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Path<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students must enroll in PH 490 Colloquium every semester.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This plan assumes students will test out of only one semester of foreign language.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This plan applies to students entering in the fall of an odd year (2021, 2023, etc.).\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Other students can graduate in 3.5 years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Please consult with the Department Chair.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-yellow-thead\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Fall One<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Term Credit Hours<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Cumulative Credit Hours<\/th><\/tr><tr><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">PH 201 Introduction to Analytical Physics<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">MA 106 Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">FYS 101 First Year Seminar<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Foreign Language (1)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">PWB Physical Well-Being<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Total<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">17<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">17<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-yellow-thead\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Spring One<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Term Credit Hours<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Cumulative Credit Hours<\/th><\/tr><tr><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">PH 202 Introduction to Analytical Physics<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">MA 107 Calculus and Analytic Geometry 2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">FYS 102 First Year Seminar<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Foreign Language (2)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">CS 142 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Total<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">18<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">35<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-yellow-thead\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Summer One<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Term Credit Hours<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Cumulative Credit Hours<\/th><\/tr><tr><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">AS 102 Modern Astronomy with Lab<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">5<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">GHS (1) Global &amp; Historical Studies<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Total<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">8<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">43<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-yellow-thead\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Fall Two<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Term Credit Hours<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Cumulative Credit Hours<\/th><\/tr><tr><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">PH 301 Modern Physics<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">AS 301 Modern Astronomical Techniques<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">MA 208 Calculus and Analytic Geometry 3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">PCA Perspectives in the Creative Arts or SW Social World or TI Texts &amp; Ideas<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Foreign Language (3)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Total<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">16<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">59<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-yellow-thead\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Spring Two<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Term Credit Hours<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Cumulative Credit Hours<\/th><\/tr><tr><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">PH 303 Electromagnetic Waves and Optics<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">AS 311 Astrophysics 1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">MA 215 Linear Algebra<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">PCA Perspectives in the Creative Arts or SW Social World or TI Texts &amp; Ideas<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">PH 325 Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics (optional) or other elective<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Total<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">16<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">75<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-yellow-thead\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Summer Two<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Term Credit Hours<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Cumulative Credit Hours<\/th><\/tr><tr><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">PH 331 Electromagnetic Theory (might be offered as independent study)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">GHS (2) Global &amp; Historical Studies<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">ICR Elective<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Total<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">10<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">85<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-yellow-thead\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Fall Three<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Term Credit Hours<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Cumulative Credit Hours<\/th><\/tr><tr><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">AS 312 Astrophysics 2<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">PH 495 Senior Seminar<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">1<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">PCA Perspectives in the Creative Arts or SW Social World or TI Texts &amp; Ideas<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">MA 334 Differential Equations<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">3<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">PH 421 Quantum Theory (optional) or other elective<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">4<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Elective in Physics, Astronomy, or other 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