Physics: Concentration in Applied Physics

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This concentration provides a solid background in basic physics while maintaining enough flexibility to allow students to prepare for immediate entry into industry or a government research laboratory.

I. Required courses in the major—33 hours:

II. Required courses outside the major—24-28 hours:

CHEM 111 - General Chemistry Laboratory (1)
CHEM 132 - General Chemistry (3)
CSCI 182 - Introduction to Programming: Media Applications (3) or
CSCI 183 - Introduction to Programming: Data Science (3)
MATH 191 - Calculus I (4)
Note: MATH 191 requires completion of MATH 167 or placement
MATH 192 - Calculus II (4)
MATH 291 - Calculus III (4)
5 additional semester hours of coordinated work in Computer Science, Engineering or another area of science. The selected program of courses must be approved by the department chair prior to initiation of the sequence.

III. Other departmental requirements:

Major competency is demonstrated through a departmental competency examination.

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

Courses that satisfy some of the following LAC requirements can be found throughout the curriculum and may be used to fulfill multiple requirements.

Requirement	Credits
First-Year Seminar	3-4
Academic Writing and Critical Inquiry	4
Humanities	12
Laboratory Science	4
Scientific Perspectives	3-4
Quantitative Perspectives	4
Social Science	3-4
Second Language (proficiency through the 2nd semester)	0-8
Arts and Ideas	3-4
Senior Capstone	4
Diversity Intensive (DI and DI-R)	6-8