Physics: Recommended Three-Year Path

Notes:

  • Students must enroll in PH 490 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
PH 201 Introduction to Analytical Physics5
MA 106 Calculus and Analytic Geometry 14
FYS 101 First Year Seminar3
Foreign Language (1)4
Total1616
Spring OneTerm Credit HoursCumulative Credit Hours
PH 202 Introduction to Analytical Physics5
MA 107 Calculus and Analytic Geometry 24
FYS 102 First Year Seminar3
Foreign Language (2)3
Elective (any discipline)3
Total1834
Summer OneTerm Credit HoursCumulative Credit Hours
PH 325 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
PH 301 Modern Physics3
MA 208 Calculus and Analytic Geometry3
Foreign Language (3)3
PWB Physical Well-Being1
CS 142 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming3
Elective (any discipline)3
Total1761
Spring TwoTerm Credit HoursCumulative Credit Hours
PH 311 Experimental Modern Physics3
PH 303 Electromagnetic Waves and Optics3
MA 215 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
PH 331 Electromagnetic Theory (might be offered as independent study)4
GHS (2) Global & Historical Studies3
Total786
Fall ThreeTerm Credit HoursCumulative Credit Hours
PH 421 Quantum Theory4
PH Elective (1)4
PH 495 Senior Seminar1
Elective (any discipline)3
MA 334 Differential Equations3
PH 491 Undergraduate Tutorial and Research3
Total18104
Spring ThreeTerm Credit HoursCumulative Credit Hours
PH 321 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
PH 491 Undergraduate Tutorial and Research3
Total17121