Physics Minor
Course Requirements
Lower-Division Courses
Choose one of the following options:
Plus the following course:
PHYS5D | Introduction to Physics IV | 5 |
Plus one of the following courses:
MATH19A | Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics | 5 |
MATH20A | Honors Calculus | 5 |
Plus one of the following courses:
MATH19B | Calculus for Science, Engineering, and Mathematics | 5 |
MATH20B | 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 physics upper-division courses, or courses from the following list:
AM107
/PHYS 107
| Introduction to Fluid Dynamics | 5 |
AM114 | Introduction to Dynamical Systems | 5 |
ASTR111 | Order-of-Magnitude Astrophysics | 5 |
ASTR112 | Physics of Stars | 5 |
ASTR113 | Introduction to Cosmology | 5 |
ASTR117 | High Energy Astrophysics | 5 |
ASTR118 | Physics of Planetary Systems | 5 |
EART121 | The Atmosphere | 5 |
EART160 | Planetary Science | 5 |
EART172
/OCEA 172
| Geophysical Fluid Dynamics | 5 |
ECE101 | Introduction to Electronic Circuits | 5 |
ECE102 | Properties of Materials | 5 |
ECE103 | Signals and Systems | 5 |
ECE130 | Introduction to Optoelectronics and Photonics | 5 |
ECE136 | Engineering Electromagnetics | 5 |
ECE141 | Feedback Control Systems | 5 |
ECE171 | Analog Electronics | 5 |
ECE172 | Advanced Analog Circuits | 5 |
ECE178 | Device Electronics | 5 |
MATH130 | Celestial Mechanics | 5 |
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.