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Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Physics : Physics Option, BS


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General Education Requirements (39 credit hours)


Core Requirements (12 credit hrs) See list …

  • English composition (6 hrs)
  • Oral communication (3 hrs) 
  • Mathematics (3 hrs)

General Requirements (24 credit hrs)

  • Humanities/Fine Arts (9 hrs); at least 3 hrs Humanities and 3 hrs Fine Arts
  • Social Sciences (9 hrs); in at least two different disciplines
  • Natural Sciences (6 hrs); 3 hrs Physical Science and 3 hrs Life Sciences, one of which must be a lab course

 

College of Arts and Sciences General Education Requirements (3 credit hrs)


  • General Education  
  • One course in a World Language (3 hrs)
  • One general education or major course carrying the diversity designation (embedded)  

Program / Major Requirements (56 credit hrs)


Physics Capstone Course (3 credit hrs)


Required Supportive Courses


Physics Required Courses in Math and CS (19 credit hrs)


Physics Required Courses in Biology, Chemistry, and Physical Science (11 credit hrs)


Program / Major Electives (1 Credit hr)


Choose any other courses in consultation with the physics academic advisor.

 


Degree Program Credit Hour Total: 120


 

Sample 4-Year Plan


1st Year - Spring


2nd Year - Spring


3rd Year - Fall


4th Year - Fall


Degree Program Credit Hour Total: 120


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