Department of Physics and Astronomy

Applied Physics BS Four-Year Plan

FALL	SPRING
First Year
PHYS 207 - Fundamentals of Physics I and PHYS 227 - Fundamentals of Physics Laboratory I	PHYS 208 - Fundamentals of Physics II and PHYS 228 - Fundamentials of Physics Laboratory II
PHYS 169 - Perspectives on Physics and Astronomy	MATH 242 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus B
CHEM 103 - General Chemistry and CHEM 133 - General Chemistry Laboratory	CISC 106 - General Computer Science for Engineers
MATH 241 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus A	PHYS 209 - Aspects of Modern Physics
UNIV 101 - First Year Experience I	ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing
UB/AS Req - AS A,B, or C elective 1/6
Credits: 17	Credits: 17
Second Year
PHYS 211 - Oscillations and Waves	PHYS 309 - Physics of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
PHYS 310 - Introduction to Thermal Physics	MINOR 1
MATH 243 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus C	MATH 302 - Ordinary Differential Equations
MATH 349 - Elementary Linear Algebra	CISC 210 - Introduction to Systems Programming
UB/AS Req - AS A,B, or C elective 2/6	UB/AS Req - AS A,B, or C elective 3/6
Credits: 16	Credits: 15
Third Year
PHYS 424 - Quantum Mechanics I	PHYS 419 - Classical Mechanics I
PHYS 403 - Electricity and Magnetism I	PHYS 313 - Physical Optics
CISC 220 - Data Structures	CISC elective at or above the 260-level
MINOR 2	UB/AS Req - AS A,B, or C elective 5/6
UB/AS Req - AS A,B, or C elective 4/6	MINOR 3
Credits: 15	Credits: 16
Fourth Year
MINOR 4	PHYS 460 - Computational Methods of Physics
MINOR 5	MINOR 6
PHYS 468 - Introduction to Research	MINOR 7
UB/AS Req - AS A,B, or C elective 6/6	Free Elective (2/3)
Free Elective (1/3)	Free Elective (3/3)
Credits: 15	Credits: 15
Total Credits: 126

Disclaimer: Four-Year Plans are a Departmental suggestion of how a student could complete this degree in four years (eight semesters). Students may opt to take courses in the summer or winter sessions. These plans do not take into account additional requirements brought on by minors or other majors. A Four-Year Plan is subject to change from year-to-year given the resources and focuses of the Department. It is the student’s responsibility to meet with his or her assigned advisor at least once a semester to monitor progress and ensure that he or she is on track to graduate on time. This document is intended as a supplemental advisement tool to be used in conjunction with in-person advisement and the UDSIS Degree Audit. Students should direct any questions or concerns regarding degree progress to their advisor or Academic Assistant Dean.