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