Physics, BA (3 yr) (GPS)

Courses Taken Prior to Matriculation

ENG 1100 - Academic Writing and Reading Credit Hour(s): 3
MST 2300 - Calculus I Credit Hour(s): 4
Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
PHY 2400 - General Physics I Credit Hour(s): 4

Fall One

PHY 2410 - General Physics II Credit Hour(s): 4
PHY 1000 - Undergraduate Physics Seminar I Credit Hour(s): 1
MTH 2310 - Calculus II Credit Hour(s): 4
CHM 1210 - General Chemistry I Credit Hour(s): 3

Total: 15 Credit Hours

Spring One

PHY 2420 - Introduction to Modern Physics Credit Hour(s): 3
MTH 2320 - Calculus III Credit Hour(s): 4
CHM 1220 - General Chemistry II Credit Hour(s): 3
CORE - Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3

Total: 15 Credit Hours

Summer One

CORE - Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
MTH 2530 - Elementary Linear Algebra Credit Hour(s): 3
CORE - Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3

Total: 9 Credit Hours

Fall Two

PHY 3150 - Physics Instrumentation Credit Hour(s): 3
MTH 2330 - Differential Equations Credit Hour(s): 3
GE1 - General Elective I Credit Hour(s): 3
GE1 - General Elective I Credit Hour(s): 3
GE2 - General Elective II Credit Hour(s): 3

Total: 15 Credit Hours

Spring Two

PHY 3220 - Applied Optics Credit Hour(s): 3
PHY 3710 - Analytical Mechanics Credit Hour(s): 3
GE1 - General Elective I Credit Hour(s): 3
GE1 - General Elective I Credit Hour(s): 3
GE2 - General Elective II Credit Hour(s): 3

Total: 15 Credit Hours

Summer Two

CORE - Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
CORE - Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3
GE1 - General Elective I Credit Hour(s): 3
GE2 - General Elective II Credit Hour(s): 3

Total: 12 Credit Hours

Fall Three

PHY 3500 - Advanced Physics Laboratory I Credit Hour(s): 2
PHY 4500 - Electricity and Magnetism I Credit Hour(s): 3
GE1 - General Elective I Credit Hour(s): 3
GE2 - General Elective II Credit Hour(s): 3
CORE - Wright State Core Course Credit Hour(s): 3

Total: 14 Credit Hours

Spring Three

PHY 3510 - Advanced Physics Laboratory II Credit Hour(s): 2 *
PHY - Physics Elective Credit Hour(s): 3
GE1 - General Elective I Credit Hour(s): 3
GE2 - General Elective II Credit Hour(s): 3
GE2 - General Elective II Credit Hour(s): 3

Total: 14 Credit Hours

* currently not required, but need another WI course

Note(s):

(1) All PHY 2420 and higher courses only offered once a year.
(2) GE1: General electives (22 hours), PHY 1000 is included in the program above.
(3) GE2: General electives outside CoSM and CECS (18 hours).