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2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin

Sample Schedule: Applied Physics Concentration in Biochemistry


FIRST-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

PHYS 011A - (NS) General Physics    

4

PHYS 012A - (NS) General Physics     

4

PHYS 011B - (NS) General Physics Laboratory     

1

PHYS 012B - (NS) General Physics Laboratory    

1

MATH 071 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus I   

4

MATH 072 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus II  

4

WSC 001 - Composition   

3

WSC 002 - Composition    

3

ENGG 015 - (NS) Designing the Human-Made World    

3

Students must select one of the following: Literature (LT)

or Appreciation and Analysis (AA) Distribution Course  

3

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

15



SECOND-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

PHYS 118A - Modern Physics    

3

PHYS 140 - Mechanics  

3

CSC 015 - (CS) Fundamentals of Computer Science I: Problem Solving and Program Design  

3

MATH 131 - (MA) Elementary Differential Equations   

3

MATH 073 - (MA) Analytic Geometry and Calculus III  

4

Students must select one of the following: Literature (LT)

or Appreciation and Analysis (AA) Distribution Course  

3

CHEM 003A - (NS) General Chemistry I  

3

CHEM 004A - (NS) General Chemistry II   

3

CHEM 003B - (NS) General Chemistry Laboratory I  

1

CHEM 004B - (NS) General Chemistry Laboratory II  

1

Elective Course

1

Elective Course

3

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

16


 

THIRD-YEAR 
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Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

PHYS 104 - Electricity and Magnetism    

3

PHYS 159 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics    

3

CHEM 135 - Foundations of Organic Chemistry  

4

BIOL Elective Course

4

CHEM 137 - Foundations of Organic Chemistry Laboratory  

1

Elective Course

3

Students must select one of the following: Behavioral Social Sciences (BH)

or History, Philosophy, Religion (HP) Distribution Course   

3

Elective Course

3

 Elective Course

3

Elective Course

3

Students must select one of the following PHYS Advanced Lab:

(118B , 118C , 119 , 120 , 137 , 157 , or 158 )

1

Students must select one of the following PHYS Advanced Lab:

(118B , 118C , 119 , 120 , 137 , 157 , or 158 )

1

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

17


 

FOURTH-YEAR

Fall

S.H.

Spring

S.H.

PHYS 135 - Optics      

3

PHYS 136 - Statistical Mechanics With Thermodynamics     

3

PHYS 137 - Optics Laboratory      

1

BCHM 163 - Bio-Organic Chemistry of Metabolism   or BCHM 173 - Experimental Biochemistry 

3

Students must select one of the following: Behavioral Social Sciences (BH)

or History, Philosophy, Religion (HP) Distribution Course   

3

Elective Course

3

BCHM 162 - Foundations of Biochemistry  

3

Elective Course

3

Students must select one of the following: BIOL or CHEM or PHYS 100 Level 

2

Elective Course

3

Elective Course

3

Students must select one of the following PHYS Advanced Lab:

(118B , 118C , 119 , 120 , 137 , 157 , or 158 )

1

Total Semester Hours

15

Total Semester Hours

16

Program Total

124

 

Updated December 2022