Mar 29, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Physics, B.S.: Professional Concentration


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About the Physics: Professional Concentration Bachelor’s Program


The professional concentration provides a traditional curriculum for students majoring in physics and is intended to prepare them for graduate study or employment in the private or government sector as a physicist. A typical sequence of courses begins with PHYS 1408 , PHYS 2401 , PHYS 2302 , PHYS 3201 /PHYS 3301  for a total of 16 hours at the introductory level. These are usually followed by the intermediate and advanced sequences, PHYS 2305 PHYS 3304 PHYS 3305 , PHYS 3306 , PHYS 3401 , PHYS 4302 , PHYS 4304 , PHYS 4306 PHYS 4307 , and PHYS 4308 . Students desiring to pursue advanced degrees are recommended to take advanced topic courses. Two PHYS elective courses are required in the professional concentration.

The required mathematics courses for physics majors are MATH 1451 , MATH 1452 , MATH 2450 , PHYS 4325  and PHYS 4326 . MATH 3350  and MATH 3351  or MATH 3354  and MATH 4354  may be substituted for PHYS 4325  and PHYS 4326 . Students planning to pursue an advanced degree in physics should consult the physics academic advisor about appropriate additional courses. Majors in this concentration are strongly encouraged to minor in mathematics.

Communication Literacy Requirement. Communication Literacy courses for the Physics major (all concentrations) are three courses from PHYS 2305 , PHYS 3304 , PHYS 3401 , and PHYS 4306 .

Recommended Curriculum


First Year


Fall


Total: 14


Spring


Total: 14


Second Year


Fall


Total: 17


Total: 14


Third Year


Fall


Total: 16


Spring


Total: 15


Fourth Year


Fall


Total: 15


Spring


Total: 15


Total Hours: 120


Professional concentration students are strongly encouraged to minor in mathematics, as assumed in the curriculum above.

* Choose from the university’s core curriculum .
 Some physics electives are offered in alternate years. Consult the current Physics Undergraduate Handbook at www.depts.ttu.edu/phas for current scheduling.

Foreign Language


A student must complete 3 hours at the sophomore level or above in a single language. The prerequisite for all sophomore language courses is proficiency at the freshman level. This proficiency can be determined through credit or by examination. The score attained on the exam will determine whether the student is placed in a second-year course, a 5-hour review course, or in some cases the first or second semester of a beginning (first-year) language course. See Arts & Sciences General Degree Requirements  for further explanation.

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