Physics and Geophysics - Bachelor of Science

The following courses outside the Department of Physics or Astronomy (44 or 45 credits):
One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
Organisms and Populations
Pests, Society and Environment
Allied Health Microbiology
Introductory Physiology
Introductory Human Genetics
One of the following pairs of courses (7 credits):
General and Inorganic Chemistry
General and Descriptive Chemistry
Principles of Chemistry
All of the following courses (15 credits):
Chemistry Laboratory I
Multivariable Calculus
Differential Equations
All of the following courses in the Department of Geological Sciences (19 credits):
Physical and Biological History of the Earth
Principles of Modern Geophysics
The following courses in the Department of Physics and Astronomy (33 to 35 credits):
All of the following courses (27 credits):
Physics Laboratory for Scientists, I
Physics Laboratory for Scientists, II
Thermodynamics and Modern Physics
Classical Mechanics I
Thermal and Statistical Physics
Electricity and Magnetism I
One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
Physics for Scientists and Engineers I
Honors Physics I-Mechanics
One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
Physics for Scientists and Engineers II
Honors Physics II-Electromagnetism
The completion of Geological Sciences 470 and 471, or Physics 390 and 490, fulfills the department’s capstone course requirement.