Electives

And 6 semester hours of PHY electives, selected from the list below:

• PHY 3010 - Special Topics in Physics. Credits: 1 to 3
• PHY 3011 - Special Topics in Physics. Credits: 1 to 3
• PHY 3012 - Special Topics in Physics. Credits: 1 to 3
• PHY 3090 - Modern Physics II. Credits: 3
• PHY 3270 - Introduction to Circuit Analysis. Credits: 4
• PHY 3300 - Advanced Classical Mechanics. Credits: 3
• PHY 3350 - Introduction to Solid State Physics. Credits: 3
• PHY 4410 - Independent Study. Credits: 1 to 3
• PHY 4470 - Optics. Credits: 4
• PHY 4750 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics. Credits: 4
• PHY 4800 - Independent Study. Credits: 1 to 6
• PHY 4860 - Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics II. Credits: 2
• PHY 4870 - Mathematical Methods of Physics. Credits: 3

First Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 16

• CHM 1310G - General Chemistry I. Credits: 3
• CHM 1315G - General Chemistry Laboratory I. Credits: 1
• ENG 1001G - Composition and Language. Credits: 3
• MAT 1441G - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I. Credits: 5
• PHY 1351G - General Physics I. Credits: 3

• (See footnotes *, ~)

• PHY 1352G - General Physics I Laboratory. Credits: 1

• (See footnotes *, ~)

First Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 16

• CHM 1410 - General Chemistry II. Credits: 3
• CHM 1415 - General Chemistry Laboratory II. Credits: 1
• ENG 1002G - Composition and Literature. Credits: 3
• MAT 2442 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry II. Credits: 5
• PHY 1361 - General Physics II. Credits: 3

• (See footnote ~)

• PHY 1362 - General Physics II Laboratory. Credits: 1

• (See footnote ~)

Second Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15

• MAT 2443 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry III. Credits: 4
• PHY 1371 - General Physics III. Credits: 3
• PHY 1372 - General Physics III Laboratory. Credits: 1
• PHY 2390 - Statics. Credits: 3
• PHY 3150 - Electronics. Credits: 4

Second Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 15

• General Education Elective. Credits: 3

• MAT 3501 - Differential Equations I. Credits: 3
• PHY 2400 - Dynamics. Credits: 3
• PHY 3080 - Modern Physics I. Credits: 3
• SPC 1310G - Introduction to Speech Communication. Credits: 3

Third Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 16

• General Education Elective. Credits: 3
• PHY Elective. Credits: 3

• HIS 3600G - The U.S. Constitution and the Nation. Credits: 3

• or PLS 1153G

• MAT 3502 - Differential Equations II. Credits: 3
• PHY 3410 - Electricity and Magnetism I. Credits: 3
• PHY 4710 - Experimental Physics. Credits: 1
• PLS 1153G - American Government and Constitution. Credits: 3

• or HIS 3600G

Third Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 14

• General Education Elective. Credits: 3
• General Education Elective. Credits: 3
• PHY Elective. Credits: 3

• PHY 3420 - Electricity and Magnetism II. Credits: 3
• PHY 4000 - Seminar in Physics. Credits: 1
• PHY 4710 - Experimental Physics. Credits: 1

Fourth Year, First Semester - Total Hours: 15

• Elective. Credits: 3
• Elective or Foreign Language. Credits: 4
• General Education Elective. Credits: 3 

• PHY 4710 - Experimental Physics. Credits: 1
• PHY 4850 - Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics I. Credits: 4

Fourth Year, Second Semester - Total Hours: 13-14

• Elective. Credits: 3
• Elective or Foreign Language. Credits: 3-4
• General Education Elective. Credits: 3
• Senior Seminar. Credits: 3

• PHY 4010 - Seminar in Physics. Credits: 1

Footnotes

* PHY 1391G/1392G acceptable

~ or (1151G/1152G and 1161/1162 with permission of the chairperson of the department

(Major GPA based on all physics courses taken at EIU.)