The Department of Physics

Level I

Students must complete at least 12 Level I credits which must include:

Semester 1

Physics Major

Credits

• PHYS 1221 Introduction to Mechanics

Core

3

• PHYS 1222 Introduction to Optics, Oscillations and Waves

Core

3

Semester 2

• PHYS 1223 Introduction to Electricity & Magnetism 

Core

3

• PHYS 1224 Introduction to Thermodynamics and Modern Physics

Core

3

Semester 1

• PHYS 2150 Mathematics for Physicists  

Core

3

• PHYS 2152 Vibrations, Waves and Optics

Core

3

• PHYS 2155 Major Laboratory Level II (Year-long)

Core

3

• PHYS 3150 Electromagnetism

Core

3

• PHYS 3153 Physics Major Research Project (Offered in both semesters)

Core

3

• PHYS 3155 Major Laboratory Level III (Year-long)

Core

3

Semester 2

• PHYS 2151 Classical and Statistical Mechanics

Core

3

• PHYS 2153 Astrophysics

Core

3

• PHYS 3151 Quantum Mechanics

Core

3

• PHYS 3152 Advanced Thermodynamics and Solid State Physics

Core

3

•  PHYS 3153 Physics Major Research Project (Offered in both semesters)

Core

3

• PHYS 2154 Fundamentals of Nuclear and Atomic Physics