Anticipated Upper Division BS Course Schedule
Upper-division Courses
The anticipated schedule for upper-division physics courses.
Please note that some classes are on a two-year rotation and some electives are added depending on instructor availability.
Please contact our Undergraduate Advisor Prof. Tim Fal (tfal@uccs.edu) for the anticipated schedule.
2020-21, 2022-23, 2024-25, etc.
Fall (even years) | Spring (odd years) | |
Required | 3130 Modern Physics | 3210 Classical Mechanics |
3250 Mathematical Methods of Physics and Engineering | 3410 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics | |
3310 Principles of Electricity and Magnetism I | 3310 Principles of Electricity and Magnetism II | |
4250 Quantum Mechanics I | 4810 Senior Seminar | |
Elective | 4460 Introduction to Solid State Physics (required in the solid-state degree option) | 3950 Special: Biophysics |
3140 Introduction to Computational Physics (satisfies computer science requirements) | 4260 Quantum Mechanics II | |
Lab | 3170 Instrumentation Lab I | 3180 Instrumentation Lab II |
4170 Optics Lab |
Fall (odd years) | Spring (even years) | |
Required | 3130 Modern Physics | 3210 Classical Mechanics |
3250 Mathematical Methods of Physics and Engineering | 3410 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics | |
3310 Principles of Electricity and Magnetism I | 3310 Principles of Electricity and Magnetism II | |
4250 Quantum Mechanics I | 4810 Senior Seminar | |
4510 Optics | ||
Elective | 3650 Nuclear Physics | 4260 Quantum Mechanics II |
3060 Astrophysics | 3950 Special: Biophysics II | |
Lab | 3170 Instrumentation Lab I | 3180 Instrumentation Lab II |
4170 Optics Lab |
Additional Courses
The following elective courses are occasionally offered:
- 4720 Stellar Structures and Evolution
- 4600 Special and General Relativity
- 3950 Special Topics (History of Physics, Nonlinear Physics, etc)
- 3700 Acoustics
Excellent undergraduates are encouraged to consider our Graduate courses as electives.
* Last updated: 20 December 2019