Every other Jewish mother in Brooklyn would ask her child, 'So? Did you learn anything today?' But not my mother. 'Izzy,' she would say, 'did you ask a good question today?' Asking good questions made me become a scientist.
Isidore Rabi

Information for BS Engineering Physics

 

Required: (1) PHY 341, (2) MTH 222, and (3) completion of one the following paths:

Path 3:  Applied Physics Tracks  Sample Curriculum


Electro-Optics Track  (16 semester hours)
    PHY 461     Electricity & Magnetism (4)
    PHY 441     Optics & Laser Physics (4)
    PHY 442     Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules (4)
    PHY 491     Quantum Mechanics (4)

Electrical/Instrumentation Track  (22 - 24 semester hours)
    PHY 461     Electricity & Magnetism (4)
    PHY 471     Advanced Electronics (3)
    PHY 423     Material Physics (4) 
    MME/ECE 303 Computer-Aided Experimentation (3)
    PHY 451     Classical Mechanics (4) OR (EAS 102 (3) and MME 211 (3) )
    STA 368     Introduction to Statistics (4)
    Recommended additional elective: PHY 491 Quantum Mechanics (4)

Materials Track  (17- 18 semester hours)
    PHY 437     Intermediate Thermodynamics and Intro to Statistical Physics (4)
    PHY 423     Material Physics (4)
    CHM 141 (3) or CHM 137 (4)
    MME 223     Engineering Materials (3)
    MME/PCE 313 Fluid Mechanics (3)
    Recommended additional elective: PHY 491 Quantum Mechanics (4)

Biomedical Track  (22 - 29 semester hours)  Sample Curriculum
    CHM 141 (or CHM 137), 144 College Chemistry/College Chemistry Lab (5 or 6)
    CHM 142, 145 College Chemistry/College Chemistry Lab (5)
    CHM 231     Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry (4) (for non-premeds) OR
    CHM 241, 242, 244, 245 Organic Chemistry with Lab (10) (for premeds)
    ZOO 116     Biological Concepts: Structure, Function, Cell, and Molecular Bio (4)

    PHY 421     Biophysics (4)
    Recommended additional elective:  ZOO 305 Animal Physiology (4)

 

Path 2:  Complete one of the following Minors in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Miami:

  • Computer Engr (26-27 semester hrs).  PHY292, 294 replaces ECE205
  • Computer Science (18 semester hrs).
  • Electrical Engineering (19-20 semester hrs). PHY 292, 294 replaces ECE 205; and MTH 347 may replace MTH 245
  • Manufacturing Engineering (28 semester hrs).
  • Mechanical Engineering (21 semester hrs).

 

Path 1:  The 3-2 Binary Engineering Plan:  Students should take CHM 141 (or 137), 142, 144, and 145.  Some engineering schools also recommend EAS 102, ECO 201 and 202.

Requirements for the 3-2 Program 

Students planning an engineering degree may arrange a B.S. 3-2 plan with any engineering school.  Students must earn a minimum of 96 hours at Miami (with 32 hours being at the 200-level or above) with a grade point average of at least 3.0.  All Miami Plan and College of Arts and Science requirements must be satisfied.  Completion of the 3-2 Program will satisfy the Miami Plan Capstone requirement.  Students must file a petition with the College of Arts and Science to participate in the 3-2 Program.  For more information see the "Combined Programs" and "Arts-Professional Arrangement" sections that appear elsewhere in the General Bulletin.

 

It is best to begin academic planning in your first year at Miami for later participation in the 3-2 Program. Contact the Engineering Liaison Advisor, Chief Departmental Advisor, or your academic advisor in the Department of Physics for more information.