Courses

I. MAJOR COURSES (30-31 hours) 

    Group A: Required courses 
            
Physics 1 + Lab                
Physics 2 + Lab            
Modern Physics
Math Methods
Analytical Mechanics         
Electricity and Magnetism 1
Capstone II
Planetary Astronomy or Stars and Galaxies                                  
        

     Group B: Electives
     Choose 2 additional courses from the list below to complete the hours required for the applied physics major,                                                                                                           that is, an additional 5 or 6 hours.
    
Advanced Physics Lab    
Nuclear Physics     
Phys of Photo. Mat.    
Optics    
Astrophysics    
Solid State    
Statistical Mechanics    
Computational Physics
Quantum Mechanics
Intro to Quantum Comp.
Plasma Physics
Special Topics in Physics

    
II. OTHER REQUIRED COURSES 
Calculus 1, Calculus 2
Completion of a Major, Minor, or Option in another field
        or
Completion of one of the following sequences:
 General Chemistry 1 - majors,  Gen. Chem. 2 - majors
 Biology 1, Biology 2

III. CAPSTONE PROJECT

The student is required to complete a capstone project. This project will consist of research on a physics topic in consultation with a physics professor. In the case when the student is involved in a capstone project in a discipline other than physics, and the research topic has significant ideas that belong to the physics discipline, the capstone will be considered joint research and will satisfy the requirement of a physics capstone as well.