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2017-2018 Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Physics: Concentration in Preparation for Graduate School


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This concentration is designed to prepare students for advanced studies in physics, providing them with opportunities to do research in areas of experimental or theoretical physics.

The following is highly recommended:


II. Required courses outside the major—19–22 hours:


III. Other departmental requirements:


Senior demonstration of competency is satisfied by a departmental competency examination. Oral competency is demonstrated by successful completion of the oral presentation requirements in PHYS 331  and PHYS 332 .

Liberal Arts Core (LAC)


For additional information about the Liberal Arts Core and the specific courses that fulfill the requirements, visit the Office of the Registrar website, https://registrar.unca.edu/liberal-arts-core.

Liberal Arts Core Requirements

The credit hours listed are the minimum required.

Requirement Credits
First-Year Colloquium 3
Academic Writing and Critical Inquiry 4
Humanities 12
Laboratory Science 4
Scientific Perspectives 3
Quantitative Perspectives 4
Social Science 3
Second Language (proficiency through the 2nd semester) 0-4
Arts and Ideas 3
Senior Capstone 4
Diversity Intensive 3
   
Information Literacy Intensive Fulfilled within the major
Writing Intensive Fulfilled within the major

 

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