Advising Course Plan - Physics Major - 2 Year Plan

This advising plan shows an example of working through the requirements for the major in two years.  It is appropriate  for students who have already completed sixteen units of coursework with many of the General Education requirements satisfied by that earlier coursework.   The student’s individual academic plan will be developed in consultation with an adviser and reviewed each semester prior to registering for the next semester.  This plan assumes that the student has taken two semesters of University Physics and two semesters of Calculus with Analytic Geometry prior to the first semester shown in the plan.  Students who have completed less than 16 units, have a substantial number of General Education requirements yet to satisfy, or who have not completed the courses just listed may not be able to complete the degree in two years.

Courses for the major that should be completed prior to the first semester of this plan:  PHYS 141P, PHYS 142P, MATH 141Q, and MATH 142Q.

First Year
FallUnits
PHYS 243Modern Physics1
PHYS 352
or 3561
Optics (or Elective)
Electronics
1
PHYS 380Physics Colloquium0.0
MATH 243QCalculus III with Analytic Geometry1
General Education Requirement or Elective1
 Term Units4
Spring
PHYS 304Mathematical Methods in Physics1
PHYS 312Laboratory Techniques1
PHYS 322, 332,
or 3432
Mechanics I
Electricity and Magnetism
Quantum Mechanics I
1
PHYS 497Senior Project Proposal0.5
PHYS 380Physics Colloquium0.0
 Term Units3.5
Second Year
Fall
PHYS 322, 332,
or 3432
Mechanics I
Electricity and Magnetism
Quantum Mechanics I
1
PHYS 352
or 3561
Optics (or Elective)
Electronics
1
PHYS 498Senior Project1
PHYS 380Physics Colloquium0.0
General Education Requirement or Elective1
 Term Units4
Spring
PHYS 322, 332,
or 3432
Mechanics I
Electricity and Magnetism
Quantum Mechanics I
1
PHYS 4121Advanced Laboratory Techniques (or Elective)1
PHYS 499Senior Seminar0.5
PHYS 380Physics Colloquium0.0
CSCI 261
or 141
Data Science I
Introduction to Computer Science I
1
General Education Requirement or Elective1
 Term Units4.5
Total Unit: 16
1

One lab course selected from PHYS 352, PHYS 356, or PHYS 412 is required for the major, the others may be taken as general electives.

2

Take one of the following each semester:
PHYS 322, PHYS 332, PHYS 343