Physics B.S.
All students must meet the University Requirements.
A. Major Requirements
All courses in core and all courses in one of the listed options.
| CORE: | ||
| Suggested: | ||
| CEMS 050 | CEMS First Year Seminar | 0 or 1 |
| Choose 1 of the following sequences: | 8 | |
| Fundamentals of Physics I and Fundamentals of Physics II | ||
| Physics for Engineers I and Physics for Engineers II and Introductory Lab II | ||
| PHYS 128 | Waves and Quanta | 4 |
| PHYS 211 | Classical Mechanics | 3 |
| PHYS 213 | Electricity & Magnetism | 3 |
| PHYS 273 | Quantum Mechanics I | 3 |
| PHYS 274 | Applictns of Quantum Mechanics | 3 |
| MATH 021 | QR: Calculus I | 4 |
| MATH 022 | QR: Calculus II | 4 |
| MATH 121 | QR: Calculus III | 4 |
| MATH 230 | QR:Ordinary Diffrntl Equation | 3 |
| MATH 124 | QR: Linear Algebra | 3 |
| or MATH 122 | QR: Applied Linear Algebra | |
| CHEM 031 | General Chemistry 1 | 4 |
| One additional course in chemistry (CHEM 032 recommended) | 4 | |
| CS 021 | QR: Computer Programming I 1 | 3 |
| or PHYS 256 | Computational Physics | |
| OPTIONS | ||
| Pure Physics: | 21 | |
| Experimental Physics I | ||
| Experimental Physics II 1 | ||
| Thermal & Statistical Physics | ||
| 12 credits of approved physics electives | ||
| Mechanical Engineering: | 29 | |
| Dynamics | ||
| Mechanics of Solids | ||
| Thermodynamics | ||
| SU: Applied Thermodynamics | ||
| Materials Engineering | ||
| System Dynamics | ||
| Fluid Mechanics | ||
| Statics | ||
| Electrical Engr Concepts | ||
| Civil and Environmental Engineering: | 30 | |
| Statics | ||
| Geomatics | ||
| Mechanics of Materials | ||
| Structural Analysis | ||
| Reinforced Concrete | ||
| Dynamics | ||
| Thermodynamics | ||
| Electrical Engr Concepts | ||
| Electrical Engineering (Signals and Systems): | 30 | |
| Linear Circuit Analysis I | ||
| Linear Circuit Analysis II | ||
| Linear Circuits Laboratory I | ||
| Linear Circuits Laboratory II | ||
| Electronics I | ||
| Electronics II | ||
| Signals & Systems | ||
| Communication Systems | ||
| Digital Signal Processing | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Electrical Engineering (Circuits and Devices): | 30 | |
| Linear Circuit Analysis I | ||
| Linear Circuit Analysis II | ||
| Linear Circuits Laboratory I | ||
| Linear Circuits Laboratory II | ||
| Electronics I | ||
| Electronics II | ||
| Fundamentals of Digital Design | ||
| Electronics Laboratory | ||
| Electronics Design Project | ||
| Digital VLSI Circuit Design | ||
| Astrophysics: | 21 | |
| Experimental Physics I | ||
| Experimental Physics II 1 | ||
| Electromagnetism | ||
| Thermal & Statistical Physics | ||
3 credis of approved 200-level ASTR electives | ||
6 credits of approved science or mathematics electives | ||
| 1 | PHYS 202 and CS 021 may be waived in favor of credit in undergraduate research. |
B. Humanities and Social Science Courses
Courses used to satisfy requirement A above may not be used to satisfy this requirement.
24 credits of courses selected from categories I, II, and III listed below. These 24 credits must be distributed over at least 2 categories, and at least 6 credits must be taken in each of the 2 categories chosen.
The requirements of this section satisfy the Humanities and Social Sciences requirement of the CEMS Core Curriculum.
CATEGORY I: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
American Sign Language (ASL); Arabic (ARBC); Chinese (CHIN); Classics (CLAS); English (ENGS); English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL); Foreign Language (LANG); French (FREN); German (GERM); Greek (GRK); Hebrew (HEBR); Italian (ITAL); Japanese (JAPN); Latin (LAT); Linguistics (LING); Portuguese (PORT); Russian (RUSS); Spanish (SPAN); World Literature (WLIT).
CATEGORY II: HUMANITIES AND FINE ARTS
Art History (ARTH); Art Studio (ARTS); Dance (DNCE); Film & Television Studies (FTS); Humanities (HUMN); Music (MU); Philosophy (PHIL); Religion (REL); Speech (SPCH); Theatre (THE).
CATEGORY III: SOCIAL SCIENCES
Anthropology (ANTH); Communication Sciences & Disorders (CSD); Community Development & Applied Economics (CDAE); Critical Race & Ethnic Studies (CRES); Economics (EC); Environmental Studies (ENVS); Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies (GSWS); Geography (GEOG); Global & Regional Studies (GRS); History (HST); Holocaust Studies (HS); Human Development & Family Studies (HDFS); Political Science (POLS); Psychological Science (PSYS); Sociology (SOC); Vermont Studies (VS).