In today’s competitive professional world, interdisciplinary skills are highly desirable—a minor (18 credits) in physics may give you the edge.

• If you are not a physics major and have successfully passed the three-semester Elementary Physics sequence PHY 203/204/205, you are only 6 credits away from being able to declare a minor in physics.
• If you have also passed the course PHY306: Elementary Modern Physics, there is just one more 3-credit physics course required for the minor in physics. Please note: If your packed schedule is a problem, PHY 306 is scheduled to be offered not only during every spring semester, but also in the second summer session.

Additional suggested courses for the minor:

• PHY 322: Mechanics (every fall)
• PHY 331: Electricity and Magnetism (every spring)
• PHY 334: Optics (occasionally)
• PHY 410: Computational Physics (every spring)
• PHY 420: Introduction to Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (every fall)
• PHY 425: Acoustics (occasionally)
• PHY 451: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (every fall)
• PHY 455: Solid State Physics (every spring)
• PHY 491B: General Relativity (occasionally)
• PHY 491D: Astrophysics (occasionally).

To complete the minor, submit a Minor Fields of Study form listing all physics courses (18 credits) you have completed, and have the form signed by the Chair of the Physics Department and by the Dean of your College. You must have at least a 2.0 GPA in the courses to be counted toward your minor.