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Bachelor of Arts
Degree Program Hours (120)
The Bachelors of Arts in Physics prepares students interested in physics and planning to enter professional schools in business, education, journalism, law, and medicine, and for liberal arts students desiring a strong background in physical science but with career objectives in other areas. The flexible program offers the opportunity for parallel studies in another discipline and/or pre-professional preparation. Students wishing to pursue careers as professional physicists or graduate study in physics should seek the Bachelor of Science degree in physics.
Lower Division Preparation
These are required courses and form the common prerequisities to the B.A. Program
Course | Description | Credits | Prerquisite | Offered |
---|---|---|---|---|
CHM 1045 | General Chemistry I | 3 | None | Fa, Sp, Sum |
CHM 1045L | General Chemistry Lab I | 1 | CHM 1045 (co) | Fa, Sp, Sum |
CHM 1046 | General Chemistry II | 3 | CHM 1045, CHM 1045L | Fa, Sp, Sum |
CHM 1046L | General Chemistry Lab II | 1 | CHM 1046 (co) | Fa, Sp, Sum |
MAC 2311 | Calculus I | 4 | MAC 1114 or MAC 2147 or placement test | Fa, Sp, Sum |
MAC 2312 | Calculus II | 4 | MAC 2311 | Fa, Sp, Sum |
MAC 2313 | Multivariable Calculus | 4 | MAC 2312 | Fa, Sp, Sum |
PHY 2048 | Physics with Calculus I | 4 | MAC 2311 (pre or co) | Fa, Sp, Sum |
PHY 2048L | General Physics Lab I | 1 | PHY 2048 (pre or co) | Fa, Sp, Sum |
PHY 2049 | Physics with Calculus II | 4 | PHY 2048 | Fa, Sp, Sum |
PHY 2049L | General Physics Lab II | 1 | PHY 2049 (pre or co) | Fa, Sp, Sum |
To qualify for adminssion into the program, FIU undergraduates must have met all lower division requirements including CLAST, completed 60 semester hours, and must be otherwise acceptable into the program.
Additional Lower Division Requirements
Course | Description | Credits | Prerquisite | Offered |
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PHY 1033 | First-Year Physics Seminar | 1 | None | Fa, Sp |
MAP 2302 | Differential Equations | 3 | MAC 2312 | Fa, Sp, Sum |
Upper Division Program (60 total hours, 48 hours must be 3000 level or above)
Below are the required upper division courses
Course | Description | Credits | Prerequisite | Offered |
---|---|---|---|---|
PHY 3106 | Modern Physics I | 3 | PHY 2049 | Fa, Sp |
PHY 3802L | Intermediate Physics Lab I | 3 | PHY 3106 (pre or co) | Fa, Sp |
PHY 3513 (or PHY3113) | Thermodynamics (or Methods in Theoretical Physics) | 3 | PHY 2048, PHY 2049 (MAC 2313) | Fa (Sp) |
PHY 4221 | Intermediate Classical Mechanics | 4 | MAC 2313,PHY 2048, PHY 2049 | Fa |
PHY 4821L | Advanced Physics Lab | 3 | PHY 2048, PHY 2049 | Sp |
PHY,PHZ,AST 3(4)xxx | Approved Upper Division Electives | 15 | ||
3xxx,4xxx | Upper Division Electives (Physics or non-Physics) | 29 |