Physics Major
Along with completing required courses in secondary education, students electing a major in physics must complete the following courses with a minimum grade point average of 2.50 and a minimum grade of C:
Requirements
Biology
| BIOL 111 | Introductory Biology I | 4 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
Chemistry
| CHEM 103 | General Chemistry I | 4 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
| CHEM 104 | General Chemistry II | 4 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
Mathematics
| MATH 212 | Calculus I | 4 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
| MATH 213 | Calculus II | 4 | Offered fall, spring, summer. |
| MATH 314 | Calculus III | 4 | Offered fall and spring. |
| MATH 416 | Ordinary Differential Equations | 4 | Offered spring (as needed). |
Political Science
| PSCI 212 | Introduction to Geology | 4 | Offered fall and summer. |
| PSCI 357 | Historical and Contemporary Contexts of Science | 3 | Offered as needed. |
Physics
| PHYS 200 | Mechanics | 4 | Offered fall. |
| PHYS 201 | Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | Offered spring. |
| PHYS 307 | Quantum Mechanics I | 3 | Offered fall (even years). |
| PHYS 311 | Thermodynamics | 3 | Offered fall (odd years)). |
| PHYS 312 | Mathematical Methods in Physics | 3 | Offered spring. |
| PHYS 313 | Junior Laboratory | 3 | Offered spring. |
| PHYS 401 | Advanced Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | Offered fall (odd years). |
| PHYS 403 | Classical Mechanics | 3 | Offered fall (even years). |
| PHYS 407 | Quantum Mechanics II | 3 | Offered spring (odd years). |
| PHYS 413 | Senior Laboratory | 3 | Offered spring. |
| PHYS 491-493 | Research in Physics | 1 | Offered as needed |
Total Credit Hours: 68
Note: To enroll in SED 411 and SED 412, students must have completed at least 55 credit hours of required and cognate courses in the major or have the consent of the program advisor. Prior to enrollment in SED 421, students must have completed all requirements in the physics major.