Core Requirements

Requirements include:

• CHM 1310G - General Chemistry I. Credits: 3
• CHM 1315G - General Chemistry Laboratory I. Credits: 1
• CHM 1410 - General Chemistry II. Credits: 3
• CHM 1415 - General Chemistry Laboratory II. Credits: 1
• CHM 2730 - Quantitative Analysis. Credits: 3
• ESC 3010G - Environmental Physical Sciences. Credits: 3

• (cross listed with GEL 3010G)

• MAT 1441G - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I. Credits: 5

• or

• MAT 2110G - Brief Calculus with Applications. Credits: 3
• MAT 2170 - Computer Science I. Credits: 4
• PHY 1151G - Principles of Physics I. Credits: 3
• PHY 1152G - Principles of Physics I Laboratory. Credits: 1
• PHY 1161 - Principles of Physics II. Credits: 3
• PHY 1162 - Principles of Physics II Laboratory. Credits: 1
• PHY 3001 - Laser Safety. Credits: 3
• PHY 3002 - Introduction to Health Physics. Credits: 3
• PHY 3150 - Electronics. Credits: 4
• PHY 4000 - Seminar in Physics. Credits: 1
• PHY 4711 - Experimental Physics I. Credits: 1
• PHY 4712 - Experimental Physics II. Credits: 1
• PHY 4713 - Experimental Physics III. Credits: 1

Electives

• BIO 3120 - Molecular and Cellular Biology. Credits: 4
• CHM 2430 - Survey of Organic Chemistry. Credits: 3
• CHM 2435 - Survey of Organic Chemistry Laboratory. Credits: 1
• CHM 3450 - Biochemistry I. Credits: 3
• FCS 4820 - Death and Dying. Credits: 3
• MAT 2250G - Elementary Statistics. Credits: 4
• PHY 3080 - Modern Physics I. Credits: 3
• PHY 4010 - Seminar in Physics. Credits: 1
• PHY 4444A - Honors Independent Study A. Credits: 3

• or PHY 4444B or PHY 4444D

• (See Footnote 1)

• PHY 4555 - Honors Research. Credits: 3

• (See Footnote 1)

• PHY 4601A - Research in Physics 1A. Credits: 1

• or PHY 4601B or PHY 4601D or PHY 4601E

• (See Footnote 1)

• PHY 4602A - Research in Physics 2A. Credits: 2

• or PHY 4602B or PHY 4602D or PHY 4602E

• (See Footnote 1)

• PHY 4603A - Research in Physics 3A. Credits: 3

• or PHY 4603B or PHY 4603D or PHY 4603E

• PHY 4800* - Advanced Independent Study. Credits: 1 to 6

• *Course Numbers: PHY 4800A, B, D-F, H-M, O-R, T-Z

Footnote:

¹ No more than 3 semester hours of PHY 4444*, PHY 4555, PHY 4600, 4601*, 4602*, 4603* and PHY 4800* in aggregate will count towards the Radiation Physics concentration electives.

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