Advising Course Plan - Physics Major - 3 Year Plan
This advising plan shows an example of working through the requirements for the major in three years. It is appropriate for students who have already completed eight units of coursework. It is also appropriate for students working on the 3-2 Pre-Engineering Option. 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 not taken any courses for the major prior to the first semester shown in the plan.
Courses for the major that should be completed prior to the first semester of this plan: None required.
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units | Summer | Units |
| PHYS 141P | 1 | PHYS 142P | 1 | MATH 142Q (if not previously completed, this course should be taken in summer sterm) | 1 |
| MATH 130 or 141Q | 1 | MATH 131Q or 142Q | 1 | ||
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | ||
| General Educaiton Requirement or Elective | 1 | General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units | ||
| PHYS 243 | 1 | PHYS 304 | 1 | ||
| PHYS 352 or 356 (or Elective)1 | 1 | PHYS 312 | 1 | ||
| MATH 243Q | 1 | PHYS 322, 332, or 3432 | 1 | ||
| PHYS 380 | 0.0 | PHYS 497 | 0.5 | ||
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | PHYS 380 | 0.0 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||
| Fall | Units | Spring | Units | ||
| PHYS 322, 332, or 3432 | 1 | PHYS 322, 332, or 3432 | 1 | ||
| PHYS 352 or 356 (or Elective)1 | 1 | PHYS 412 (or Elective)1 | 1 | ||
| PHYS 498 | 1 | PHYS 499 | 0.5 | ||
| PHYS 380 | 0.0 | PHYS 380 | 0.0 | ||
| General Education Requirement or Elective | 1 | CSCI 261 or 141 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 3.5 | ||||
| Total Units 24 | |||||