Physics Minor

Course Requirements

Lower-Division Courses

Choose one of the following options:

Either these courses

PHYS 5AIntroduction to Physics I

5

PHYS 5LIntroduction to Physics I Laboratory

1

PHYS 5BIntroduction to Physics II

5

PHYS 5MIntroduction to Physics II Laboratory

1

PHYS 5CIntroduction to Physics III

5

PHYS 5NIntroduction to Physics Laboratory III

1

or these courses

PHYS 6AIntroductory Physics I

5

PHYS 6LIntroductory Physics I Laboratory

1

PHYS 6BIntroductory Physics II

5

PHYS 6MIntroductory Physics II Laboratory

1

PHYS 6CIntroductory Physics III

5

PHYS 6NIntroductory Physics III Laboratory

1

Plus the following course:

PHYS 5DIntroduction to Physics IV

5

Plus one of the following courses:

MATH 19ACalculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics

5

MATH 20AHonors Calculus

5

Plus one of the following courses:

MATH 19BCalculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics

5

MATH 20BHonors 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 23AVector Calculus

5

MATH 23BVector Calculus

5

Upper-Division Courses

All of the following courses:

PHYS 102Modern Physics

5

PHYS 133Intermediate 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 114Introduction to Dynamical Systems

5

ASTR 111Order-of-Magnitude Astrophysics

5

ASTR 112Physics of Stars

5

ASTR 113Introduction to Cosmology

5

ASTR 117High Energy Astrophysics

5

ASTR 118Physics of Planetary Systems

5

EART 121The Atmosphere

5

EART 160Planetary Science

5

EART 172
/OCEA 172
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

5

ECE 101Introduction to Electronic Circuits

5

ECE 102Properties of Materials

5

ECE 103Signals and Systems

5

ECE 130Introduction to Optoelectronics and Photonics

5

ECE 136Engineering Electromagnetics

5

ECE 141Feedback Control Systems

5

ECE 171Analog Electronics

5

ECE 172Advanced Analog Circuits

5

ECE 178Device Electronics

5

MATH 130Celestial 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 adviser.

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