Nov 24, 2024

2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2020-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED]

Applied Science, B.S. (Applied Physics Concentration) Sequence

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Suggested Four Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 120

First Year (30-32 credits)

Fall Semester (16-17 credits)

APSC-101 Applied Science Profession I (1 cr.)
MATH-153 Calculus I (4 cr.) or
MATH-156 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (5 cr.)
CHEM-135 College Chemistry I (5 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-111 Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Social Responsibility and Ethical Reasoning) (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (14-15 credits)

CS-144 Computer Science I (4 cr.)
MATH-154 Calculus II (4 cr.) or
MATH-157 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II (5 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-113 Honors Composition 2: Honors Seminar (3 cr.)
COMST-100 Fundamentals of Speech (3 cr.) or
PHYS-139 Introduction to Research Methods in Physics (3 cr.)

Second Year (29 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

PHYS-281 University Physics I (5 cr.)
CS-145 Computer Science II (4 cr.)
NANO-230 Microscopy and Materials Characterization (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Arts and Humanities) (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (14 credits)

MATH-250 Differential Equations with Linear Algebra (3 cr.) or
MATH-275 Linear Algebra (3 cr.)
COMST-100 Fundamentals of Speech (3 cr.) or
PHYS-139 Introduction to Research Methods in Physics (3 cr.)
PHYS-282 University Physics II (5 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : (Arts and Humanities) (3 cr.)

Third Year (32 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

PHYS-313 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics: A Modern Physics Approach (3 cr.)
ME-390 Engineering Thermodynamics (3 cr.) or
ENGR-275 Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer (3 cr.) or
PHYS-335 Optics (3 cr.)
or
CHEM-321 Physical Chemistry (4 cr.)
PHYS-381 Computational Classical Mechanics (3 cr.) or
PHYS-413 Quantum Mechanics (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Technical Elective) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : (Social and Behavioral Sciences) (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (16 credits)

PHYS-427 Solid State and Condensed Matter Physics (3 cr.) or
PHYS-439 Advanced Physics Laboratory (3 cr.)
CEE-205 Circuit Analysis and Design (4 cr.) or
ENGR-290 Circuits and Devices (4 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : (Technical Elective) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-4 : (Technical Elective) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-5 : (Social and Behavioral Sciences) (3 cr.)

Summer Semester (1 credit)

APSC-349 Cooperative Education Experience (1 cr.)

Fourth Year (29 credits)

Fall Semester (13 credits)

APSC-401 Applied Science Profession II (1 cr.)
ME-390 Engineering Thermodynamics (3 cr.) or
ENGR-275 Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer (3 cr.) or
PHYS-335 Optics (3 cr.)
or
PHYS-413 Quantum Mechanics (3 cr.) or
PHYS-381 Computational Classical Mechanics (3 cr.)
Course Selective-1 : (Technical Elective) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-2 : (Cross-disciplinary Issues) (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (16 credits)

PHYS-439 Advanced Physics Laboratory (3 cr.) or
PHYS-427 Solid State and Condensed Matter Physics (3 cr.)
CEE-355 Applied Electromagnetics (4 cr.)
Course Selective-3 : (Technical Elective) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-4 : (Technical Elective) (3 cr.)
Course Selective-5 : (Any GE Selective) (3 cr.)