Physics: Concentration in Applied Physics

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 hours:

CHEM 111 - General Chemistry Laboratory (1)
CHEM 132 - General Chemistry (3) (or a satisfactory score on the Chemistry Placement Examination)
CSCI 181 - Introductory Programming for Numeric Applications (3) or
CSCI 182 - Introductory Programming for Media Applications (3)
MATH 191 - Calculus I (4)
MATH 192 - Calculus II (4)
MATH 291 - Calculus III (4)
and

5 additional semester hours (or 8 hours if a satisfactory score on the Chemistry Placement Examination exempts the student from CHEM 132) 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:

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 . Computer competency is demonstrated in PHYS 331 and PHYS 332 during oral presentations judged to be satisfactory by the department faculty.