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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Physics (B.S.) Astronomy 4-Year Plan

This plan is an example only. Please see your advisor to develop your individualized plan. Course rotation and course offerings are subject to change based on faculty availability and enrollment minimums. Students interested in the AstroPhysics track should take PHYS 36100, PHYS 53600, and PHYS 40600 or 52400 using the free elective courses on the plan.

Fall 1st Year:

ASTR 10000 - Descriptive: The Solar System Cr. 3 or 4.
CHM 11500 - General Chemistry Cr. 4.
COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication Cr. 3.
MA 16500 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus I Cr. 4.
PHYS 17000 - Special Topics In Physics Cr. 1-4. taken as: First Year Seminar Cr. 2.
Civics Literacy Proficiency Requirement Cr. 0-3. (movable)

Total Credits: 16

Spring 1st Year:

CHM 11600 - General Chemistry Cr. 4.
MA 16600 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus II Cr. 4.
PHYS 13500 - The 1st Three Minutes Cr. 3.
PHYS 15200 - Mechanics Cr. 5.

Total Credits: 16

Fall 2nd Year:

ASTR 10500 - Stars And Galaxies Cr. 3 or 4.
MA 26100 - Multivariate Calculus Cr. 4.
PHYS 25100 - Heat, Electricity And Optics Cr. 5.
PHYS 30500 - Intermediate Mathematical Physics Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 15

Spring 2nd Year:

ASTR 36400 - Stars And Galaxies Cr. 3.
ENGL 13100 - Reading, Writing, And Inquiry I Cr. 3.
MA 35100 - Elementary Linear Algebra Cr. 3.
MA 36300 - Differential Equations Cr. 3.
PHYS 32500 - Scientific Computing Cr. 3.
PHYS 34200 - Modern Physics Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 18

Fall 3rd Year:

ASTR 37000 - Cosmology Cr. 3.
PHYS 34300 - Modern Physics Laboratory Cr. 1.
PHYS 41800 - Thermal And Statistical Physics Cr. 3.
Free elective Cr. 3.

PHYS 31200 - Intermediate Electricity And Magnetism Cr. 3.
or
ECE 31100 - Electric And Magnetic Fields Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 13

Spring 3rd Year:

ASTR 40100 - Introduction To Astrophysics Cr. 3.
or
ASTR 45100 - Galaxies And Large Scale Structure Cr. 3.
or
ASTR 47100 - Stellar Evolution Cr. 3.
ENGL 23301 - Intermediate Expository Writing Cr. 3.
PHYS 32200 - Intermediate Optics Cr. 3.
PHYS 34500 - Optics Laboratory I Cr. 1.
Gen Ed B.7 course Cr. 3.
Free elective Cr. 2.

Total Credits: 15

Fall 4th Year:

PHYS 31000 - Intermediate Mechanics Cr. 4.
PHYS 34600 - Advanced Laboratory I Cr. 1.
PHYS 48001 - Senior Thesis I Cr. 3.
Gen Ed B5 elective Cr. 3.
First Semester Foreign Language Cr. 3.

Total Credits: 14

Spring 4th Year:

PHYS 44200 - Quantum Mechanics Cr. 3.
PHYS 48002 - Senior Thesis II Cr. 0.
Category B.6 Humanistic Ways of Knowing courses Cr. 3.
Second Semester Foreign Language Cr. 3.
Category B.8 Interdisciplinary Ways of Knowing courses Cr. 3.
Free elective Cr. 2.

Total Credits: 14

Total Credits: 120