Physics Major Requirements

Currently the physics majors at UW-Parkside complete their requirement of a bachelor's degree in physics through a sequence of required, elective, and support courses as follows;

• PHYS 201 (General Physics I, 5 credit)

• PHYS 202 (General Physics II, 5 credit)

• PHYS 205 (Modern Physics, 3 credit)

• PHYS 241 (Programming Languages 3 credit)

• PHYS 301 (Classical Mechanic, 4 credit)

• PHYS 302 (Electricity and Magnetism, 4 credit)

• PHYS 303 (Computational Physics, 3 credit)

• PHYS 306 (Adv. Exp. in Physics, 3 credit)

• PHYS 307 (Mathematical Methods, 4 credit)

• PHYS 403 (Statistical Physics, 4 credit)

• PHYS 441 (Quantum Physics, 4 credit)

• PHYS 495 (Senior Seminar, 1 credit)

• MATH 221 (Calculus I, 5 credit)

• MATH 222 (Calculus II, 5 credit)

• MATH 223 (Calculus III, 5 credit)

• MATH 301 (Linear Algebra, 4 credit)

• MATH 310 (Probability and Statistics, 4 credit)

• MATH 317 (Differential Equations, 4 credit)

Information on the transfer of courses from other campuses-http://www.uwsa.edu/outside/tis/tis.htm.