The University of Alabama in Huntsville 1 Physics, BS - Engineering Physics Concentration Physics, Engineering Physics Concentration, BS Requirements: Physics, Engineering Physics Concentration, BS degree requires 128 credit hours. 9 of 128 credit hours must be taken at 00 level or higher (9 credits includes courses taken at the 00+ level in major, minor (if chosen), Preprofessional area and electives). 12 credit hours of 00 level and above must be taken in the major or 6 credit hours in the major and 6 credit hours in the minor (if chosen). 12 of the last 18 credit hours must be taken at UAH, with an overall 25% of coursework taken at UAH. Unless otherwise noted a C- or better is required for all College of Science prerequisite courses. No more than 6 credit hours from a two-year college can be applied toward a UAH degree. For graduation application instructions, see here (http://catalog.uah.edu/undergrad/policies-procedures/application-graduation). Degree Requirements Freshman Composition 6 EH 101 EH 102 COLLEGE WRITING I COLLEGE WRITING II Humanities and Fine Arts 12 Fine Arts: Choose one ARH 100 ARH 101 ARH 10 ARS 160 TH 122 MU 100 ARH SURV:ANCIENT-MEDIEVAL ARH SURV:RENAISSANCE-MODERN ARH SUR:NON-WESTERN TRADITIONS DRAWING: FOUNDATIONS THEATRE APPRECIATION INTRO TO MUSIC LITERATURE Literature: Choose one EH 207 or EH 22 READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE I MYTHOLOGY EH 208 READINGS LITERATURE/CULTURE 2 Speech CM 11 Intro to Rhetorical Communication Humanities, 2nd Fine art or 2nd Literature: Choose one 1 PHL 101 PHL 102 PHL 150 PHL 201 Any WLC course 100 or 200 level WGS 200 2nd Literature 1 2nd Fine Art INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY INTRO TO ETHICS TECH, SCIENCE & HUMAN VALUES INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC INTRO WOMEN'S & GENDER STUDIES Mathematics and Science 12 Mathematics 2 MA 171 CALCULUS A Natural Science sequence 8 CH 121 & CH 125 CH 12 & CH 126 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB I GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB II History and Social Behavioral Sciences 12 History: Choose one 1 HY 10 WORLD HISTORY TO 1500 HY 10 WORLD HISTORY SINCE 1500
2 Physics, BS - Engineering Physics Concentration HY 221 UNITED STATES TO 1877 HY 222 UNITED STATES SINCE 1877 Social and Behavioral Sciences: Choose two 6 ECN 12 ECN 1 PSC 101 PSC 102 PSC 260 GY 105 GY 110 GS 200 SOC 100 SOC 102 SOC 105 SOC 150 PY 101 PY 201 PRINC OF MACROECONOMICS PRINC OF MICROECONOMICS INTRO TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT INTRO TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY GLOBAL SYSTEMS AND CULTURES INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS INTRO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY SOCIOLOGICAL PERSP TECH & SCI GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY I LIFE-SPAN DEVELOPMENT 2nd History or rd Social and Behavioral Science: Choose one 2nd History 1 rd Social and Behavioral Science Pre-Professional 2-2 Computer Science CS 102 INTRO TO C PROGRAMMING Technical Writing EH 01 TECHNICAL WRITING Addtional Science or Engineering course: Choose one - AST 106 & 106L BYS 119 & 119L CH 101 & CH 105 CS 121 ESS 10 & 10L ESS 111 & 111L MA 112 MA 11 MA 281 EXPLORING THE COSMOS I and ASTRONOMY LABORATORY PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY INTRO TO CHEMISTRY and INTRO CHEMISTRY LAB COMPUTER SCIENCE I ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCE CLIMATE AND GLOBAL CHANGE PRECALCULUS ALGEBRA PRECALCULUS TRIGONOMETRY ELEMENTS OF STATISTICAL ANALYS Additional Required Mathematics 1 MA 172 MA 201 MA 28 MA 2 CALCULUS B CALCULUS C APPL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS INTRO TO LINEAR ALGEBRA Physics Core 28 PH 110 PH 111 & PH 11 PH 112 & PH 115 FRONTIERS IN SCIENCE GEN PHYSICS W/CALCULUS I and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I GEN PHYSICS W/CALC II and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II
The University of Alabama in Huntsville PH 11 & PH 116 PH 251 PH 01 PH 05 PH 51 PH 99 GEN PHYSICS W/CALC III and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB III SPECIAL RELATIVITY INTERMEDIATE MECHANICS MATH METHODS IN PHYSICS INTRODUCTION TO MODERN PHYSICS PHYSICS PRACTICUM Physics Elective course PH/OPT/AST 00+ level or higher course Engineering Physics Concentration Requirements 15 Engineering Courses 00+ level or higher Elective Courses 16-17 Elective courses. 6 credits of the 16-17 elective credits must be taken at the 00+ level or higher. Additional Elective courses 100+ level to reach 128 credit hours. in your major or minor. No more than credit hours of 100 level HPE Total Semester Hours 128 1 Students must take one literature and one history course. Students must also take either a second literature or history course to complete a sequence. (EH 207 + EH 208, EH 209 + EH 210, EH 22 + EH 208, EH 22 + EH 210, HY 10 + HY 10, or HY 221 + HY 222) 2 Based on Math placement, (http://www.uah.edu/science/departments/math/undergraduate-students/placement) prerequisite MA 112 and/or MA 11 Mathematics courses may be required. No more than 6 credit hours can be taken in a single discipline. For choices see the World Languages and Cultures (http://catalog.uah.edu/undergrad/colleges-departments/arts-humanities-social-sciences/ foreign-languages-literatures) department. Sample Four-Year plan for Physics, Engineering Physics Concentration, BS degree: Note: This is only an example and variations are possible. Year 1 Semester Hours EH 101 COLLEGE WRITING I MA 171 CALCULUS A PH 110 FRONTIERS IN SCIENCE CH 121 & CH 125 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB I FYE 101 CHARGER SUCCESS 1 EH 102 COLLEGE WRITING II MA 172 CALCULUS B PH 111 & PH 11 CH 12 & CH 126 GEN PHYSICS W/CALCULUS I and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB I GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB II Year 2
Physics, BS - Engineering Physics Concentration PH 112 & PH 115 GEN PHYSICS W/CALC II and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB II MA 201 CALCULUS C CS 102 INTRO TO C PROGRAMMING Fine art Literature PH 11 & PH 116 Term Semester Hours: 17 GEN PHYSICS W/CALC III and GENERAL PHYSICS LAB III PH 251 SPECIAL RELATIVITY 1 PH 05 MATH METHODS IN PHYSICS MA 28 APPL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS Year PH 51 Term Semester Hours: 17 INTRODUCTION TO MODERN PHYSICS MA 2 INTRO TO LINEAR ALGEBRA Additional Science or Engineering course Social and Behavioral science Humanities, 2nd Fine art or 2nd Literature Term Semester Hours: 15-16 PH 01 INTERMEDIATE MECHANICS PH/OPT/AST 00+ level or higher course Social and Behavioral science CM 11 Intro to Rhetorical Communication Year EH 01 TECHNICAL WRITING -
The University of Alabama in Huntsville 5 00+ level or higher course Elective PH 99 PHYSICS PRACTICUM 00+ level or higher course Term Semester Hours: 15 Total Semester Hours: 128-129