Physics and Physical Oceanography B.S.
Curriculum
A total of 129 credits is required for graduation.
Required Major Courses
- PHY 203/273: Elementary Physics I/Lab (4 cr)
- PHY 204/274: Elementary Physics II/Lab (4 cr)
- PHY 205/275: Elementary Physics III/Lab (4 cr)
- PHY 306: Elementary Modern Physics(3 cr)
- PHY 322: Mechanics (3 cr)
- PHY 331: Electricity and Magnetism (3 cr)
- PHY 381: Advanced Laboratory Physics (3 cr)
- PHY 382: Advanced Laboratory Physics (3 cr)
- PHY 401: Seminar in Physics (3 cr)
- PHY 410: Computational Physics (3 cr)
- PHY 420: Introduction to Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (3 cr)
- PHY 425: Acoustics (3 cr)
- PHY 451: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (3 cr)
- PHY 483: Special Problems (Capstone) (3 cr)
- PHY 484: Special Problems (Capstone) (3 cr)
- PHY 510: Mathematical Methods of Physics I (3 cr)
Other Required Courses
- MTH 141: Calculus I (4 cr)
- MTH 142: Calculus II (4 cr)
- MTH 215: Introduction to Linear Algebra (3 cr)
- MTH 243: Calculus for Functions of Several Variables (3 cr)
- MTH 244: Differential Equations (3 cr)
- CHM 101/102: General Chemistry I/Lab (4 cr)
- CSC 211: Object-Oriented Programming (4 cr)
- OCG 110: The Ocean Planet (3 cr)
- OCG 123: Climate Change and the Oceans (4 cr)
- OCG 501: Physical Oceanography (3 cr)
- OCG 510: Descriptive Physical Oceanography (3 cr)
- MCE 354: Fluid Mechanics (3 cr)