Requirements for a Physical Science major

 

Required Core - 54 semester hours

  • 4 CHEM 112 General Chemistry I & 112L (gen ed)
  • 4 CHEM 114 General Chemistry II & 114L (gen ed)
  • 4 CHEM 326 Organic Chemistry I & 326L
  • 4 CHEM 342 Physical Chemistry
  • 3 GEOL 490 Seminar
  • 5 MATH 123 Calculus I & 123L (gen ed)
  • 5 MATH 125 Calculus II & 125L
  • 3 PHYS 185 Intro to Astronomy & 185L
  • 5 PHYS 211 University Physics I & 211L
  • 5 PHYS 213 University Physics II & 213L
  • 3 PHYS 331 Introduction to Modern Physics

Select Either:

  • GEOL 201 Physical Geology & 201L
  • GEOL 203 Historical Geology & 203L

Gen Ed Requirements - 32 semester hours

  • 3 ENGL 101 Composition I
  • 3 ENGL 201 Composition II
  • 0 MATH Gen Ed - Mathematics - satisfied by major
  • 3 SPCM Speech 101, 215, or 222
  • 2 WEL 100 Wellness for Life & 100L
  • 9* Gen Ed - Social Science
  • 12* Gen Ed - Arts & Humanities
  • 0 Gen Ed - Natural Science & Lab - satisfied by major

    * Global Requirement: depending on your selection, this requirement will satisfy 3 hours of
    either Social Science or Arts & Humanities requirements. Take 1 course from AIS/HIST 257,
    ANTH 210, ARTH 211/212/251, ENGL 211/212, GEOG 210, HIST 121/122/153, HUM 100,
    MCOM 151, POLS 141/250

    A minor is NOT required with this major but electives are required to total 128 hours,
    of which 36 hours must be 300-400 level courses.

 

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