in the Eberly College of Science
Untitled Recommended Academic Plan for Physics - Acoustics Option (PHYS at University Park)
Effective Summer 2009

Semester 1CreditsSemester 2Credits
GA, GH, or GS elective**3ENGL 015 or 030 (GWS)** Composition3
CHEM 110 (GN) Chemical Principles3CHEM 112 (GN) Chemical Principles3
CHEM 111 (GN) Experimental Chemistry1CHEM 113 (GN) Experimental Chemistry1
MATH 140 (GQ) Calc. w/Analy. Geometry I4MATH 141 (GQ) Calc. w/Analy. Geometry II4
PHYS 211 (GN) General Physics: Mechanics4PHYS 212 (GN) Gen. Physics: Elec. & Magnetism4
FYS*1  
Total Credits:16Total Credits:15
Semester 3CreditsSemester 4Credits
GA, GH, or GS elective3CAS 100 (GWS) Effective Speech3
Programming3GA, GH, or GS elective3
MATH 251 Oridinary & Partial Diff. Equations4MATH 220 (GQ) Matrices2
PHYS 213 (GN) Gen. Physics: Fluids and Thermal2MATH 230 Calculus and Vector Analysis4
PHYS 214 (GN) Gen. Physics: Wave Motion and Quantum2PHYS 237 Intro. to Modern Physics3
GHA elective1.5  
Total Credits:15.5Total Credits:15
Semester 5CreditsSemester 6Credits
GA, GH, or GS elective3PHYS 410 Intro. to Quantum Mechanics I4
MATH 405 Advanced Calc. for ENGR & SCIEN I3PHYS 420 Thermal Physics3
PHYS 400 Inter. Electricity and Magnetism I3MATH 406 Advanced Calc. for ENGR & SCIEN II3
PHYS 419 Theoretical Mechanics3AERSP 308 Mechanics of Fluid3
PHYS 443^ Intermediate Acoustics3PHYS 444 Topics in Contemporary Physics2
Total Credits:
15
Total Credits:
15
Semester 7CreditsSemester 8Credits
ENGL 202C (GWS) Effective Writing3PHYS 402 Electronics for Scientists4
Elective3Option elective†3
GA, GH, or GS elective3Elective3
Option elective†3GN elective3
GA, GH, or GS elective3PHYS 457W Experimental Physics3
GHA elective1.5  
Total Credits:
16.5
Total Credits:
16
Scheduling patterns for courses not taught each semester:

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