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
- CIP
- 40.0810
- Total credits (published)
- 16
- Credits (computed from items)
- 83-93
- Catalog edition
- 2026
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 166939
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_166939_2c86569b
- 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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