Program: Physics, B.S. Sequence - University of Wisconsin Stout - Modern Campus Catalog™

Apr 13, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin (Working)

Suggested Four-Year Program Plan

Total Program Credits: 120

First Year (30 credits)

Fall Semester (14 credits)

MATH-156 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (5 cr.)
CS-144 Computer Science I (4 cr.)
PHYS-281 University Physics I (5 cr.)

Spring Semester (16 credits)

MATH-157 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II (5 cr.)
PHYS-139 Introduction to Research Methods in Physics (3 cr.)
PHYS-282 University Physics II (5 cr.)
ENGL-101 Composition 1 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-101HON Honors Composition 1 (3 cr.)

Second Year (32 credits)

Fall Semester (16 credits)

CHEM-135 College Chemistry I (5 cr.)
CEE-205 Circuit Analysis and Design (4 cr.)
Tech Elective (e.g. MATH-158 Calculus III ) (4 cr.)
ENGL-102 Composition 2 (3 cr.) or
ENGL-102HON Honors Composition 2 (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (16 credits)

MATH-250 Differential Equations with Linear Algebra (3 cr.)
CS-145 Computer Science II (4 cr.)
COMST-101 Introduction to Public Speaking (3 cr.)
Stout Core Elective (3 cr.)
Tech Elective (3 cr.)

Third Year (28 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

PHYS-335 Optics (3 cr.)
NANO-230 Microscopy and Materials Characterization (3 cr.)
ENGR-275 Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer (3 cr.)
Stout Core Elective (3 cr.)
Stout Core Elective (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (12 credits)

PHYS-439 Advanced Physics Laboratory (3 cr.)
Tech Elective (3 cr.)
Tech Elective (3 cr.)
Stout Core Elective (3 cr.)

Summer Semester (1 credit)

PHYS-349 Cooperative Education Experience (1 cr.)

Fourth Year (31 credits)

Fall Semester (15 credits)

PHYS-313 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics: A Modern Physics Approach (3 cr.)
PHYS-381 Computational Classical Mechanics (3 cr.)
Tech Elective (3 cr.)
Stout Core Elective (3 cr.)
Stout Core Elective (3 cr.)

Spring Semester (16 credits)

CEE-355 Applied Electromagnetics (4 cr.)
PHYS-413 Quantum Mechanics (3 cr.)
PHYS-427 Solid State and Condensed Matter Physics (3 cr.)
Stout Core Elective (3 cr.)
Tech Elective (3 cr.)