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