PHYSICS AND PREPARING FOR A HEALTH PROFESSION
The Pre-Health Professions Program supports students interested in going on to medical school, veterinary school, dental school, or any other professional school in the medical field.
Pre-med physics majors should consult carefully with both their physics faculty advisor and with the Pre-Health Professions Advisor, Dr. Mike King, as soon as possible in their first year as completing the requirements for the physics major, the pre-med requirements, and the University general education requirements takes careful planning.
The sequence of classes listed below roughly outlines the physics, mathematics, biology and chemistry classes that a physics major participating in the pre-med/Pre-Health Professions Program can expect to take.
FALL OF FIRST YEAR | |
PHYS 141P - University Physics I | 1 unit |
MATH 141Q - Calculus I with Analytic Geometry | 1 unit |
CHEM 141P - General Chemistry I | 1 unit |
FSEM - First Year Seminar | 1 unit |
SPRING OF FIRST YEAR | |
PHYS 142P - University Physics II | 1 unit |
MATH 142Q - Calculus II with Analytic Geometry | 1 unit |
CHEM 142P - General Chemistry II | 1 unit |
ENGL 101 (or other appropriate Writing course as indicated by the Writing Placement criteria) | 1 unit |
FALL OF SOPHOMORE YEAR | |
PHYS 243 - Modern Physics | 1 unit |
PHYS 380 - Physics Colloquium | non-credit |
MATH 243 - Calculus III with Analytic Geometry | 1 unit |
CHEM 201 - Organic Chemistry I | 1 unit |
PSYC 101S - Introduction to Psychology or SOCI 101S - Introduction to Sociology |
1 unit |
SPRING OF SOPHOMORE YEAR | |
PHYS 304 - Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences | 1 unit |
PHYS 332 - Mechanics I | 1 unit |
PHYS 380 - Physics Colloquium | non-credit |
CHEM 301 - Organic Chemistry II | 1 unit |
PSYC 101S - Introduction to Psychology or SOCI 101S - Introduction to Sociology |
1 unit |
FALL OF JUNIOR YEAR | |
PHYS 332 - Electricity & Magnetism | 1 unit |
PHYS 343 - Quantum Mechanics I | 1 unit |
PHYS 380 - Physics Colloquium | non-credit |
CHEM 204 - Biochemistry I (note: CHEM 301 is a prerequisite) | 1 unit |
BIOL 141 - Introduction to Biology I | 1 unit |
SPRING OF JUNIOR YEAR | |
PHYS 312 - Laboratory Techniques | 1 unit |
PHYS 497 - Senior Project Proposal | 1/2 unit |
PHYS 380 - Physics Colloquium | non-credit |
BIOL 142P - Introduction to Biology II | 1 unit |
MATH 125Q - Introduction to Mathematical and Statistical Modeling | |
JSEM - Junior Seminar | 1 unit |
Note: Students should verify on their degree audit that they have met all their General Education course requirements before considering them completed on this checklist. | |
FALL OF SENIOR YEAR | |
PHYS 498 - Senior Project | 1 unit |
PHYS 380 - Physics Colloquium | non-credit |
Physics Elective: PHYS 352 - Optics or PHYS 356 - Electronics or General Education course |
1 unit |
General Education course | 1 unit |
General Education course | 1 unit |
SPRING OF SENIOR YEAR | |
PHYS 499 - Senior Seminar | 1 unit |
PHYS 380 - Physics Colloquium | non-credit |
General Education course | 1 unit |
General Education course | 1 unit |
Elective course | 1 unit |
The elective courses may include either one or more of the following physics courses or other courses: PHYS 362 - Thermophysics PHYS 412 - Advanced Laboratory Techniques PHYS 422 - Mechanics II PHYS 432 - Electromagnetic Theory PHYS 443 - Quantum Mechanics II |