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Department of Physics

Bachelor of Science, Physics
Specialization in Biomedical Physics


Course Requirements

The following list shows the courses and the total number of credit-hours required in each category.  See the Typical Program of Study below for a 4-year curriculum guide.  Students should consult their advisers regularly to work out and update their programs of study, and must have adviser approval in order to register each term.

General Education Requirements     25
    This must include the following:  CS 145
Physics Requirements 57
PHYS 120, 151, 151L, 152, 152L, 201, 201L, 240, 251
PHYS 304, 318, 321, 323, 406, 442, 499AB
One of the following:  PHYS 230, 314, 343392, 410416, 472, or 492
Other Requirements 35
MATH 152, 250, 305, 321
CHEM 121AB, 125AB, 241A
BIOL 150, IS 364, ENG 334
Other Electives
4

TOTAL 121

Pre-Medical Program Option

Students interested in becoming medical students need to take the following additional courses:

CHEM 241B, CHEM 245, BIOL 151

Typical Program of Study

This guide provides only a suggested course of study, and should be used in consultation with an adviser along with the above list of Degree Requirements and/or the SIUE Undergraduate Catalog (see Office of the Registrar).  (Note that it does not include the extra courses required for the Pre-Medical Program Option.)


FIRST YEAR - FALL       FIRST YEAR - SPRING


PHYS 120 - Frontiers in Physics 3 PHYS 151 - University Physics I (BPS) 4
CHEM 121A - General Chemistry I 4 PHYS 151L - University Physics I Lab (EL) 1
CHEM 125A - General Chemistry Lab I (EL) 1 MATH 152 - Calculus II (BPS) 5
ENG 101 - Composition 3 CHEM 121B - General Chemistry II 4
ACS 101 or 103 - Oral Expression 3 CHEM 125B - General Chemistry Lab II (EL) 1


Total 14 Total 15
SECOND YEAR - FALL       SECOND YEAR - SPRING


PHYS 152 - University Physics II (BPS) 4 PHYS 201 - University Physics III (BPS) 4
PHYS 152L - University Physics II Lab (EL) 1 PHYS 201L - University Physics III Lab (EL) 1
MATH 250 - Calculus III (BPS) 4 PHYS 251 - Waves 4
ENG 102 - Composition II 3 BIOL 150 - Intro to Biological Science (BLS) 4
RA 101 - Reasoning & Argumentation 3 Health Experience (EH) 2


Total 15 Total 15
THIRD YEAR - FALL       THIRD YEAR - SPRING


Physics elective from list below * (odd year) 3 PHYS 323 - Statistical Mechanics (odd year) 4
PHYS 240 - Intro to Biomedical Physics (even yr) 3 PHYS 406 - Electromagnetic Fields (odd year) 4
PHYS 304 - Intro to Quantum Physics 4 PHYS 442 - Topics in Medical Physics (odd year) 3
PHYS 321 - Intro to Classical Mechanics 4 PHYS 318 - Electronic Measurements (even year) 3
CHEM 241A - Organic Chemistry I 3 MATH 321 - Linear Algebra I (even year) 3
CS 145 - Introduction to Computing 3 Breadth Social Sciences (BSS) (even year) 3
MATH 305 - Differential Equations 3
ENG 334 - Scientific Writing 3


Total 17 Total (odd year) 17
Total (even year) 15
FOURTH YEAR - FALL       FOURTH YEAR - SPRING


PHYS 240 - Intro to Biomedical Physics (even yr) 3 PHYS 318 - Electronic Measurements (even year) 3
Physics elective from list below * (odd year) 3 MATH 321 - Linear Algebra I (even year) 3
PHYS 499A - Senior Assignment Project, Part I 3 Breadth Social Sciences (BSS) (even year) 3
IS 364 - The Atomic Era 3 PHYS 323 - Statistical Mechanics (odd year) 4
Breadth Humanities (BHUM) 3 PHYS 406 - Electromagnetic Fields (odd year) 4
Breadth Fine & Performing Arts (BFPA) 3 PHYS 442 - Topics in Medical Physics (odd year) 3
PHYS 499B - Senior Assignment Project, Part 2 2
Elective 3


Total 15 Total (even year) 14
Total (odd year) 16
* One of the following:  PHYS 230, 314, 343392, 410416, 472, or 492
TOTAL 121 HOURS FOR GRADUATION

Revised 2018 May 9
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