Degree Requirements

Major Sequence:
A minimum of ten courses and units including:

1. Physics 105 and 106
2. Physics 207, 304, and 399
3. Two from Physics 405, 406, 407, and 408; one of these must come from Physics 405, 406
4. Four additional courses and units in physics selected by the student with the consultation and approval of the major adviser/department chair to form a coherent program. Three of these four must be from the upper level courses that have a lab component. These include Physics 301 (Intermediate Experimental Methods), Physics 305 (Electronics), Physics 306 (Materials Physics), Physics 307 (Optical Physics), Physics 308 (Scientific Imaging) and Physics 370 (An exploration of Advanced Topics in Physics, when it has a lab component).
5. Courses outside the department that physics majors are required to take: two semesters of a calculus, or analysis sequence
6. Courses outside the department that physics majors are recommended to take: two semesters of chemistry or biology

Minor Sequence:
A minimum of five courses to include:

1. Physics 101/105; and  Physics 102/106
2. Physics 207 and 304
3. One additional 300-level or 400-level course. The following are recommended:
   1. Mechanics (Physics 405) for mathematics majors
   2. Quantum Mechanics (Physics 407) for chemistry majors
   3. Electronics (Physics 305) for biology majors