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Program checklist · Physics Major

Physics Major

Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA

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 Major
Catalog edition
Catalog 2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The physics department educates students with a program characterized by curricular flexibility, student project work, and active involvement of students in their learning. Through a balanced, integrated curriculum stressing the widely applicable skills and knowledge of physics, we provide an education that is strong both in fundamentals and in applied knowledge, appropriate for immediate use in a variety of fields as well as graduate study and lifelong learning.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
168421
CourseShelf checklist
CK_168421_2531ae9f
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Breadcrumb

35 items
  1. BCB 4004/MA 4603
    Statistical Methods in Genetics and Bioinformatics
    Not resolved to a course
    1/3
  2. CS 4032/MA 3257
    Numerical Methods for Linear and Nonlinear Systems
    Not resolved to a course
    1/3
  3. CS 4033/MA 3457
    Numerical Methods for Calculus and Differential Equations
    Not resolved to a course
    1/3
  4. DS 4635/MA 4635
    Data Analytics and Statistical Learning
    Not resolved to a course
    1/3
  5. MA 3212
    1/3
  6. MA 3213
    1/3
  7. MA 3231
    1/3
  8. MA 3233
    1/3
  9. MA 3457/CS 4033
    Numerical Methods for Calculus and Differential Equations
    Not resolved to a course
    1/3
  10. MA 3471
    1/3
  11. MA 3475
    Calculus of Variations 1/3
    As published: “Calculus of Variations”
    1/3
  12. MA 3625
    1/3
  13. MA 3627
    Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Experiments 1/3
    As published: “Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Experiments”
    1/3
  14. MA 3631
    Mathematical Statistics 1/3
    As published: “Mathematical Statistics”
    1/3
  15. MA 3823
    1/3
  16. MA 3825
    1/3
  17. MA 3831
    1/3
  18. MA 3832
    1/3
  19. MA 3843
    1/3
  20. MA 4213
    1/3
  21. MA 4214
    1/3
  22. MA 4216
  23. MA 4222
    1/3
  24. MA 4235
    1/3
  25. MA 4237
    1/3
  26. MA 4291
    1/3
  27. MA 4411
    1/3
  28. MA 4451
    1/3
  29. MA 4473
    1/3
  30. MA 4631
    1/3
  31. MA 4632
    Probability and Mathematical Statistics II 1/3
    As published: “Probability and Mathematical Statistics II”
    1/3
  32. MA 4644
    1/3
  33. MA 4891
    1/3
  34. MA 4892
    1/3
  35. MA 4895
    1/3

Breadcrumb

2 items
  1. PH 2201
    1/3
  2. PH 2202
    Intermediate Mechanics II 1/3
    As published: “Intermediate Mechanics II”
    1/3

Breadcrumb

2 items
  1. PH 3300
    1/3
  2. PH 3301
    1/3

Breadcrumb

2 items
  1. PH 2601
    1/3
  2. PH 2651
    Intermediate Physics Laboratory 1/3
    As published: “Intermediate Physics Laboratory”
    1/3

Breadcrumb

2 items
  1. PH 3401
    Quantum Mechanics I 1/3
    As published: “Quantum Mechanics I”
    1/3
  2. PH 3402
    1/3

Breadcrumb

4 items
  1. CH 3510
    Chemical Thermodynamics 1/3
    As published: “Chemical Thermodynamics”
    1/3
  2. ES 3001
    Introduction to Thermodynamics 1/3
    As published: “Introduction to Thermodynamics”
    1/3
  3. PH 2101
    Principles of Thermodynamics 1/3
    As published: “Principles of Thermodynamics”
    1/3
  4. PH 3206
    1/3
Source. Worcester Polytechnic Institute, catalog Catalog 2026-2027 — https://wpi.cleancatalog.net/physics/physics-major. Captured page pages/0739.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.