Physics

Departmental Honors

Students wishing to graduate with departmental honors in physics must:

• complete satisfactorily 6 credits of supervised research and be nominated for honors by the supervising faculty member;
• have a 3.0 cumulative average in physics courses; and
• have written a thesis and given an oral presentation of their research project. The physics faculty must approve the awarding of honors for this work.

Programs

• Engineering Physics Major (BS)
• Physics Major (BA)
• Physics Major (BS)

• Physics Minor

Courses

• PHYSIC 101 - Introduction to Physics
• PHYSIC 107 - College Physics I
• PHYSIC 108 - College Physics II
• PHYSIC 113 - Fundamentals of Physics I
• PHYSIC 114 - Fundamentals of Physics II
• PHYSIC 121 - Introduction to Astronomy
• PHYSIC 126 - Solar System Astronomy
• PHYSIC 134 - Energy for the Future
• PHYSIC 171 - Introductory Physics Lab for Life Sciences I
• PHYSIC 172 - Introductory Physics Lab II for Life Sciences
• PHYSIC 181 - Physics Laboratory I
• PHYSIC 182 - Physics Laboratory II
• PHYSIC 211 - Introduction to Contemporary Physics
• PHYSIC 214 - Thermodynamics
• PHYSIC 281 - Physical Laboratory I
• PHYSIC 312 - Mechanics
• PHYSIC 321 - Theory of Electricity and Magnetism I
• PHYSIC 322 - Theory of Electricity and Magnetism II
• PHYSIC 331 - Optics
• PHYSIC 350 - Statistical Physics
• PHYSIC 362 - Computational Science
• PHYSIC 382 - Intermediate Laboratory
• PHYSIC 421 - Atomic Physics and Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
• PHYSIC 422 - Nuclear and Particle Physics
• PHYSIC 479 - Readings in Physics I
• PHYSIC 480 - Readings in Physics II
• PHYSIC 482 - Adv Projects Lab
• PHYSIC 487 - Research in Physics I
• PHYSIC 488 - Research Physics II