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
- Bachelor of Science Physics (BS)
- Credential class
- ceterms:BachelorDegree
- Total credits (published)
- 117-123
- Credits (computed from items)
- 158-170
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 231970
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_231970_a26c4c96
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 59
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Lower-Division General Education
general education · 12 items
- Written CommunicationNot resolved to a course6
- Oral CommunicationNot resolved to a course3
- MathematicsNot resolved to a course3
- Language and CultureNot resolved to a course0-6
- Information Literacy and ResearchNot resolved to a course3
- Human BehaviorNot resolved to a course3
- Human CreativityNot resolved to a course3
- Interpreting the PastNot resolved to a course3
- LiteratureNot resolved to a course3
- Philosophy and EthicsNot resolved to a course3
- The Nature of ScienceNot resolved to a course8
- Impact of TechnologyNot resolved to a course3
Physics Major
major core · 0 items
General Education
general education · 2 items
- Complete lower-division requirementsNot resolved to a course30-36
- Complete upper-division requirements (minimum of 6 credit hours)Not resolved to a course6
Physics Major
major core · 35 items
- 4
- As published: “Calculus II”4
- or: MATH 285 Transfer Credit for Calculus III4
- As published: “Ordinary Differential Equations”or: MATH 280 Transfer Credit for Ordinary Differential Equations3
- Select one of the following:Not resolved to a course3
- 3
- As published: “Partial Differential Equations”3
- As published: “Applied Mathematics II: Mathematical Modeling”
- As published: “Applied Complex Variables”3
- CHEM 121N& CHEM 122NFoundations of Chemistry I Lectureand Foundations of Chemistry I LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- CHEM 123N& CHEM 124NFoundations of Chemistry II Lectureand Foundations of Chemistry II LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- or: PHYS 231N University Physics Ior: PHYS 226N Honors: University Physics I4
- or: CS 153 Introduction to Programming with Python4
- or: PHYS 232N University Physics IIor: PHYS 227N Honors: University Physics II4
- As published: “Intermediate Experimental Physics”3
- As published: “Analytical Mechanics”3
- As published: “Modern Physics”3
- As published: “Mathematical Methods of Physics”3
- As published: “Methods of Experimental Physics”3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Introduction to Quantum Mechanics”3
- 3
- 3
- As published: “Intermediate Quantum Mechanics”3
- or: PHYS 489W& PHYS 490W Senior Thesis Iand Senior Thesis II3
- or: PHYS 309 Physics on the Back of an Envelope1
- Select two of the following: **Not resolved to a course6
- As published: “Elements of Astrophysics”3
- As published: “Introduction to Atomic Physics”3
- 3
- As published: “Introduction to Solid State Physics”3
- As published: “Special Topics in Astrophysics”3
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