Potomac State College West Virgina University.

Physics

Arts and Sciences Degree/A.A.

If pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree, six-credit hours of a foreign language at the intermediate level are required. If pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree, a foreign language is not required.

Career Opportunities: Career paths for physicists may include secondary education, patent law, forensics, health physics, environmental engineering, journalism, government policy, and business management.

Requirements for Graduation

In order to earn an Associate of Arts Degree in Arts and Sciences with a major in Physics, a student must complete a minimum of 65 credit-hours of required and elective course work.

FIRST YEAR

First Semester			Hrs.
ENGL	101	Composition and Rhetoric	3
Foreign Language 101 or 203*			3
MATH	155	Calculus 1	4
CHEM	115	Fundamentals of Chemistry	4
GEC Elective			3
WVUe	191**	Orientation	(1)
Total			17

 

Second Semester			Hrs.
ENGL	102	Composition and Rhetoric	3
Foreign Language 102 or 204*			3
MATH	156	Calculus 2	4
CHEM	116	Fundamentals of Chemistry	4
GEC Elective			3
Total			17

 

SECOND YEAR

First Semester			Hrs.
Foreign Language 203 (if needed)*			3
MATH	251	Multivariable Calculus	4
PHYS	111	General Physics	4
GEC Electives			6
Total			17

 

Second Semester			Hrs.
Foreign Language 204 (if needed)*			3
MATH	261	Differential Equations	4
PHYS	112	General Physics	4
GEC Elective			3
Total			14

Total Hours: 65

*Students who present more than two or more units of high school credit in a foreign language may satisfy this requirement by taking courses 203 and 204 (see Second Year above) and six hours of elective credit. Students who do not have adequate high school credit must take four semesters of study in one language.

 

**Required of first-time, first-semester students; not required for graduation.