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Physics General Program (BA) (Currently on Moratorium)


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The Physics General and Honors Program has been placed on moratorium status and is not currently accepting new students.  Students who have already declared this major will be allowed to complete their program

 

Physics examines universal properties of inanimate nature. While some aspects of nature are not permanent - the shape of Cape Cod or eve a spiral arm of a galaxy, the forces that created both Cape Cod and the spiral arm obey universal laws.

Physics is concerned with questions whose answers and ideas must be sought and tested by experiment. In fact, questions are often generated by experimental discovery. There is every reason to believe that answers, once found, have a permanent and universal validity as all evidence indicates that the laws of physics are the same everywhere in the universe.

Introductory physics courses are designed to serve students majoring in many different areas. The algebra-based sequence is designed for students in biology and the health professions, while the calculus-based sequence is designed for students in physics, chemistry, engineering, or math.

Advanced physics courses are designed to provide fundamental training for professional work in physics and for teaching physics in secondary schools.

Note that completion of PHY 143 , or PHY 143  and PHY 145 , or PHY 243  and PHY 245 , is prerequisite to certain concentration programs.

Prerequisites


Requirements


C. Other Sciences or Computer Science


At least three additional credits in courses numbered 300 or above from any of the following disciplines: biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, mathematics, physical geography, or physics.

D. Additional Requirements


All University of Michigan-Flint graduation requirements, including General Education requirements and additional BA distribution requirements, to include no more that 50 credits in a single subject area and:

  1. ARB 112ASL 112CHN 112FRN 112GER 112SPN 112 or successful transfer of the second semester of a foreign languageStudents who wish to meet the requirement in a foreign language with courses taken in high school, or those who have attained fluency in a foreign language without formal course work, must demonstrate such equivalent proficiency by examination
  2. Four additional credits in natural sciences laboratory courses beyond the general education requirement
  3. A course in US diversity (list of approved courses)

Note


Students planning to pursue graduate study in physics are urged to elect MTH 357 .


Minimum Credits for the Degree: 120 credits

Honors Program


All bachelor-degree-seeking students with GPAs of 3.5 or higher are eligible to apply to the University of Michigan-Flint Honors Program.  Please contact the Honors Program Manager or the Honors Program Director for further information.

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