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 (BA)
- Credential class
- ceterms:BachelorDegree
- CIP
- 40.0801
- Credits (computed from items)
- 153-154
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 190415
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_190415_cdc99a75
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
A three-semester introductory physics sequence
7 items
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 3
Mathematics courses
0 items
Single-Variable Calculus
2 items
- As published: “Calculus II (or)”4
- As published: “Calculus for Engineers (or)”4
Multivariable Calculus
3 items
- As published: “Multivariable Calculus for Engineers (or) 1”4
- As published: “Multivariable Calculus (or)”4
- 5
Differential Equations
2 items
- As published: “Differential Equations for Engineers 1”4
- 3
Linear Algebra
4 items
- As published: “Linear Algebra (or)”4
- As published: “Theoretical Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus I (or)”5
- As published: “Linear Algebra for Data Science (or)”4
- 4
Five upper-level courses beyond the three-semester introductory sequence, consisting of:
0 items
The two-course sequence in modern physics:
2 items
- 4
- 4
Intermediate courses in analytical mechanics and electricity & magnetism:
2 items
- 4
- 4
At least three credits of approved laboratory work; see concentrations for options
concentration · 0 items
"Inside" Physics
15 items
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 3-4
- 5
- 3
- 5
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 3
"Outside" Physics
4 items
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 4
Source. Cornell University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.cornell.edu/programs/physics-ba/. Captured page pages/0377.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.