Indiana University of Pennsylvania

2000-2001 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Bachelor of Science-Applied Physics

Liberal Studies:  As outlined in Liberal Studies section         56-57
with the following specifications:
Mathematics:  MATH 123
Natural Science:  CHEM 111-CHEM 112 
(replaced by CHEM 113-CHEM 114 for Chemistry track)
Liberal Studies electives:  MATH 124, no courses with PHYS prefix

Major:                                                              28
Required courses:
PHYS 131   Physics I-C Lecture                              3sh
PHYS 132   Physics II-C Lecture                             3sh
PHYS 141   Physics I-C Lab                                  1sh
PHYS 142   Physics II-C Lab                                 1sh
PHYS 222   Mechanics I                                      2sh
PHYS 231   Electronics                                      4sh
PHYS 242   Optics                                           3sh
PHYS 322   Electricity and Magnetism I                      2sh
PHYS 331   Modern Physics                                   3sh
PHYS 352   Applied Physics Laboratory                       3sh
PHYS 355   Computer Interfacing                             3sh

Other Requirements:                                               9-15
MATH 241   Differential Equations                           3sh
COSC 110   Problem Solving and Structured Programming       3sh
COSC 250   Introduction to Numerical Methods                3sh
Foreign Language Intermediate Level (1)                   0-6sh

Controlled electives:  According to Track                        23-27

Solid State Electronics Track:  COSC 300, MATH 342,        24sh
PHYS 323, PHYS 342, PHYS 353, PHYS 432, PHYS 475,
PHYS 476

Computer Science Track:  PHYS 342, PHYS 353, PHYS 432,     27sh
PHYS 475, PHYS 476, COSC 300, COSC 310, COSC 410,
COSC 450

Chemistry Track:  MATH 342, CHEM 231, CHEM 232, CHEM 323,  24sh
CHEM 341, CHEM 342, CHEM 343      

Biology Track:  BIOL 111, CHEM 231, BIOL 120, CHEM 323,    27sh
CHEM 351,
Two biology electives from the following:  
BIOL 263, BIOL 250, BIOL 472, BIOL 350, BIOL 401

Geology Track:  GEOS 121, GEOS 122, GEOS 131, GEOS 132     23sh
Five Geoscience electives from the following:
GEOS 321, GEOS 325, GEOS 326, GEOS 362, GEOS 412,
GEOS 440, GEOS 481

Free Electives:                                                    3-8

Total Degree Requirements: 124
(1) Intermediate-level Foreign Language may be included in Liberal Studies electives.
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