2020-2021 Undergraduate General Catalog


Chemical Physics Major with a Physics Emphasis

63 credit hours

Required Courses: 48 credit hours

PHYS 221General Physics I (NS)

4

PHYS 222General Physics II

4

PHYS 321Computational Physics

3

PHYS 331Electronics for Science and Engineering

4

PHYS 361Electromagnetic Theory

3

PHYS 371Modern Physics I

3

PHYS 373Quantum Mechanics

3

PHYS 399Independent Study

4

 

CHEM 117General Chemistry II

4

OR

CHEM 120Accelerated General Chemistry (NS)

4

 

CHEM 201Organic Chemistry I

4

CHEM 242Analysis

4

CHEM 301Chemical Thermodynamics, Equilibrium and Kinetics (SI)

4

CHEM 302Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, and Spectroscopy

4

One of the following courses: 4 credit hours

CHEM 311Advanced Analytical Chemistry (W)

4

CHEM 341Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

4

CHEM 381Advanced Physical Chemistry

4

Required Supportive Courses: 11 credit hours

MATH 151Calculus I (MT)

4

MATH 152Calculus II

4

MATH 310Differential Equations

3

*Research (PHYS 399) may be all PHYS or split between PHYS and CHEM.

With prior Physics Department approval, both hours of research may be completed in an approved off-campus program (usually during the summer).

NOTE: A student cannot receive a major in Chemical Physics AND a major in Chemistry or Physics. Students satisfying both sets of requirements will be allowed to choose which major they wish to appear on their transcript.