Physics Minor

Course Requirements

Lower-Division Courses

Choose one of the following options:

Either these courses
PHYS 5A	Introduction to Physics I	5
PHYS 5L	Introduction to Physics I Laboratory	1
PHYS 5B	Introduction to Physics II	5
PHYS 5M	Introduction to Physics II Laboratory	1
PHYS 5C	Introduction to Physics III	5
PHYS 5N	Introduction to Physics Laboratory III	1
or these courses
PHYS 6A	Introductory Physics I	5
PHYS 6L	Introductory Physics I Laboratory	1
PHYS 6B	Introductory Physics II	5
PHYS 6M	Introductory Physics II Laboratory	1
PHYS 6C	Introductory Physics III	5
PHYS 6N	Introductory Physics III Laboratory	1

Plus the following course:

PHYS 5D

Introduction to Physics IV

Plus one of the following courses:

MATH 19A	Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics	5
MATH 20A	Honors Calculus	5

Plus one of the following courses:

MATH 19B	Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics	5
MATH 20B	Honors Calculus	5

MATH 20B can only be taken if a student has taken Math 20A instead of Math 19A.

Plus all of the following courses:

MATH 23A	Vector Calculus	5
MATH 23B	Vector Calculus	5

Upper-Division Courses

All of the following courses:

PHYS 102	Modern Physics	5
PHYS 133	Intermediate Laboratory	5

Plus three elective courses

These can be any physics upper-division courses, or courses from the following list:

AM 107 /PHYS 107	Introduction to Fluid Dynamics	5
AM 114	Introduction to Dynamical Systems	5
ASTR 111	Order-of-Magnitude Astrophysics	5
ASTR 112	Physics of Stars	5
ASTR 113	Introduction to Cosmology	5
ASTR 117	High Energy Astrophysics	5
ASTR 118	Physics of Planetary Systems	5
EART 121	The Atmosphere	5
EART 160	Planetary Science	5
EART 172 /OCEA 172	Geophysical Fluid Dynamics	5
ECE 101	Introduction to Electronic Circuits	5
ECE 102	Properties of Materials	5
ECE 103	Signals and Systems	5
ECE 130	Introduction to Optoelectronics and Photonics	5
ECE 136	Engineering Electromagnetics	5
ECE 141	Feedback Control Systems	5
ECE 171	Analog Electronics	5
ECE 172	Advanced Analog Circuits	5
ECE 178	Device Electronics	5
MATH 130	Celestial Mechanics	5

The elective courses cannot be offered by the department that sponsors the student’s major. Other courses may be taken as electives with the approval of the Physics Department undergraduate faculty advisor.

Students who complete a major sponsored by the Physics Department cannot complete a second major sponsored by the Physics Department or the physics minor.