Course Requirements

The following represents one of many paths students can take to complete a major in physics.

Note that students typically take four courses per semester for a total of eight each year. Check the Coe catalog to review all of your options.

First Year

• PHY-215/ -210 General Physics I & Laboratory
• PHY-225/ -220 General Physics II & Laboratory
• MTH-135 Calculus I
• MTH-145 Calculus II

Second Year

• CS-125 Computer Science I
• MTH-255 Calculus III
• PHY-235/ -230 Modern Physics & Laboratory

Third Year

• PHY-315 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
• PHY-325/-320 Digital Electronics & Laboratory
• PHY-465 Mechanics Formulations

Fourth Year

• PHY-515 Optics
• PHY-415 Electromagnetism
• PHY-535 Advanced Laboratory I  

Comprehensive evaluation Satisfactory completion of written and oral examinations during the junior or senior year.