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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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).