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The recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2026-2027 academic year.
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
MATH 021/022 to MATH 024 to MATH 110-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: Scientific Reasoning – PHYS 116 - PHYSICS I WITH CALCULUS LECTURE (HRS 4) & Gen Ed: Scientific Reasoning – PHYS 116L - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I LAB (HRS 1)
- Gen Ed: Quantitative Reasoning – MATH 121 - CALCULUS I (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 17)
Spring Semester
- Major: PHYS 117 - PHYSICS II WITH CALCULUS LECTURE (HRS 4) & Major: PHYS 117L - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS II LAB (HRS 1)
- Major: MATH 122 - CALCULUS II (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Career Pathways: PATH 001 - CAREER PATHWAYS MOD 1
- Total: (HRS 17)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major: PHYS 214 - MODERN PHYSICS LECTURE WI (HRS 4)
- Major: PHYS 215 - MODERN PHYSICS TECHNOLOGY AND MEASUREMENTS (HRS 4)
- Major: MATH 225 - MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Career Pathways: PATH 002 - CAREER PATHWAYS MOD 2
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: MATH 305 - DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS (HRS 4)
- Major: CMPS 147 - COMPUTER SCIENCE I (HRS 4)
- Major: PHYS 242 - ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND DEVICES WI (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Career Pathways: PATH 003 - CAREER PATHWAYS MOD 3
- Total: (HRS 16)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: PHYS Elective (HRS 4)
- Major: PHYS 350 - THERMODYNAMICS (HRS 4)
- Major: PHYS Elective (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: PHYS 323 - ELECTRODYNAMICS I (HRS 4)
- Major: PHYS 322 - ADVANCED MECHANICS (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: PHYS 423 - QUANTUM MECHANICS I (HRS 4)
- Major: PHYS 431 - EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN PHYSICS WI (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: PHYS Elective (HRS 4)
- Major: PHYS 422 - CONDENSED MATTER AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 14)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: 2.0
WI: Writing Intensive-3 required in the major
*General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
+W: Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
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