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Undergraduate Program
General Information
Departmental Honors Program
A physics major with a satisfactory scholastic average (3.3 or higher)
may apply for entry into the Departmental Honors Program. Application
must be made to the Undergraduate Affairs Committee no earlier than
the beginning of the junior year and no later than the first quarter
of the senior year. Each applicant must solicit a faculty advisor
to supervise the proposed research project. Honors will be granted
upon (1) satisfactory completion of a thesis based on the research
project, and (2) demonstration through an oral examination of a broad
comprehension of physics generally and the special field of the thesis.
The examining committee shall be appointed by the Chairperson and
will consist of a two member faculty Honors Committee, and one additional
examiner from the physics faculty or graduate student body.
Advanced undergraduate physics majors may, with the approval of the Chairperson,
enroll in first-year graduate courses, such as PH 711, 732,
or 741.
Information for First Year Majors and Non-Majors
Physics, chemistry, mathematics and biology majors planning
on taking physics in the freshman year should enroll in PH 209 and
the associated lab PH 203. Premedical
students should enroll in the course PH 211, recitation
section PH 213 and the associated lab PH 203.
The Calculus I course specially designed for physics, mathematics,
chemistry, geology, and geophysics majors is MT 102. MT 100 is
intended for biology and premedical students. Physics majors entering
with Mathematics AP placement are advised to substitute MT
210 Linear
Algebra and MT 410 Differential Equations for MT
305.
Course Offerings
Courses numbered below 200 are introductory courses directed towards
non-science majors. These courses have no prerequisites and need no
mathematics beyond ordinary college entrance requirements. Introductory
physics courses may be used to fulfill the Science Core requirement. PH
209-210 Introductory Physics I, II (Calculus) or PH
211-212 Introduction to Physics I, II (Calculus) and PH
203-204 Introductory Physics Laboratory I and II are required
of all biology, chemistry and physics majors. Courses numbered above
300 are advanced offerings primarily for physics majors.
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BC Physics Chair, Prof. Michael Naughton appointed as the Evelyn J. & Robert A. Ferris Professor of Physics
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Two New Faculty to Join Physics Department in January 2010
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Summer of Science and Condensed Matter Physics
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Physics Alumnus Prof. H.I. Smith Is to Receive BC 2009 Award for Professional Excellence
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The Guiding of Light: Metamaterials Provide a New Roadmap to Steer Electromagnetic Waves
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Physics of Stretching Salt: Physics Prof. K. Kempa Comments on New Findings from SNL
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