Academics | Faculties | FACULTY OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES | Department of Physics and Astronomy | Bachelor of Science in Physics | NDU

Total Credits
95
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Mission

Consistent with the missions of Notre Dame University-Louaize, the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, and the Department of Physics and Astronomy (DPA), the Bachelor of Science in Physics degree program at the DPA is designed to provide physics majors with a comprehensive education, equipping them for future endeavors in graduate studies, research, industry, or education.

 

Program Educational Objectives

Within three to five years after obtaining a BS in Physics from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Notre Dame University-Louaize, the typical graduate will be expected to achieve one or more of the following:

  1. 1.Go on to graduate studies and succeed in producing new knowledge as demonstrated in publications.
  2. 2.Be a successful physics schoolteacher as demonstrated in promotions and/or caliber of school he/she is working at.
  3. 3.Be successful in industry as demonstrated in promotions, and/or caliber of companies he/she works for.

 

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon graduation, students will be able to:

  1. 1.Demonstrate proficiency of a given body of knowledge and skills in physics and be well prepared for professional careers and/or graduate study.
  2. 2.Develop and demonstrate high-level cognitive thinking skills including critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and integrative thinking.
  3. 3.Be effective communicators in their field of knowledge (write reports, present findings to peers, and explain physics to the general public).
  4. 4.Demonstrate ethical values such as integrity and responsibility for the common good.

 

Admission Requirements

All first-year applicants must complete the Admission Requirements.

Courses

Liberal Arts Curriculum (27cr.)

Select Two Courses From the Following: Astrophysics Courses: Choose two from AST 320, AST 321, or AST 370. Students opting for two courses are encouraged to take the third as a free elective. Hydrodynamics Courses: Choose two from MEN 320 or MEN 321. Students opting for these courses are encouraged to take MEN 550 (Computational Methods in Thermal and Fluid Mechanics) as a free elective. Semiconductors Courses: Choose two from EEN 206 or PHS 405. Students opting for these courses are encouraged to take EEN 416 (Semiconductor Devices) as a free elective. Nuclear and Particle Physics Courses: Choose two from PHS 315 or PHS 403. Other Elective: Consider PHS 460 as an additional option.

Free Electives (6cr.)

Suggested Program

Fall Semester Year I (16cr.)
MAT 213 Calculus III 3 cr.
MAT 215 Linear Algebra I 3 cr.
PHS 206 Heat, Vibrations and Waves 3 cr.
PHS 275 Experimental Physics I 1 cr.
CSC 212 Program Design and Data Abstraction I 3 cr.
ENL 213 Sophomore English Rhetoric (LAC) 3 cr.
Spring Semester Year I (16cr.)
PHS 212 Electricity and Magnetism 3 cr.
PHS 213 Modern Physics 3 cr.
PHS 276 Experimental Physics II 1 cr.
MAT 224 Calculus IV 3 cr.
MAT 235 Ordinary Differential Equations 3 cr.
ENL 230 English in the Workplace (LAC) 3 cr.
Fall Semester Year II (16cr.)
PHS 304 Classical Mechanics 3 cr.
PHS 373 Experimental Physics III 1 cr.
PHS 351 Mathematical Methods for Physics I (or MAT 335) 3 cr.
AST 310 Fundamentals of Astrophysics 3 cr.
Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC) 3 cr.
Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC) 3 cr.
Spring Semester Year II (16cr.)
EEN 205 Circuits 3 cr.
PHS 374 Experimental Physics IV 1 cr.
PHS 436 Quantum Physics 3 cr.
Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC) 3 cr.
Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC) 3 cr.
Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC) 3 cr.
Fall Semester Year III (15cr.)
PHS 301 Optics 3 cr.
PHS 415 Thermal and Statistical Physics 3 cr.
PHS Physics Elective 3 cr.
Free Elective 3 cr.
Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC) 3 cr.
Spring Semester Year III (16cr.)
PHS 497 Senior Project 3 cr.
PHS 417 Electromagnetic Theory
3 cr.
PHS 480 Physics Internship 1 cr.
PHS   Physics Elective
3 cr.
Free Elective 3 cr.
Liberal Arts Curriculum (LAC) 3 cr.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS

Total 95 Credits
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