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PROGRAM CODE: A6 PHYS BS CATALOG YEAR: 20094
Bachelor of Science - Physics
College of Science
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The University of Arizona
ACADEMIC PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS REPORT
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University Graduation Requirements
All course work and requirements for this degree must be
completed prior to the date the degree is awarded.
- The University of Arizona and the Arizona Board of
Regents have sole discretion over all curricula changes.
- Courses, programs & requirements may be suspended,
deleted, restricted, or changed in any manner, at any
time.
- Students must remain currently informed about all policies
& other info that bears on completing a degree.
Minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) Requirements
- Major course work: 2.000 GPA in each discipline.
- Minor course work: 2.000 GPA in each minor.
- University of Arizona course work: 2.000 GPA.
Units: See the 'Earned' total under 'Units required for this
degree' for a total minus any duplicate credit or excess
community college credit, and adjusted in accordance with
academic policies in your Catalog.
All majors require at least 18 units.
Application for Degree Candidacy
- Students must apply for degree candidacy in order to
graduate and receive a degree and diploma.
- Contact your college/major advisor to determine the
appropriate time to apply for degree candidacy.
- Detailed degree candidacy & graduation info available at
http://www.registrar.arizona.edu/graduation/udegcert.htm
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Units required for this degree
A minimum of 120 units is required for this degree.
Additional units will be required to complete this degree
if a student:
A) is admitted to the UA with deficiencies;
B) changes his/her academic program;
C) fails to meet minimum course/program requirements; or
D) ineffectively plans or fails to execute a course of
study that leads directly to degree completion.
E) is completing more than one baccalaureate degree.
--> NEEDS:120.00 UNITS
1) A maximum of 64 units of community college course work
may apply toward graduation.
2) A maximum of 60 units of correspondence credit and/or
credit by exam may apply toward graduation.
3) A maximum of 15 units completed as a non-degree seeking
student may be used for fulfilling undergraduate degree
requirements.
4) A minimum of 30 units of UA University Credit
(excluding correspondence credit and credit by exam)
is required.
5) A minimum of 18 of the final 30 units taken toward
degree requirements must be UA University Credit.
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UA Earned Hours & Cumulative GPA
A 2.000 cumulative GPA is required to graduate from the
University of Arizona (excluding correspondence and
credit by exam).
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Upper Division Units Requirement
A minimum of 42 units of upper-division credit are
required for this degree.
- 1) NEEDS: 42.00 UNITS
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University Composition Requirements
- 1) NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: ENGL 101 ,103H,107
- 2) NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: ENGL 102 ,104H,108
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OR AP Exam and ENGL 109H
--> NEEDS: 2.000 GPA
- 1) SELECT FROM: ENGL 109H
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Mid-Career Writing Assessment
- 1) The Mid-Career Writing Assessment is satisfied by
earning a grade of B or better in second semester
English Composition (ENGL 102, 104H, 108, or 109H).
Students who do not earn a grade of B or better in ENGL
102, 104H, 108, or 109H must also satisfy a college or
department writing requirement.
SELECT FROM: ENGL 102 ,104H,108 ,109H
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Second Language - 2nd Semester Proficiency
Demonstrate second semester proficiency in a second
language by completing one of the following:
- 1) Pass a language proficiency examination at the second
semester level.
- OR) NEEDS: 1 COURSE
-> NOT FROM: SPAN 414 ,423A,423B,397W,406A,465C,465D
HIST 465D ITAL 399 TO 399H,330A TO 330D FREN 414 ,
FREN 393 ,325 ,399 TO 399H
SELECT FROM: ARB 102 ,439B,425B,424B,401 TO 403
CHN 102 ,201 ,202 ,403 ,423 ,422 ,404 ,415 TO
CHN 418 CRL 102 ,197A,201 ,202 ,297A,301 ,302 ,
CRL 397A,497A FREN 102 ,112 ,113 ,201 ,202 ,212 ,
FREN 213 ,301 TO 443 GER 102 ,201 ,202 ,203 ,
GER 211 GRK 102 ,104 ,201 ,202 ,204 ,402 ,412 ,
GRK 421 TO 432 ITAL 102 ,102Z,201 ,202 TO 202Z,
ITAL 305A TO 420 JPN 102 ,201 ,202 ,403 ,405 ,
JPN 415 TO 417 ,421 ,422 JUS 103B,203A,203B,303
LAT 102 ,201 ,202 ,212 ,400 TO 428 LING 104B,
LING 307B,204A,204B NES 102 ,103B,203B,303
PRS 102 ,401 TO 404 PORT 102 ,205 ,206 ,305 ,
PORT 325 ,425 TO 449 RSSS 101B,201A,201B,301A,
RSSS 301B,305 ,307A,307B,405A,405B,407A,407B
SERP 370B,431A,431B SPAN 102 ,103 ,201 ,202 ,203 ,
SPAN 204C,205 ,206 ,302 TO 322 ,323 OR SPNV 323
SPAN 324 ,325 OR SPNV 325 SPAN 326 TO 332 ,333
OR SPNV 333 SPAN 334 TO 339 ,340 OR SPNV 340
SPAN 341 TO 349 ,350 OR SPNV 350 SPAN 351 TO
SPAN 397B,398 ,399 OR SPNV 399 SPAN 400 ,401 OR
SPNV 401 SPAN 402 ,403 OR SPNV 403 SPAN 404
TO 432 ,433 OR SPNV 433 SPAN 434 TO 440 ,441
OR SPNV 441 SPAN 442 TO 447 ,448 OR SPNV 448
SPAN 449 OR SPNV 449 SPAN 450 OR SPNV 450
SPAN 451 TO 472 ,473 OR SPNV 473
TURK 102 (FA05 OR AFTER),401 (FA05 OR AFTER),
TURK 402 (FA05 OR AFTER),403 (FA07 OR AFTER),
TURK 404 (SP08 OR AFTER)
NOTE - Credit will not be given for a course at an
equivalent or lower level than prior language credit
earned.
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Mathematics Requirement - Substantial Strand
- 1) Complete one 3 unit course from the following
NEEDS: 3.00 UNITS
-> NOT FROM: MATH 197A,199 ,199H,301 ,294A,299 ,299H,
MATH 302A,302B,397A,399 ,399H,481
SELECT FROM: MATH 124 ,125 ,129 ,223 TO 499
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University General Education - Tier One
--> NEEDS: 2 SUB-REQTS.
- 1) Individuals and Societies - fulfillment of Individuals
and Societies requires completion of two distinctly
numbered courses (e.g., INDV 101 & 103).
NEEDS: 2 COURSES
SELECT FROM: INDV 101 ,102 ,103
2) Natural Sciences - satisfied by coursework completed
for the major.
- 3) Traditions and Cultures - fulfillment of Traditions and
Cultures requires completion of two distinctly numbered
courses (e.g., TRAD 102 & 104).
NEEDS: 2 COURSES
SELECT FROM: TRAD 101 ,102 ,103 ,104
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University General Education - Tier Two
--> NEEDS: 3 SUB-REQTS.
- 1) Arts
NEEDS: 3.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: ARE 130 ARH 201 ,202 ,203 ,312 ,314 ,
ARH 315 ,316A(FA06 OR AFTER),316B(FA06 OR AFTER),
ARH 319 (SP08 OR AFTER),322 ART 203 ,
ART 358 (S106 OR AFTER) DNC 100 ,112A,112B,112C,
DNC 143 ,144A,144B,144C,152A,152B,152C,175 ,176A,
DNC 176B,177C(FA08 OR AFTER),177D(FA08 OR AFTER),
DNC 200 ,276A,276B ENGL 209 ,210 ,300
HNRS 295B(SP05 OR AFTER) JPN 245
M AR 102 (FA99-S107),252 (S107 OR AFTER) MUS 100 ,
MUS 101A,107 ,108 ,109 ,231 ,237 ,328 ,334 ,337 ,
MUS 344 ,360 NES 344 T AR 100 ,103 ,238 ,336
- 2) Humanities - prerequisite course work in Tier 1 (TRAD)
must be completed prior to taking.
NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: AFAS 200 ,222 ,224 ,255 ,
AFAS 315 (SP06 OR AFTER),320 ,365 ,381
CHN 245 (FA08 OR AFTER) CLAS 220 ,221 ,300 ,342 ,
CLAS 346 ,360 ENGL 220A,220B,231 ,260 ,261 ,265 ,
ENGL 267 ,280 FREN 245 ,249 ,280 ,282 ,283 ,284
GER 273 ,275 ,276 ,278 ,325 ,373 ,375 ,376 ,379
HNRS 200 (S108 OR AFTER) ITAL 230A,230B,240 ,250A,
ITAL 250B,250C,250D,330B JPN 220 ,311 JUS 301 ,
JUS 372A,372B LAT 201 ,202 NES 277A,330
PHIL 222 ,260 ,261 ,262 ,325 (SP08 OR AFTER)
RELI 210 ,250 ,300 ,304 RSSS 210 ,
RSSS 304 (SP07 OR AFTER),340 ,350 SPAN 210
UNVR 310 (FA06 OR AFTER),315 (FA06 OR AFTER)
W S 200 GWS 200 W S 317 GWS 317
- 3) Individuals and Societies - prerequisite course work in
Tier 1 (INDV) must be completed prior to taking.
NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: A ED 408 AFAS 340 AGTM 380 ANTH 202 ,
ANTH 203 ,205 ,206 ,207 ,307 OR ANTV 307
ANTH 314 ,316 ,320 ,346 (FA09 OR AFTER),
ANTH 347 (FA09 OR AFTER) AREC 350 CLAS 240 ,305 ,
CLAS 306 ,335 ,362 ECON 200 ,201A,210 EDL 200
ED P 200 FCSC 302 (S108 OR AFTER) GEOG 210 ,251 ,
GEOG 256 ,367 GER 274 ITAL 330D JUS 370A,370B
LING 210 ,211 LRC 139 (FA08-SP09),204 ,
LRC 239 (SP09 OR AFTER) MAS 265 ,365 ,375
MSE 259 NES 334 NURS 310 ,376
PHIL 205 (FA07 OR AFTER),233 ,264 ,323 ,
PHIL 345 (SP08 OR AFTER),346 POL 201 ,202 ,203 ,
POL 204 PSY 200 (S105 OR AFTER),277 ,461A
RCSC 204 (S108 OR AFTER) RNR 256 (SP06 OR AFTER)
RSSS 275 ,315 ,328 SERP 200 SOC 260 ,280
W S 210 ,240
4) Natural Sciences - satisfied by course work completed
for the major.
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Diversity Emphasis Courses: Gender, Race, Class,
Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation or Non-Western Area Studies
- 1) NEEDS: 1 COURSE
SELECT FROM: A ED 408 (FA06 OR AFTER) AFAS 222 ,255 ,
AFAS 302 ,304A,304B,306 ,315 (SP06 OR AFTER),340 ,
AFAS 342 ,365 ,381 ,444 (FA03 OR AFTER) A ED 408
ANTH 202 ,203 ,205 ,206 ,307 OR ANTV 307
ANTH 314 (FA07 OR AFTER),316 ,320 ,
ANTH 346 (FA09 OR AFTER),347 (FA09 OR AFTER),
ANTH 375 (FA07 OR AFTER) ARH 203
CHN 245 (FA08 OR AFTER),251 ,275 ,276 ,331 ,340 ,
CHN 341 ,419 ,420 ,429 ,430 ,431 ,443 ,468 ,475A,
CHN 475B,475D,475E,482 ,483 ,495A CLAS 362
DNC 177C(FA08 OR AFTER),177D(FA08 OR AFTER)
EAS 130 ,333 ,345 ,350 ,445 ,452 ,487A,487B,496C
FREN 245 ,249 GEOG 210 ,251 ,369 ,413 GER 274 ,
GER 278 ,373 ,376 HIST 253 ,254 ,489 HUMS 260 ,
HUMS 333 ,365 ,370 ,420
INDV 101 (SP06 OR AFTER) RACE, ETHNICITY+AM DREAM
ITAL 330B,330D JPN 220 ,245 ,272 ,304 ,310 ,311 ,
JPN 396H,402 ,411 ,412 ,446A,446B,447A,447B,485 ,
JPN 486 ,489 ,495B,496A,496C JUS 370A,370B,372A,
JUS 372B LING 210 MAS 265 ,365 ,375 MUS 109 ,
MUS 334 ,337 ,344 NES 277A,330 ,334 ,
NES 375 (FA07 OR AFTER) PHIL 325 (SP08 OR AFTER)
POL 330 ,332 ,334 ,335 ,441 ,464 ,468 ,476 OR
POLV 476 POL 478 ,487A RELI 210 RSSS 315 ,328 ,
RSSS 350 SOC 222 ,260 ,280 ,324 ,427 ,450 ,459 ,
SOC 467 SPAN 210 TRAD 101
UNVR 310 (FA06 OR AFTER),315 (FA07 OR AFTER)
W S 200 ,210 ,240
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Physics Major
- 1) Select 5 courses.
SELECT FROM: PHYS 105A,151 ,152 ,251 ,253
- OR) Select 4 courses.
SELECT FROM: PHYS 161H,162H,261H,262H
- OR) Advisor Approval Requirement - under special
circumstances the requirement may be satisfied by
completion of the following 4 courses.
SELECT FROM: PHYS 141 ,142 ,241 ,242
- 2) Select 5 courses.
SELECT FROM: PHYS 204 ,332 ,381 ,382 ,472
- 3) Select 5 courses.
SELECT FROM: PHYS 305 ,321 ,331 ,371 ,426
- 4) 6 hours required.
NEEDS: 6.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: PHYS 320 ,405 ,422 ,431 ,436A,450 ,460 ,
PHYS 469 ,473 ,476 ,481 ,483
- 5) 3 units required (no more than 6 total units).
NEEDS: 3.00 UNITS
SELECT FROM: PHYS 483 ,492 ,498
6) Select either a convential minor or a scientific
breadth option available as a thematic minor.
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Second Major
A second major is optional.
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Minor
Select a minor in consultation with your advisor.
Adjustments to the minor requirements must be approved by
the minor department.
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Additional Course Work
Courses listed in this section may include general
elective credits, UA courses and transferable courses
from other institutions. Consult with your advisor to
determine if courses listed in this section may be used
to fulfill a requirement or sub-requirement in your
degree program.
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Excluded Course Work
Courses listed in this section may include
non-transferable units, remedial units, courses in
progress('K' grades), Academic Renewal (ACR) courses,
withdrawals, non-qualifying exams (AP, CLEP, IB), and
audited courses. Only courses with a grade of "C" or
better are transferable to UA.
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