W/SprMATH 113
& PHSCS 121 (or equivalent)
Recommended
PHSCS 220 and PHSCS 225 taken concurrently
EC EN 240Circuit Analysis and Laboratory4:3:3F/W/SprCS 142 or 111
& MATH 113
& PHSCS 121
& Average of B or better in completed Math, Physics & Computer Science courses
Fee
PHSCS 318Introduction to Mathematical Physics3:3:0F/WPHSCS 230
& MATH 334 or 303
Other prerequisites
Math 302 or Math 314
PHSCS 230Computational Physics Lab 11:0:3F/W/SprMATH 113
& PHSCS 121
& PHSCS 123
& PHSCS 220
& MATH 302 or 213
Recommended
CS 110, 111 or 142

 

*Hours are Credit : Lecture : Lab

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After graduation, students have gone into the both the workforce and graduate programs. The following table shows some of the career paths our graduates from this concentration have followed:

Job Title

Master's Degree Subject

Implementation Consultant/Specialist

Machine Learning Engineer

Software Engineer

Applied Data Science

Mathematics

Physics