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Program checklist · Physics

Physics

Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY

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
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
190150
CourseShelf checklist
CK_190150_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.

Nonscience Majors:

major core · 1 item
  1. PHYS UN1001
    3.00

Preprofessional Students:

1 item
  1. PHYS UN1201& PHYS UN1202
    GENERAL PHYSICS Iand GENERAL PHYSICS II
    Not resolved to a course

Accompanying laboratory course:

1 item
  1. PHYS UN1291& PHYS UN1292
    GENERAL PHYSICS I LABand GENERAL PHYSICS II LABORATORY
    Not resolved to a course

Engineering and Physical Science Majors:

major core · 0 items

    Select one of the following sequences with accompanying laboratory course:

    0 items

      Sequence A:

      1 item
      1. PHYS UN1401& PHYS UN1402& PHYS UN1403
        INTRO TO MECHANICS ＆ THERMOand INTRO ELEC/MAGNETSM ＆ OPTCSand INTRO-CLASSCL ＆ QUANTUM WAVES
        Not resolved to a course

      Sequence B:

      1 item
      1. PHYS UN1601& PHYS UN1602& PHYS UN2601
        PHYSICS I:MECHANICS/RELATIVITYand PHYSICS II: THERMO, ELEC ＆ MAGand PHYSICS III:CLASS/QUANTUM WAVE
        Not resolved to a course

      Sequence C:

      1 item
      1. PHYS UN2801& PHYS UN2802
        ACCELERATED PHYSICS Iand ACCELERATED PHYSICS II
        Not resolved to a course

      Physics Courses

      0 items

        Introductory Sequences

        0 items

          Select one of the following sequences:

          0 items

            Sequence A: Students with a limited background in high school physics may elect to take:

            1 item
            1. PHYS UN1401& PHYS UN1402& PHYS UN2601
              INTRO TO MECHANICS ＆ THERMOand INTRO ELEC/MAGNETSM ＆ OPTCSand PHYSICS III:CLASS/QUANTUM WAVE
              Not resolved to a course

            Sequence B:

            1 item
            1. PHYS UN1601& PHYS UN1602& PHYS UN2601
              PHYSICS I:MECHANICS/RELATIVITYand PHYSICS II: THERMO, ELEC ＆ MAGand PHYSICS III:CLASS/QUANTUM WAVE
              Not resolved to a course

            Sequence C: Students with advanced preparation in both physics and mathematics may be eligible to take:

            1 item
            1. PHYS UN2801& PHYS UN2802
              ACCELERATED PHYSICS Iand ACCELERATED PHYSICS II
              Not resolved to a course

            Core Physics Courses

            major core · 6 items
            1. PHYS UN3003
              3.00
            2. PHYS UN3007
              3.00
            3. PHYS UN3008
              3.00
            4. PHYS GU4021
              3.00
            5. PHYS GU4022
              3.00
            6. PHYS GU4023
              3.00

            Elective Courses

            electives · 0 items

              Select at least six points of the following courses:

              7 items
              1. PHYS UN3002
                3.5
              2. PHYS GU4003
                3.00
              3. PHYS GU4011
                3.00
              4. PHYS GU4018
                3.00
              5. PHYS GU4019
                3.00
              6. PHYS GU4040
                3.00
              7. PHYS GU4050
                3.00

              With the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies, 4000- or 6000-level courses offered in this or other science departments

              0 items

                Laboratory Work at the Intermediate Level *

                0 items

                  Select one of the following options:

                  0 items

                    Option 1:

                    2 items
                    1. PHYS UN3081
                      INTERMEDIATE LABORATORY WORK
                      As published: “INTERMEDIATE LABORATORY WORK (two semesters)”
                      2.00
                    2. PHYS UN3083
                      3.00

                    Option 2:

                    1 item
                    1. PHYS UN3081
                      INTERMEDIATE LABORATORY WORK
                      As published: “INTERMEDIATE LABORATORY WORK (three semesters)”
                      2.00

                    Senior Seminar

                    1 item
                    1. PHYS UN3072
                      2.00

                    Mathematics Courses

                    6 items
                    1. MATH UN1101
                      3.00
                    2. MATH UN1102
                      3.00
                    3. MATH UN1205
                      ACCELERATED MULTIVARIABLE CALC
                      As published: “ACCELERATED MULTIVARIABLE CALC In place of the 1100 and 1200 numbered courses, students may elect instead to take MATH UN1207 and MATH UN1208. Students may place out of some of these calculus courses, depending on prior preparation.”
                      4.00
                    4. APMA E2101
                      INTRO TO APPLIED MATHEMATICS
                      or: MATH UN2030 ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
                      3.00
                    5. APMA E3101
                      APPLIED MATH I: LINEAR ALGEBRA
                      or: MATH UN2010 LINEAR ALGEBRA
                      3.00
                    6. APMA E4204
                      FUNCTNS OF A COMPLEX VARIABLE
                      or: MATH UN3007 COMPLEX VARIABLES
                      3.00
                    Source. Columbia University in the City of New York, catalog 2026-2027 — https://bulletin.columbia.edu/general-studies/majors-concentrations/physics/. Captured page pages/0132.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.