Requirements - Physics Minor | Department of Physics and Astronomy

Physics Minor Requirements

Minors in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences are constructed with the following basic requirements: 18 hours in the minor field, with 12 of those hours required to be at a junior/senior level. The specific requirements for the physics minor follow:

Required Courses

Hours

PHSX 211 and PHSX 216 (or PHSX 213)

General Physics I/lab

PHSX 212 and PHSX 236 (or PHSX 214)

General Physics II

PHSX 313

General Physics III

PHSX 316

Intermediate Physics Laboratory

PHSX 521

Mechanics I

PHSX 531

Electricity and Magnetism

Any PHSX course numbered 500 or above

22 credit hours, of which 13 are at the junior/senior level of work.

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