University of North Texas Department of Physics 

Degree Plan Advisory Worksheet

Major: B. S. Physics

Catalog Year 2007/08

Name: ______________________________ ID: ______________________________

 

Minimum of 128 semester hours, 42 of which must be advanced (3000-4999)

Minimum of 2.0 UNT and overall grade point averages (GPA) are required to graduate.

Minimum of 2.5 GPA or above on all advanced-level courses.

Students are responsible for fulfilling all University Core requirements, Arts and Sciences requirements, and all degree requirements as listed in the UNT catalog (excluding foreign language and natural and life sciences; go to GAB 220 for advising)

PHYS 3000-4999 courses are offered on a two-year cycle. Please refer to the posted schedule. 
PHYS 2900, 2910, 4900, and 4910 may not count toward this degree.

Prerequisites are indicated in square brackets.

Physics Courses

__ PHYS 1050/1051 The Solar System. 4 hrs. OR PHYS 1060/1061 Stars and the Universe. 4 hrs. OR PHYS 1251/1271 Science and Technology of Musical Sound. 4 hrs.

__ PHYS 1710/1730 Mechanics. 4 hrs. OR PHYS 1410/1430 & 1420/1440  [MATH 1710] 

__ PHYS 2220/2240 Electricity & Magnetism. 4 hrs. [PHYS 1710; MATH 1720]

__ PHYS 3010/3030 Modern Physics. 4 hrs. [PHYS 2220]  

__ PHYS 3210 Mechanics. 3 hrs. [PHYS 2220; MATH 2370 strongly recommended]

__ PHYS 3310 Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences. 3 hrs. [PHYS 2220]

__ PHYS 4110 Statistical and Thermal Physics. 3 hrs. [PHYS 3010]

__ PHYS 4210 Electricity & Magnetism. 3 hrs. [PHYS 2220; MATH 2370 strongly recommended]

__ PHYS 4310 Quantum Mechanics. 3 hrs. [PHYS 3010; MATH 3410 strongly recommended]

__ PHYS 3420 Electronics. 4 hrs. [PHYS 2220]

__ PHYS 4950 Senior Thesis. 6 hrs.

9 hours of advanced level physics courses: ______________________   _______________________   ______________________

Other Departmental Requirements:

__ MATH 1710 Calculus I. 4 hrs.

__ MATH 1720 Calculus II. 3 hrs. [MATH 1710]

__ MATH 2730 Multivariable Calculus. 3 hrs. [MATH 1720]

__ MATH 2700 Linear Algebra and Vector Geometry. 3 hrs. [MATH 1720]

__ MATH 3410 Differential Equations I. 3 hrs. [MATH 2700]

__ CHEM 1410/1430 General Chemistry. 4 hrs.

__ CHEM 1420/1440 General Chemistry. 4 hrs. [CHEM 1410]

__ CSCE 1020 Program Development. 4 hrs.

Additional Requirements

Optional: Courses to obtain a minor in __________________________________________

 

Date:

Advisor Signature:

Student Signature:

 

This is not an official degree audit/ plan: This advisory sheet must be submitted to the College of Arts and Sciences
Student Advising Office (GAB Room 220) for processing of you official degree audit/ plan.

Residency Issues: A minimum of 31 semester hours must be completed at UNT, of which 24 must be advanced
and 12 must be advance physics; 24 of your last 30 semester hours must be completed in residence.