Physics: Recommended Three-Year Path

Notes:

  • Students must enroll in PH490 Colloquium every semester.
  • This plan assumes students will test out of only one semester of foreign language.
  • This plan applies to students entering in the fall of an odd year (2021, 2023, etc.).
    • Other students can graduate in 3.5 years.
    • Please consult with the Department Chair.
Fall OneTerm Credit HoursCumulative Credit Hours
PH201, Introduction to Analytical Physics5
MA106, Calculus and Analytic Geometry 14
FYS101, First Year Seminar3
Foreign Language (1)4
Total1616
Spring OneTerm Credit HoursCumulative Credit Hours
PH202, Introduction to Analytical Physics5
MA107, Calculus and Analytic Geometry 24
FYS102, First Year Seminar3
Foreign Language (2)3
Elective (any discipline)3
Total1834
Summer OneTerm Credit HoursCumulative Credit Hours
PH325, Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics (might be offered as independent-study)4
PCA, Perspectives in the Creative Arts or SW, Social World or TI, Texts & Ideas3
GHS (1), Global & Historical Studies3
Total1044
Fall TwoTerm Credit HoursCumulative Credit Hours
PH301, Modern Physics3
MA208, Calculus and Analytic Geometry3
Foreign Language (3)3
PWB, Physical Well-Being1
CS142, Introduction to Computer Science and Programming3
Elective (any discipline)3
Total1761
Spring TwoTerm Credit HoursCumulative Credit Hours
PH311, Experimental Modern Physics3
PH303, Electromagnetic Waves and Optics3
MA215, Linear Algebra3
PCA, Perspectives in the Creative Arts or SW, Social World or TI, Texts & Ideas3
ICR Elective, Indianapolis Community Requirement3
Elective (any discipline)3
Total1879
Summer TwoTerm Credit HoursCumulative Credit Hours
PH331, Electromagnetic Theory (might be offered as independent-study)4
GHS (2), Global & Historical Studies3
Total786
Fall ThreeTerm Credit HoursCumulative Credit Hours
PH421, Quantum Theory4
PH Elective (1)4
PH495, Senior Seminar1
Elective (any discipline)3
MA334, Differential Equations3
PH491, Undergraduate Tutorial and Research3
Total18104
Spring ThreeTerm Credit HoursCumulative Credit Hours
PH321, Intermediate Classical Mechanics4
PH Elective (2)4
PCA, Perspectives in the Creative Arts or SW, Social World or TI, Texts & Ideas3
Elective (any discipline)3
PH491, Undergraduate Tutorial and Research3
Total17121