This program is intended primarily for students who are interested in a career in physics.
| Required courses, Lower division | Units | |
| PHYS 161L* | Advanced Principles of Physics I | 4 |
| PHYS 162L* | Advanced Principles of Physics II | 4 |
| PHYS 163L* | Advanced Principles of Physics III | 4 |
| PHYS 190a | Freshman Colloquium | 1 |
*PHYS 151L, 152L and 153L may be substituted for the sequence PHYS 161L, 162L and 163L.
| Required courses, Upper division | 40 Units | |
| PHYS 304 | Mechanics | 4 |
| PHYS 408ab | Electricity and Magnetism | 4-4 |
| PHYS 438ab | Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and its | |
| Applications | 4-4 | |
| PHYS 491abL | Senior Laboratory | 2-2 |
Plus an additional 16 units in physics
| Other requirements: | Units | |
| CHEM 115abL* | Advanced General Chemistry | 4-4 |
| MATH 125 | Calculus I | 4 |
| MATH 126 | Calculus II | 4 |
| MATH 226 | Calculus III | 4 |
| MATH 245 | Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I | 4 |
| MATH 445 | Mathematics of Physics and Engineering II | 4 |
*CHEM 105abL may be substituted for CHEM 115abL.
| Required courses, Lower division | Units | |
| PHYS 151L | Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics, Waves, | |
| and Sound | 4 | |
| PHYS 152L | Fundamentals of Physics II: Thermodynamics, | |
| Electricity, and Magnetism | 4 | |
| PHYS 153L | Fundamentals of Physics III: | |
| Optics and Modern Physics | 4 | |
| Required courses, Upper division | Units | |
| ASTR 400 | The Solar System | 4 |
| ASTR 410 | Stellar Astronomy | 4 |
| ASTR 420 | Galaxies and Cosmology | 4 |
| ASTR 430L | The Reduction of Observations | 4 |
| ASTR 440 | Astrophysics | 4 |
| PHYS 302L | Physical Optics | 4 |
| PHYS 304 | Mechanics | 4 |
| PHYS 316 | Introduction to Thermodynamics and | |
| Statistical Physics | 4 | |
| PHYS 408a | Electricity and Magnetism | 4 |
| PHYS 438ab | Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and | |
| its Applications | 4-4 | |
| Other requirements | Units | |
| MATH 125 | Calculus I | 4 |
| MATH 126 | Calculus II | 4 |
| MATH 226 | Calculus III | 4 |
| MATH 245 | Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I | 4 |
| MATH 445 | Mathematics of Physics and Engineering II | 4 |
and two courses approved for credit toward majors in either chemistry, earth sciences, mathematics, physics, computer sciences or engineering, at least one of which must be an upper division course.
| Required courses, Lower division | Units | |
| PHYS 151L | Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics, Waves, | |
| and Sound | 4 | |
| PHYS 152L | Fundamentals of Physics II: Thermodynamics, | |
| Electricity, and Magnetism | 4 | |
| CSCI 101 | Introduction to Computer Science | 4 |
| CSCI 102 | Data Structures | 3 |
| CSCI 110 | Introduction to Digital Logic (Enroll in EE 101) | 3 |
| CSCI 201L | Introduction to Software Development | 4 |
| CSCI 271 | Discrete Methods in Computer Science | 4 |
| Required courses, Upper division | Units | |
| PHYS 304 | Mechanics | 4 |
| PHYS 408ab | Electricity and Magnetism | 4-4 |
| PHYS 438ab | Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and | |
| its Applications | 4-4 | |
| PHYS 495 | Senior Project | 3 |
| CSCI 301 | Theory of Computation | 3 |
| CSCI 357 | Basic Organization of Computer Systems | |
| (Enroll in EE 357) | 3 | |
| CSCI 402 | Operating Systems | 3 |
| Other requirements | Units | |
| MATH 125 | Calculus I | 4 |
| MATH 126 | Calculus II | 4 |
| MATH 225 | Linear Algebra and Linear Differential Equations | 4 |
| MATH 226 | Calculus III | 4 |
| MATH 245 | Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I | 4 |
| MATH 270 | Proof Techniques and Mathematical Structures | 4 |
| MATH 445 | Mathematics of Physics and Engineering II | 4 |
| Required courses, Lower division | Units | |
| PHYS 151L* | Fundamentals of Physics I: Mechanics, Waves, | |
| and Sound | 4 | |
| PHYS 152L* | Fundamentals of Physics II: Thermodynamics, | |
| Electricity, and Magnetism | 4 | |
| PHYS 153L* | Fundamentals of Physics III: | |
| Optics and Modern Physics | 4 | |
| PHYS 190a | Freshman Colloquium | 1 |
*PHYS 161L, 162L and 163L may be substituted for the sequence PHYS 151L, 152L and 153L.
| Required courses, Upper division | Units | |
| PHYS 304 | Mechanics | 4 |
| PHYS 408ab | Electricity and Magnetism | 4-4 |
| PHYS 438ab | Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and | |
| its Applications | 4-4 | |
| PHYS 491abL | Senior Laboratory | 2-2 |
| Other requirements | Units | |
| CHEM 105abL* | General Chemistry | 4-4 |
| MATH 125 | Calculus I | 4 |
| MATH 126 | Calculus II | 4 |
| MATH 226 | Calculus III | 4 |
| MATH 245 | Mathematics of Physics and Engineering I | 4 |
| MATH 445 | Mathematics of Physics and Engineering II | 4 |
*CHEM 115abL may be substituted for CHEM 105abL.
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