Revised 2-23-11
DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
MAJOR: PHYSICS
CONCENTRATION: ASTRONOMY/ASTROPHYSICS
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CURRICULUM |
CREDITS |
UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS
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Critical
Reading and Writing |
3 |
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(minimum
grade C-) |
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|
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First Year Experience (FYE) |
0-4 |
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS
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Writing:
(minimum grade C-) |
3 |
A second writing course
involving significant writing experience including two papers with a combined
minimum of 3,000 words to be submitted for extended faculty critique of both
composition and content. This course must be taken after completion of 60
credit hours. Appropriate writing courses are normally designated in the
semester's Registration Booklet. (See list of courses approved for second writing
requirement)
College of Arts and Sciences
Breadth Requirements:
(minimum grade C-)
The College Breadth Requirements are in addition to the University Breadth
Requirement. Up to 3 credits from each of the University Breadth Requirement
categories may be used to simultaneously satisfy these College of Arts and
Sciences Breadth Requirements.
|
A total
of eighteen credits from Groups A, B and C is required with a minimum of six
credits in each group. The six credits from each group could be from
the same area. |
18 |
Group A: Creative Arts and Humanities
Group B: History and Cultural Change
Group C: Social and Behavioral Sciences.
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
Ordinarily, no more than four credits from among PHYS 201 and PHYS 207 may be counted toward
graduation requirements; similarly no more than four from among PHYS 202, PHYS 208. Students interested in
majoring in Physics who have taken an introductory sequence other than PHYS 207/PHYS 208 should consult with a
member of the Physics faculty to consider the need for additional introductory
courses, for which some additional credit toward graduation may be given with
permission of the Physics chair.
All 200-level PHYS courses used to satisfy prerequisites or graduation
requirements must be passed with a minimum grade of C-.
|
Perspectives:
Physics & Astronomy |
1 |
|
|
Fundamentals
of Physics I and II |
8 |
|
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Oscillation
and Waves |
3 |
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|
20th/21st
Century Physics |
3 |
|
|
Thermodynamics |
3 |
|
|
Physical
Optics |
4 |
|
|
Fundamentals
of Astrophysics |
3 |
|
|
Classical
Mechanics I |
3 |
|
|
Quantum
Mechanics |
3 |
|
|
Computational
Methods of Physics |
3 |
|
|
Introduction
to Research |
3 |
|
|
Observational
Astronomy |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Two of
the following |
|
6 |
|
Astrophysics
and the Origins of Life |
|
|
|
Galaxies |
|
|
|
Astrophysics |
|
|
|
Stellar
Astrophysics |
|
|
|
Physics
of the Sun |
|
|
|
Space
Physics |
|
|
|
Selected
Topics in Astrophysics |
|
|
|
Elementary
Particles and Big Bang Cosmology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Analytic
Geometry and Calculus A, B and C |
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
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One of
the following |
6 |
|
|
Ordinary
Differential Equations and Elementary Linear Algebra |
|
|
|
Differential
Equations with Linear Algebra |
|
|
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Additional
Credits of Physics or Math at or above the 300 level |
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
Language or Computer Science: |
0-12 |
Completion of the intermediate-level course (107 or 112) in a
given foreign language. Number of credits needed and initial placement
will depend on number of years of high school study of foreign language.
Students with four or more years of high school work in a single foreign
language may attempt to fulfill the requirement in that language by taking an
exemption examination.
OR
Completion of the following Computer Science sequence:
|
General
Computer Science for Engineers or Introduction to Computer Science I |
3 |
|
|
Introduction
to Computer Science |
3 |
|
|
Data
Structures |
3 |
|
|
Additional
credits of Computer Science at or above the 260 level |
3 |
|
ELECTIVES
After required courses are completed, sufficient
elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum credit requirement for the
degree.
|
CREDITS
TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF |
124 |
PROPOSED VERSION
DEGREE: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
MAJOR: PHYSICS
CONCENTRATION: ASTRONOMY/ASTROPHYSICS
|
CURRICULUM |
CREDITS |
UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS
|
Critical
Reading and Writing |
3 |
|
|
(minimum
grade C-) |
|
|
|
First Year Experience (FYE) |
0-4 |
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
3 |
|
3 |
COLLEGE REQUIREMENTS
|
Writing:
(minimum grade C-) |
3 |
A second writing course
involving significant writing experience including two papers with a combined
minimum of 3,000 words to be submitted for extended faculty critique of both
composition and content. This course must be taken after completion of 60
credit hours. Appropriate writing courses are normally designated in the
semester's Registration Booklet. (See list of courses approved for second writing
requirement)
College of Arts and
Sciences Breadth Requirements: (minimum grade C-)
The College Breadth Requirements are in addition to the University Breadth
Requirement. Up to 3 credits from each of the University Breadth Requirement
categories may be used to simultaneously satisfy these College of Arts and
Sciences Breadth Requirements.
|
A total
of eighteen credits from Groups A, B and C is required with a minimum of six
credits in each group. The six credits from each group could be from
the same area. |
18 |
Group A: Creative Arts and Humanities
Group B: History and Cultural Change
Group C: Social and Behavioral Sciences.
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS
All 200-level PHYS courses used to satisfy prerequisites or graduation
requirements must be passed with a minimum grade of C-.
|
Perspectives:
Physics & Astronomy |
1 |
|
|
Fundamentals
of Physics I and II |
8 |
|
|
Oscillation
and Waves |
3 |
|
|
20th/21st
Century Physics |
3 |
|
|
PHYS311 |
Thermodynamics Aspects
of Modern Physics |
3 3 |
|
Physical
Optics |
4 |
|
|
Fundamentals
of Astrophysics |
3 |
|
|
Classical
Mechanics I |
3 |
|
|
Quantum
Mechanics |
3 |
|
|
Computational
Methods of Physics |
3 |
|
|
Introduction
to Research |
3 |
|
|
PHYS603 |
Observational
Astronomy Electricity
and Magnetism I |
3 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Two of
the following |
|
6 |
|
Astrophysics
and the Origins of Life |
|
|
|
Galaxies |
|
|
|
Astrophysics |
|
|
|
Stellar
Astrophysics |
|
|
|
Physics
of the Sun |
|
|
|
Space
Physics |
|
|
|
Selected
Topics in Astrophysics |
|
|
|
Elementary
Particles and Big Bang Cosmology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Analytic
Geometry and Calculus A, B and C |
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
One of
the following |
6 |
|
|
Ordinary
Differential Equations and Elementary Linear Algebra |
|
|
|
CISC 106 CHEM 103 |
Differential
Equations with Linear Algebra General
Chemistry General
Computer Science for Engineers |
4 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign
Language or Computer Science: |
0-12 |
|
Completion of the intermediate-level course (107 or 112) in a
given foreign language. Number of credits needed and initial placement
will depend on number of years of high school study of foreign language.
Students with four or more years of high school work in a single foreign
language may attempt to fulfill the requirement in that language by taking an
exemption examination.
OR
Completion of the following Computer Science sequence:
|
General
Computer Science for Engineers |
3 |
|
|
Introduction
to Computer Science |
3 |
|
|
Data
Structures |
3 |
|
|
Additional
credits of Computer Science at or above the 260 level |
3 |
|
ELECTIVES
After required courses are completed, sufficient
elective credits must be taken to meet the minimum credit requirement for the
degree.
|
CREDITS
TO TOTAL A MINIMUM OF |
124 |