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
- Total credits (published)
- 47
- Credits (computed from items)
- 160-161
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 215770
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_215770_2531ae9f
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 59
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Cornerstone Core Curriculum Requirements
major core · 0 items
First Year Course Requirements
1 item
- 3
World History Course Area
1 item
- or: HIS 102 Movements in World Historyor: HIS 103 Empires in World History3
Philosophy Requirements
0 items
Either Level One or Level Two (but not both) -- must be Ethics designated. If approved, philosophy courses may count for a student's Writing Intensive overlay. Students may not double-count the same course as Philosophy Level Two and as a Mission Overlay course.
2 items
- Philosophy Level OneNot resolved to a course3
- Philosophy Level TwoNot resolved to a course3
Theology & Religious Studies Requirements
0 items
If approved, Theology & Religious Studies courses may count for a student's Writing Intensive overlay. Students may not double-count the same course as CCC Theology and as a Mission Overlay course.
2 items
- TheologyNot resolved to a course3
- Religious StudiesNot resolved to a course3
Diversity & INT 151 Requirements
0 items
A student's Diversity course may not count for any other CCC course area requirement or as their Mission Overlay course. If approved, Diversity courses may count for a student's Writing Intensive Overlay requirement. INT 151 may not count for any other CCC requirements. This course must be taken in the first two years
2 items
- DiversityNot resolved to a course3
- 1
Math & Natural Science Requirements
0 items
If approved, Math & Natural Science Requirements may count toward overlay requirements.
2 items
- MathematicsNot resolved to a course3-4
- Natural ScienceNot resolved to a course4
Social Science Requirement
0 items
If approved, such Social Science Requirement may count toward a student's overlay requirements.
0 items
Non-Native Language Requirement
0 items
A single Non-Native Language course may not count as an overlay course but a second language course fulfills a student's Mission Overlay requirement.
0 items
Literature Requirement
0 items
If approved, Literature courses may count toward a student's overlay requirements.
0 items
Fine and Performing Arts, Creativity, and Design Requirement
0 items
If approved, Fine and Performing Arts, Creativity, and Design courses may count toward a student's overlay requirements.
0 items
Overlay Requirements
1 item
- Writing-IntensiveNot resolved to a course3
If approved, Writing-Intensive courses may double count as major courses, minor courses, electives, or as any CCC course area requirement except for the first-year courses (World History and Rhetoric and Composition).
electives · 1 item
- Mission-OverlayNot resolved to a course3
Mission Overlay courses may double count as major courses, minor courses, elective courses, or any of the following CCC course areas: Fine and Performing Arts, Creativity, and Design, Literature, Mathematics, Natural Science, or Social Science.
electives · 0 items
Recommended CCC Courses
0 items
Mission-Overlay
0 items
Second Semester of Non-Native Language
0 items
Major Requirements
major core · 23 items
- As published: “Calculus I (will count for CCC: Mathematics)”4
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 3
- PHY 105& 105LUniversity Physics Iand University Physics Lab I (will count for CCC: Natural Science)Not resolved to a course4
- PHY 106& 106LUniversity Physics IIand University Physics Lab IINot resolved to a course4
- PHY 213& 213LPhysics IIIand Intro. Physics III LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- PHY 380& 380LEngineering Circuit Analysisand Engineer Circuit Analysis LabNot resolved to a course4
- 3
- 3
- CHM 120& 120LGeneral Chemistry Iand General Chemistry Lab INot resolved to a course4
- CHM 125& 125LGeneral Chemistry IIand General Chemistry Lab IINot resolved to a course4
- 3
- 3
- 0
- Two PHY 3-credit electives, which must be at the 300- level or higherNot resolved to a course6
Free Electives
electives · 12 items
- 4
- 3
- PHY 106& 106LUniversity Physics IIand University Physics Lab IINot resolved to a course4
- PHY 213& 213LPhysics IIIand Intro. Physics III LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- 3
- 3
- or: PHY 308 Waves and Optics3
- 3
- 3
- Three 300/400 Level Physics ElectivesNot resolved to a course9
- CHM 120& 120LGeneral Chemistry Iand General Chemistry Lab INot resolved to a course4
- CHM 125& 125LGeneral Chemistry IIand General Chemistry Lab IINot resolved to a course4
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