B.A. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

The B.A. degree is available for those students who desire a physics major combined with a broader education in liberal arts and in other fields.

University Requirements

Completion of the University's Integrative Studies sequences and the First Year Writing course is required for each student. About 26-27 credits are required to satisfy the University requirements. Courses must be completed in each of the following areas:

• (a)First Year Writing
  This course may be completed in the first or second semester, but for physics majors the first semester suits scheduling the best, enabling the student to begin Physics, for example, in the second semester of the first year (after a semester of introductory calculus).

• (b)Tier II Writing
  This is to be completed in the major.

• (c)Integrative Studies in the Social Science
  Two semesters or 8 credits are required. Either the sophomore year or the junior year would be suitable. It is also possible to take one 4 credit course each year.

• (d)Integrative Studies in the Arts and Humanities
  Two semesters or 8 credits are required. The junior and senior year are optimum times to include these courses in the program.

• (e)Integrative Studies in Biological and Physical Science
  This requirement is fulfilled by the College of Natural Science requirements.

• (g)Capstone Synthesis All students must complete a Capstone Course(s) in the senior year which synthisizes the four-year experience. For Physics majors there is an option of two possible ways to satisfy this requirement.

COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS

(a) Complete one course from the following list:

BS 110 Organisms and Populations
BS 111 Cells and Molecules
BOT 105 Plant Biology
ENT 205 Pests, Society and Environment
MPH 205 Allied Health Microbiology
PSL 250 Introductory Physiology

(b) Complete one sequence:

CEM 161 General Chemistry Lab. I and CEM 141 General Chemistry I
CEM 161 General Chemistry Lab. I and CEM 151 Chemistry I

(c) Completeboth courses:

MTH 132 Calculus I
MTH 133 Calculus II

(d) Complete one of the following courses:

PHY 183 Physics for Scientists and Engineers I
PHY 183B Physics for Scientists and Engineers I, CBI
PHY 193H Honors Physics I - Mechanics

PHYSICS B.A. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

1. Complete the University graduation requirements.

2. Complete the College of Natural Science B. A. degree requirements.

3. Complete the following Physics degree requirements.

(a) Complete all of the following courses:

PHY 191 Physics Laboratory for Scientists I
PHY 192 Physics Laboratory for Scientists II
PHY 215 Thermodynamics and Modern Physics
PHY 321 Classical Mechanics
PHY 410 Thermal and Statistical Physics
MTH 234 Multivariate Calculus I
MTH 235 Multivaviate Calculus II

(b) Complete one of the following courses:

PHY 184 Physics for Scientists and Engineers II
PHY 184B Physics for Scientists and Engineers II, CBI
PHY 294H Honors Physics II - Electricity and Magnetism

 

(c) Complete one of the following courses:

PHY 471 Quantum Mechanics I
PHY 481 Electricity and Magnetism I

(d) Complete one of the following courses :

PHY 431 Optics I Laboratory
PHY 440 Electricity and Magnetism I Laboratory

(e) Complete one additional mathematics course at the 300 level or above.

(f) Complete the Tier II writing requirement.

(g) Complete the Capsone requirement.