Department of Physics

Typical Course Sequence
Physics major
(taking physics in freshman year)

“GER” stands for any of the courses you take to satisfy the General Education Requirement. The required major courses PHY 1051-1061 and MAT 1351-1361 satisfy the Natural Science and Mathematics parts of the GER, so they and the other 16 give you the 20 you need.

“PHY REQ” stands for whichever of the required upper-level physics courses are being given in that particular semester.

“PHYS EL” stands for any of the three physics electives you need for the major.

“EL” stands for a free elective.

Freshman
PHY 1051-52	PHY 1061-62
MAT 1351	MAT 1361
GER 1	GER 4
GER 2	GER 5
GER 3	GER 6
Sophomore
PHY 1071	PHY 1081
MAT 1371	MAT 1381/ PHY 1111
GER 7	GER 10
GER 8	GER 11
GER 9	GER 12
Junior
PHY REQ	PHY REQ
PHY REQ	PHY REQ
GER 13	GER 14
PHY EL 1	EL 2
EL 1	EL 3
Senior
PHY REQ	PHY REQ
PHY REQ	PHY REQ
GER 15	GER 16
PHY EL 2	PHY EL 3
EL 4	EL 6
EL 5	EL 7

Of course, you are free to put together your own sequence.

Click here to see a sequence which does not begin with physics in the freshman year.

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