2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Physics

Required Core - 58 Semester Hours

CHEM 112 - General Chemistry I 3 semester hours
CHEM 112L - General Chemistry I Lab 1 semester hours
CHEM 114 - General Chemistry II 3 semester hours
CHEM 114L - General Chemistry II Lab 1 semester hours
CSC 150 - Computer Science I 3 semester hours
MATH 123 - Calculus I 4 semester hours
MATH 125 - Calculus II 4 semester hours
MATH 225 - Calculus III 4 semester hours
MATH 321 - Differential Equations 3 semester hours
PHYS 211 - University Physics I 4 semester hours
PHYS 211L - University Physics I Laboratory 1 semester hours
PHYS 213 - University Physics II 4 semester hours
PHYS 213L - University Physics II Laboratory 1 semester hours
PHYS 312 - Experimental Physics Design I 2 semester hours
PHYS 331 - Introduction to Modern Physics 3 semester hours
PHYS 341 - Thermodynamics 3 semester hours
PHYS 343 - Statistical Physics 2 semester hours
PHYS 421 - Electromagnetism 4 semester hours
PHYS 451 - Classical Mechanics 4 semester hours
PHYS 471 - Quantum Mechanics 3 semester hours
PHYS 490 - Seminar - Course offered from another SD BOR School Credits / Units: 1

Select 4 Courses from the Following - 8-22 Semester Hours

PHYS 321 - Implications of Space Travel 3 semester hours
PHYS 361 - Optics 3 semester hours
PHYS 433 - Nuclear and Elementary Particle Physics 4 semester hours
PHYS 439 - Condensed Matter Physics 4 semester hours
PHYS 481 - Mathematical Physics 4 semester hours
PHYS 424 - Digital Electronics*

PHYS 454 - Semiconductor Materials*

*courses offered at another SD BOR school
PHYS 492 - Topics 1 to 4 semester hours
PHYS 498 - Research 1 to 12 semester hours