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2014-2015 Undergraduate Bulletin

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Physics, B.S. Semester-by-semester Guide

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Freshman

1st semester (18 hours)

ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
MAT 167 - Calculus I with Analytic Geometry 3 hrs.
CHE 106 - General Chemistry I 3 hrs.
CHE 106L - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 hr.
HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs. or
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
PHY 190 - Foundations and Frontiers in Physics 2 hrs.

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ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
COH 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
MAT 168 - Calculus II with Analytic Geometry 3 hrs.
CHE 107 - General Chemistry II 3 hrs.
CHE 107L - General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 hr.
PHY 201 - General Physics I with Calculus 4 hrs.
PHY 201L - General Physics I with Calculus Laboratory 1 hr.

Sophomore

1st semester (17 hours)

ENG 203 - World Literature 3 hrs.
MAT 169 - Calculus III with Analytic Geometry 3 hrs.
PHY 202 - General Physics II with Calculus 4 hrs.
PHY 202L - General Physics II with Calculus Laboratory 1 hr.

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CMS 111 - Oral Communication 3 hrs.
CMS 305 - Interpersonal Communication 3 hrs.
CMS 320 - Business and Professional Speaking 3 hrs.
CMS 330 - Small-Group Communication 3 hrs.

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HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs.
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
PHI 151 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hrs.
PHI 171 - Ethics and Good Living 3 hrs.
REL 131 - Comparative Religion 3 hrs.

2nd semester (17 hours)

MAT 280 - Calculus IV with Analytic Geometry 3 hrs.
Electives 2 hrs.
CSS 240 - FORTRAN Programming 3 hrs.
PHY 361 - Elementary Modern Physics I 3 hrs.
PHY 361L - Elementary Modern Physics I Laboratory 1 hr.

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ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
COH 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

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Junior

1st semester (16 hours)

PHY 350 - Mechanics I 3 hrs.
MAT 285 - Introduction to Differential Equations I 3 hrs.
Electives 7 hrs.
PHY 362 - Elementary Modern Physics II 3 hrs.

2nd semester (13 hours)

PHY 327 - Electronics I 3 hrs.
PHY 327L - Electronics I Laboratory 1 hr.
PHY 351 - Mechanics II 3 hrs.
MAT 415 - Differential Equations and Special Functions 3 hrs.
Electives 3 hrs.

Senior

1st semester (13 hours)

PHY 461 - Quantum Mechanics 3 hrs.
PHY 421 - Electricity and Magnetism. I 3 hrs.
MAT 417 - Introduction to Partial Differential Equations 3 hrs.
Electives 4 hrs.

2nd semester (15 hours)

PHY 332 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics 3 hrs.
PHY 422 - Electricity and Magnetism II 3 hrs.
PHY 460 - Advanced Physics Laboratory 2 hrs.
PHY 499 - Undergraduate Research 1-6 hrs.
MAT 436 - Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable 3 hrs.

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