Applied Physics (B.S.) with Engineering Emphasis.

This major is designed to give you a broad background in general engineering principles and skills. As opposed to a specialized engineering degree, it will allow you to explore a variety of engineering fields while keeping your options open for the future. After graduation, you would be qualified for engineering-related careers in industry, yet maintain the option to earn an engineering or physics master's degree in as little as two years.

Applied Physics Major (BS) - 31 hours
Recommended Courses
PHYS 260 Optics 3 hours
CHEM 152 General Chemistry II 4
ECON 210 Microeconomics 3
BADM 303 Entrepreneurship 3
Pre-requisites
PHYS 151 General Physics I 4
PHYS 152 General Physics II 4
MATH 181 Calculus I 4
MATH 182 Calculus II 4
PHYS 170 Introduction to Engineering 1
  Sub-total 17
Co-requisites
MATH 241 Differential Equations 3
MATH 321 Multivariate Calculus 3
CHEM 151 General Chemistry I 4
CSCI 211 Programming I 3
  Sub-total 13
Major requirements
PHYS 275 Experimental Physics Laboratory 1
PHYS 276 Experimental Physics Laboratory 1
PHYS 215 Engineering Mechanics: Statics 3
PHYS 250 Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics 3
PHYS 258 Analog Electronics 4
PHYS 259 Digital Electronics 4
PHYS 212 Modern Physics 3
PHYS 353 Electricity and Magnetism I 3
PHYS 355 Thermal Physics 3
PHYS 471 Physics Project Lab 1
PHYS 472 Physics Project Lab 1
PHYS 482 Physics Seminar 1
  One of the following:
  • Mechanics II (PHYS 352)
  • Electricity and Magnetism II (PHYS 354)
  • Quantum Mechanics (PHYS 356)
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