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• Greetings
• Requirements for a BS in Physics
• Honors Program
• Minor in Physics Program
• Bachelors/master Program

Greetings

Thank you all for choosing to be Physics majors!

The problem-solving skills learned through a BS or BA with a major in Physics will provide you with the necessary scientific background and preparation for a wide variety of future career opportunities. Upon completing your undergraduate degree, you can either continue to graduate studies or to finding a physics-related job in industry or teaching. The interest in our undergraduate program is supported by the significant increase in the number of Physics majors over the past year. Currently, we enroll more than 110 undergraduate students, and, just during the past semester, the number of Physics freshman has doubled.

We invite you to explore this website as it provides an overview of services and resources to help support your professional development through different Physics concentrations such as Pre-Med, Applied Physics, Atmospheric, Medical, and Secondary Education. We also encourage you to get involved in undergraduate research opportunities under the direction of our faculty members, and to learn more about the Society of Physics Students (SPS) and its honors organization Sigma Pi Sigma.

We are truly committed to your success!

Requirements for a BS in Physics

The requirements to obtain the BS in Physics consist of the general College of Science requirements plus the following specific requirements:

Major:
(45 semester hours including 30 semester hours of upper-division course work):

• PHYS 2210,
• PHYS 2420,
• PHYS 2421,
• PHYS 2230,
• PHYS 2325,
• PHYS 3323,
• PHYS 3243 (taken 2 times),
• PHYS 3330,
• PHYS 3331,
• PHYS 3351,
• PHYS 3352,
• PHYS 3280,
• PHYS 4341,
• PHYS 4342,
• PHYS 4355,
• and PHYS 4356 or PHYS 4357.

Additional Course Requirements:

• MATH 1411,
• MATH 1312,
• MATH 2313,
• MATH 2326,
• MATH 3323,
• CHEM 1305 – CHEM 1105
• and CHEM 1306 – CHEM 1106 are required.

Honors Program

The Physics Honors Program is designed to recognize and enhance the development of talented physics students. The program consists of departmental awards for outstanding achievement and special courses, seminars, and research laboratories for honors students. In addition, Physics Honors Students are also eligible to earn the BS degree with Departmental Honors and to participate in the five-year BS/MS Program.

Incoming freshmen or students with fewer than 30 semester hours of credit are eligible to be Physics Honors Students if they graduated in the top 20% of their high school graduating class and their combined SAT score is 1000 or more with at least 600 on the math portion of the SAT (or equivalent for other examinations). Students with 30 or more semester hours credit must have a minimum 3.2 GPA (with at least 3.2 GPA in all physics and mathematics courses) to be eligible.

Minor in Physics Program

A Minor in physics requires:

• PHYS 2420,
• PHYS 2421,
• PHYS 2230,
• PHYS 2325,

and additional 5 semester hours selected from:

• PHYS 3323,
• PHYS 3243,
• PHYS 3331,
• PHYS 3351,
• PHYS 4341,
• PHYS 4342,
• or PHYS 4355.

Bachelor/master Program

Five Year BS-MS Program

The Department of Physics provides an opportunity for qualified students to participate in a five-year bachelor/master of science degree program. The program is limited to students who maintain at least a 3.0 GPA. Freshmen honors students should consult with the departmental undergraduate advisor about the details of this program including course selection and admission to the 成人头条 School.

Bachelor with Department Honors

Physics Honors students who satisfactorily complete an undergraduate Honors Thesis based on research in Physics are eligible to receive the BS degree with Departmental Honors in Physics. Usually the research will be carried out under the direction of a member of the faculty of the Department of Physics. The satisfactory completion of the Honors Thesis will be judged by the Thesis research director in conjunction with the Physics Department's Honors Committee. The candidate for Department Honors must request approval of candidacy prior to the beginning of the senior year. Upon acceptance by the department, the candidate shall enroll in PHYS 4177, PHYS 4277, and PHYS 4377 for successive semesters and must have accumulated a total of 6 semester hours of PHYS 4177, PHYS 4277, and PHYS 4377 credit on completion of the Honors Thesis Program.