Liberal Arts Physics

Liberal Arts Physics is the department's most flexible program, aimed at students who want the scientific and analytic training that a physics degree offers. Students with a Liberal Arts Physics major also have the option of pursuing a secondary school teaching certificate by adding that curriculum to the one listed below.

Curriculum

• PHYS A101 Introduction to Mechanics
• PHYS A103 Mechanics Lab
• PHYS A102 Introduction to Electromagnetism
• PHYS A104 Electricity and Magnetism Lab
• PHYS A240 Introduction to Waves and Quantum Physics 
• PHYS A241 Introduction to Thermal Physics
• PHYS A340 Classical Mechanics
• PHYS A350 Electromagnetism
• PHYS A445 Advanced Laboratory Physics
• PHYS A450 Quantum Mechanics
• Plus one physics elective

Physics course information

Find out more about the physics major and the teaching certificate option:

• Curriculum Requirements
• Curriculum Requirements By Entering Year
• Course Descriptions