A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Physics
- Total credits (published)
- 16
- Catalog edition
- Catalog 2026-27
- Checklist type
- degree-program
- Description
- Consulting with a departmental advisor, the student may design their major curriculum for various purposes. They may take the courses necessary to prepare for graduate study in physics or closely related fields (including engineering), or they may plan a program that, together with courses from other disciplines, prepares them for advanced work in medicine, environmental engineering, or other physical sciences or branches of engineering, as well as for secondary school teaching, technical writing, or technical positions in industry. Students interested in geophysics, astrophysics, materials science, biophysics, physical chemistry, and other similar programs can work out special majors in consultation with faculty in the appropriate departments.
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 166939
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_166939_2c86569b_1
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Requirements for the Major
major core · 0 items
As a prerequisite for PHYS-110:
2 items
- As published: “Force, Motion, and Energy 1”4
As a prerequisite for PHYS-201:
10 items
- As published: “Electromagnetism 1”4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- As published: “Techniques of Experimental Physics 2”1
- Students must also take two of:Not resolved to a course8
Laboratory Work:
6 items
- or: PHYS-308 Electronics4
- And 4 additional credits of laboratory work from:Not resolved to a course4
PHYS-220 or PHYS-308, if you didn't count it already above
0 items
or laboratory courses offered at other institutions, as arranged on a case-by-case basis. 3
0 items
Sample Plans of Study for the Physics Major
major core · 9 items
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 1-4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 1-8
Or a wide range of Five College options
0 items
Requirements for the Minor
0 items
Normally, courses for the minor consist of: 1
6 items
- 4
- Any three of:Not resolved to a course12
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