Physics BS, Four-Year Plan
Department of Physics,
College of Arts and Sciences
Year One
Year One: Fall
- APHY 140 or TPHY 141 or APHY 142 NS
- APHY 145 or APHY 106
- AMAT 112 or TMAT 118 MS
- ACHM 115 or TCHM 130 and ACHM 124
- Social Science Gen Ed SS
Year One: Spring
- APHY 150 or TPHY 151 or APHY 152
- APHY 155 or APHY 109
- AMAT 113 or TMAT 119
- ACHM 116 or TCHM 131 and ACHM 125
- UUNI 110 WCI
Year One: Summer
- Consider coursework
- Look for a summer job in the area of your studies
- Consider study abroad options
Year Two
Year Two: Fall
- APHY 240
- APHY 245
- AMAT 214
- APHY 277 or ICSI 201 or IECE 201
- Arts Gen Ed AR
Year Two: Spring
- AMAT 220 or AMAT 314 or AMAT 367 or MAT 412
- APHY 250
- APHY 235 or AMAT 314
- Diversity Gen Ed DEISJ
- Humanities Gen Ed HU
Year Two: Summer
Look for shadowing opportunities
Year Three
Year Three: Fall
- APHY 335Z
- APHY 410
- APHY 470
- AMAT 315 or Elective
- U.S. History and Civic Engagement Gen Ed US
Year Three: Spring
- APHY 440
- APHY 480
- Foreign Language Gen Ed FL
- World History and International Perspectives IP
- Upper Level Elective
Year Three: Summer
Internship?
Year Four
Year Four: Fall
- APHY 450
- APHY 460
- Upper Level Elective
- Upper Level Elective
- Upper Level Elective
Year Four: Spring
- APHY 300+level elective
- Upper Level Elective
- Upper Level Elective
- Upper Level Elective
- Upper Level Elective
Year Four: Summer
Congratulations!
Notes
General Education Requirements, for students matriculating Fall 2023 and after
- MS Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning
- WCI Writing and Critical Inquiry
- AR Arts
- HU Humanities
- NS Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning
- SS Social Sciences
- US U.S. History and Civic Engagement
- IP World History and International Perspectives
- FL Foreign Language (one semester of collegiate study, or the equivalent, of a foreign language)
- DEISJ Diversity: Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice
Credit bearing Professional Development Options
- RSSW 290, 291 and 390 – Community Service
- Research within major
- University internship
- Departmental Internship
- Community Engaged Coursework
- Study Abroad
- Tutoring opportunities
This is a suggested course sequence.