Anticipated BS Courses

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. Anatoliy Glushchenko (aglushch@uccs.edu) for the anticipated schedule.

2020-21, 2022-23, 2024-25, etc.

  Fall (even year) Spring (odd year)
Required 3130 Modern Physics 3130 Modern Physics
3250 Math Methods 3210 Classical Mechanics
3310 Electricity and Magnetism I 3320 Electricity and Magnetism II
4250 Quantum Mechanics I 3410 Statistical Mechanics
4810 Senior Seminar 4810 Senior Seminar
Elective 4460 Solid State Physics I
(required in the solid state degree option) 
4470 Solid State Physics II 
 
3950 Special Topics: Biophysics 
4260 Quantum Mechanics II
Lab 3170 Instrumentation Lab I 3180 Instrumentation Lab II
4170 Optics Lab 4150 Solid State Lab
(required in some degree options)

 

  Fall (odd year) Spring (even year)
Required 3130 Modern Physics 3130 Modern Physics
3250 Math Methods 3210 Classical Mechanics
3310 Electricity and Magnetism I 3320 Electricity and Magnetism II
4250 Quantum Mechanics I 3410 Statistical Mechanics
4810 Senior Seminar 4810 Senior Seminar
4510 Optics
Elective 3140 Intro to Computational Physics
(satisfies computer science requirement)
3060 Astrophysics
3650 Nuclear Physics 4260 Quantum Mechanics 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