| Semester 1 | Credits | Semester 2 | Credits |
| GA, GH, or GS elective** | 3 | ENGL 015 or 030 (GWS)** Composition | 3 |
| CHEM 110 (GN) Chemical Principles | 3 | CHEM 112 (GN) Chemical Principles | 3 |
| CHEM 111 (GN) Experimental Chemistry | 1 | CHEM 113 (GN) Experimental Chemistry | 1 |
| MATH 140 (GQ) Calc. w/Analy. Geometry I | 4 | MATH 141 (GQ) Calc. w/Analy. Geometry II | 4 |
| PHYS 211 (GN) General Physics: Mechanics | 4 | PHYS 212 (GN) Gen. Physics: Elec. & Magnetism | 4 |
| FYS* | 1 | ||
| Total Credits: | 15 | Total Credits: | 16 |
| Semester 3 | Credits | Semester 4 | Credits |
| GA, GH, or GS elective | 3 | CAS 100 (GWS) Effective Speech | 3 |
| Programming | 3 | GA, GH, or GS elective | 3 |
| MATH 251 Ordinary & Partial Diff. Equations | 4 | MATH 220 (GQ) Matrices | 2 |
| PHYS 213 (GN) Gen. Physics: Fluids and Thermal | 2 | MATH 230 Calculus and Vector Analysis | 4 |
| PHYS 214 (GN) Gen. Physics: Wave Motion and Quantum | 2 | PHYS 237 Intro. to Modern Physics | 3 |
| GHA elective | 1.5 | ||
| Total Credits: | 15.5 | Total Credits: | 15 |
| Semester 5 | Credits | Semester 6 | Credits |
| GA, GH, or GS elective | 3 | PHYS 420 Thermal Physics | 3 |
| GN elective | 3 | PHYS 410 Intro. to Quantum Mechanics I | 4 |
| MATH 405 Advanced Calc. for ENGR & SCIEN I | 3 | MATH 406 Advanced Calc. for ENGR & SCIEN II | 3 |
| PHYS 400 Inter. Electricity and Magnetism I | 3 | PHYS 444 Topics in Contemporary Physics | 2 |
| PHYS 419 Theoretical Mechanics | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| GHA elective | 1.5 | ||
Total Credits: |
15 | Total Credits: |
16.5 |
| Semester 7 | Credits | Semester 8 | Credits |
| PHYS 458 Intermediate Optics | 4 | PHYS elective | 3 |
| or | or | ||
| PHYS elective | 3 | PHYS 402 Electronics for Scientists | 4 |
| ENGL 202C (GWS) Effective Writing | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | PHYS 457W Experimental Physics | 3 |
| PHYS elective | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| GA, GH, or GS elective | 3 | GA, GH, or GS elective | 3 |
Total Credits: |
15-16 | Total Credits: |
15-16 |