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Double Major and Minor Undergraduate Programs


Double Major Program

The Physics Department views its program as a well-suited opportunity for students from other departments who wish to pursue training in a second major. Physics has become closely associated with technology on one side and, on the other, with social sciences that draw insight from fundamental developments in physics.

The program consists of all courses in the undergraduate curriculum. The equivalency of the courses is determined by the Department.

Minor Programs

Minor Program in Physics

7 courses

The aim of the program is to enable undergraduate students of other departments to follow new developments in fundamental sciences and technology, and to help students from other disciplines who would like to pursue graduate study in physics by establishing a minimum background in physics.

  1. 1PHYS 202Modern Physics
  2. 2PHYS 210Mathematical Methods in Physics II
  3. 3PHYS 300Quantum Physics
  4. 4PHYS 331Electromagnetic Theory I
  5. 5PHYS 335Classical Mechanics I
  6. 6PHYS elective
  7. 7PHYS elective

Minor Program in Solid State Physics

7 courses

To motivate undergraduate students from departments such as Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, or other related programs to take part in interdisciplinary projects and research by gaining knowledge and practice in solid state physics and microelectronics, and at the same time to enable them to follow new developments in the fundamentals and technologies of these fields.

  1. 1PHYS 202Modern Physics
  2. 2PHYS 300Quantum Physics
  3. 3PHYS 312Elementary Condensed Matter Physics
  4. 4PHYS 409Physics of Condensed Matter I
  5. 5PHYS 439Physics of Semiconductor Devices I

6-7Any two of the following

  • PHYS 410Physics of Condensed Matter II
  • PHYS 411Solid State Physics Laboratory I
  • PHYS 412Solid State Physics Laboratory II
  • PHYS 417Principles of Measurement and Instrumentation I
  • PHYS 418Principles of Measurement and Instrumentation II
  • PHYS 419Introduction to Photonics and Optoelectronics I
  • PHYS 420Introduction to Photonics and Optoelectronics II
  • PHYS 425Introduction to Laser Physics
  • PHYS 426Lasers and Their Applications
  • PHYS 440Physics of Semiconductor Devices II
  • PHYS 445Computational Methods in Solid State Physics
  • PHYS 456Introduction to Quantum Technologies
  • PHYS 471Solar Energy I
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