Miami University Department of Physics

The web is now philosophical engineering. Physics and the web are both about the relationship between the small and the large.

Tim Berners-Lee

Sample Curriculum

Bachelor of Science - Engineering Physics with a Path 3 Track (Biomedical is presented separately)
First Year
First Semester		Second Semester
PHY 181.F The Physical World	4	PHY 182.F The Physical World	4
PHY 183 Physics Lab	1	PHY 184 Physics Lab	1
MTH 151 or 153 Calculus I	4-5	MTH 251 Calculus II	4
Foreign Language	4	Foreign Language	3
ENG 111 College Composition	3	ENG 112 Composition & Literature	3
	16-17		15
Second Year
First Semester		Second Semester
PHY291 Contemporary Physics	4	PHY 292 Electronic Instrumentation	3
PHY293 Contemporary Physics Lab	2	PHY 294 Electronic Instrumentation Lab	2
MTH 252 Calculus III	4	PHY 286 Computational Physics	3
MTH 222 Linear Algebra	3	MTH 347 Differential Equations	3
Foreign Language	3	Miami Plan Foundation	3
		Miami Plan Foundation	3
	16		17
Third Year
First Semester		Second Semester
PHY 341 Mathematical Methods in Physics	4	PHY 400 Seminar	1
PHY 400 Seminar	1	Course for selected track	4
Course for selected track	4	Miami Plan Foundation	3
Miami Plan Foundation	3	Miami Plan Foundation	3
Miami Plan Foundation	3	Electives	6
	15		17
Fourth Year
First Semester		Second Semester
PHY 400 Seminar	1	PHY 400 Seminar	1
Course for selected track	4	Course for selected track	4
Course for selected track	3	Capstone	3
Miami Plan Foundation	3	Electives	8
Electives	6
	17		16
Note also that the thematic sequence requirement can be satisfied by completing MTH 222,252, and 347.

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