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2019-2020 Academic Catalog

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2019-2020 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Physics Minor

Requirements for Minor

Students pursuing the mathematics/physics interdepartmental major may not count those courses toward the physics minor.

Five and One-quarter Units in Physics, Including:

PHYS 167: Analytical Physics I (1 Unit)
PHYS 168: Analytical Physics II (1 Unit)
PHYS 191: Colloquium in Physics and Astronomy I (.25 Unit)
PHYS 243: Introduction to Mathematical Methods in Physics I (.5 Unit)
PHYS 244: Introduction to Mathematical Methods in Physics II (.5 Unit)
PHYS 250: Introductory Modern Physics (1 Unit)

And One of the Following:

PHYS 206: Astrophysics I: Stars, Galaxies and Cosmology (1 Unit)
PHYS 245: Electronics (1 Unit)
PHYS 308: Optics (1 Unit)
PHYS 322: Solid State and Nuclear Physics (1 Unit)
PHYS 325: Theoretical Mechanics (1 Unit)
PHYS 336: Electricity and Magnetism (1 Unit)
PHYS 350: Advanced Laboratory (1 Unit)
PHYS 380: Mathematical Physics (1 Unit)
PHYS 384: Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (1 Unit)
PHYS 387: Quantum Mechanics (1 Unit)

Four Cognate Courses:

MATH 141: Calculus of a Single Variable I (1 Unit)
MATH 143: Calculus of a Single Variable II (1 Unit)
MATH 245: Multivariate Calculus (1 Unit)
MATH 247: Differential Equations and Linear Algebra (1 Unit)