Kent State University Catalog 2012 - 2013

Physics - B.S. Program Requirements Download to print

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (56 credits)* Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KBS	CHEM	10060	General Chemistry I	4
KAD		10061	General Chemistry II	4
KBS		10062	General Chemistry I Laboratory	1
KBS		10063	General Chemistry II Laboratory	1
KMC	MATH	12002	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I	5
		12003	Analytic Geometry and Calculus II	5
		32051	Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences I	4
		32052	Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences II	4
	PHY	12000	Introductory Physics Seminar	1
KBS		23101	General University Physics I	5
KBS		23102	General University Physics II	5
WIC		30020	Intermediate Physics Laboratory**	2
		35101	Classical Mechanics	4
		36001	Introductory Modern Physics	3
WIC		40020	Advanced Physics Laboratory**	2
ELR		40092	Internship in Physics***	2
		45201	Electromagnetic Theory	4
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (35-43 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Foreign Language****			8-10
	Kent Core Additional (not from CHEM)			2
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Humanities or Fine Arts			9
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			6
	General Electives (lower or upper-division) Credit required depends on meeting minimum 121 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours.			4-8
IV.	CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (26-29 credits)
	Research (26)
	Applied Mathematics (25)
	Applied Physics (26)
	Biological Sciences (28)
	Chemistry (29)
	Computer Science (29)
MINIMUM TOTAL				121

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

**A minimum C grade must be earned in either PHY 30020 or PHY 40020 in order to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

*** With advisor’s permission. PHY 40092 may be replaced with PHY 40096 Individual Investigation or PHY 40099 Senior Honors Thesis. If PHY 40096 is taken, a suitable research project should be selected.

**** Fulfills College General Requirement.

Additional Notes for the Physics major:
The following courses may not count towards the major:
PHY 11030 Seven Ideas that Shook the Universe (3)
PHY 21040 Physics in The Entertainment and the Arts (3)
PHY 21041 Physics in The Entertainment and the Arts Laboratory (1)
PHY 21430 Frontiers in Astronomy (3)
PHY 21431 Frontiers in Astronomy Laboratory (1)

Credit is not granted for both the PHY 13001/PHY 13002 and the PHY 23101/PHY 23102 series, nor for the PHY 13011/
PHY 13012 series.