West Virginia Wesleyan College
B.A. in Physics

The B.A. in Physics is designed for students with multidisciplinary interests, especially in combination with a second major.

Typical Schedule of Courses

Year 1 Fall Semester
PHYS 161 General Physics I
MATH 161 Calculus I
ENGL 101 Composition I*
General studies or free elective
Freshman Seminar
Total

4
4
3
3
1
15

Year 1 Spring Semester
PHYS 162 General Physics II
ENGL 102 Composition II
COMM 211 Oral Communication
General studies or free electives
Total

4
3
3
6
16

Year 2 Fall Semester
PHYS 210 Light/Atomic Physics
PHYS 211 Light/Atomic Lab
MATH 162 Calculus II
INDS 120 Humanities
General studies or free elective
Total

3
1
4
3
3
14

Year 2 Spring Semester
PHYS 220 Nuclear Physics
PHYS 221 Nuclear Lab
MATH 223 Calculus III
General studies or free electives
Total

3
1
3
9
16

Year 3 Fall Semester
PHYS 250 Electronics
PHYS 251 Electronics Lab
PHYS 305 Electro-Optics Lab
General studies or free electives
Total

3
1
1
9
14

Year 3 Spring Semester
PHYS 360 Electromagnetism
MATH 230 Differential Eqns
General studies or free electives
Total

3
3
9
15

Year 4 Fall Semester
CHEM 161 Chemistry
CHEM 163 Chemistry Lab
PHYS 497 Research Seminar I
General studies or free electives
Total

4
1
1
9
15

Year 4 Spring Semester
PHYS 310 Analytical Mechanics
PHYS 330 Solid State Physics
PHYS 331 Solid State Lab
PHYS 498 Research Seminar II
CSCI 230 Scientific Programming
General studies or free elective
Total

3
3
1
1
3
3
14

*Note: Asterisked course may be waived upon test results.

Wesleyan offers the following engineering science electives:


CSCI 320 Microprocessors PHYS 260 Digital Electronics PHYS 261 Digital Electronics Lab PHYS 309 Engineering Mechanics	PHYS 311 Mechanics of Materials PHYS 350 Fluid Mechanics MATH 310 Linear Algebra