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Degree Requirements
Requirements for Associate of Arts in Physics
See also “Technical Requirements for Undergraduate
Degrees” and “General Requirements
for the
Associate of Arts Degree” in this bulletin.
Required concentration courses:
- PHYS – P 221
- PHYS – P
222
- PHYS – P 301
- PHYS – P 309
The nondistribution electives should come from the following:
- MATH – M 215
- MATH – M 216
- MATH – M
311
- MATH – M 313
- CSCI – C 201 and/or CHEM – C 105
- CHEM – C 106
- CHEM – C
125
- CHEM – C 126
Suggested First-Year Program
First Semester Credits
ENG-W 131......................................................3
MATH-M 215...................................................5
PHYS-P 221......................................................5
Divisional distribution elective..........................3
Total 16
Second Semester
MATH-M 216...................................................5
PHYS-P 222......................................................5
Divisional distribution electives.........................6
Total 16
Suggested Second-Year Program
First Semester Credits
CHEM-C 105....................................................3
CHEM-C 125....................................................2
MATH-M 311...................................................3
PHYS-P 301......................................................3
PHYS-P 309......................................................2
Foreign language...............................................4
Total 17
Second Semester
CHEM-C 106....................................................3
CHEM-C 126....................................................2
Foreign language...............................................4
Divisional distribution electives.........................6
Total 15
Requirements for a Minor in Physics
18 credit hours in physics including these physics courses:
- P 201 or P 221
- P 202 or P 222
- P 301
- P 309
- one additional 3-credit-hour physics course numbering 300 or above
