Physics Minor
Course Requirements
Lower-Division Courses
Choose one of the following options:
| | Either these courses | |
| PHYS 5A | Introduction to Physics I | 5 |
| PHYS 5L | Introduction to Physics I Laboratory | 1 |
| PHYS 5B | Introduction to Physics II | 5 |
| PHYS 5M | Introduction to Physics II Laboratory | 1 |
| PHYS 5C | Introduction to Physics III | 5 |
| PHYS 5N | Introduction to Physics Laboratory III | 1 |
| | or these courses | |
| PHYS 6A | Introductory Physics I | 5 |
| PHYS 6L | Introductory Physics I Laboratory | 1 |
| PHYS 6B | Introductory Physics II | 5 |
| PHYS 6M | Introductory Physics II Laboratory | 1 |
| PHYS 6C | Introductory Physics III | 5 |
| PHYS 6N | Introductory Physics III Laboratory | 1 |
Plus the following course:
Plus one of the following courses:
| MATH 19A | Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics | 5 |
| MATH 20A | Honors Calculus | 5 |
Plus one of the following courses:
| MATH 19B | Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics | 5 |
| MATH 20B | Honors Calculus | 5 |
MATH 20B can only be taken if a student has taken MATH 20A instead of MATH 19A.
Plus all of the following courses:
Upper-Division Courses
All of the following courses:
Plus three elective courses
These can be any 5-credit physics upper-division courses chosen from PHYS 100 to PHYS 180, or courses from the following list:
The elective courses cannot be offered by the department that sponsors the student’s major. Other courses may be taken as electives with the approval of the Physics Department undergraduate faculty adviser.
Students who complete a major sponsored by the Physics Department cannot complete a second major sponsored by the Physics Department or the physics minor.