Norfolk State University  School of Science & Technology
 

B.S. Physics/M.S. Materials Science

First Year
FRS 100 Freshmen Seminar
0
cr hr
CSC 261 Fortran Programming
3
cr hrs
ENG 101 Communication Skills I
3
cr hrs
ENG 102 Communication Skills II
3
cr hrs
HED 100 Personal and Community Health
3
cr hrs
HIS 10X Social Science/History Elective
3
cr hrs
MTH 184 Calculus I
3
cr hrs

MTH 251 Calculus II

3
cr hrs
PED 100 Fundamentals of Fitness for Life
1
cr hr
PHY 250 University Physics I
4
cr hrs
PHY 250L University Physics I Lab
1
cr hr
PHY 251 University Physics II
4
cr hrs
PHY 251L University Physics II Lab
1
cr hr
TOTAL
32
cr hrs
Second Year
CHM 221 General Chemistry I
3
cr hrs
CHM 221L General Chemistry I Lab
1
cr hr
CHM 222 General Chemistry II
3
cr hrs
CHM 222L General Chemistry II Lab
1
cr hr
ENG 383 African-American Literature
3
cr hrs
MTH 252 Calculus III
3
cr hrs
MTH 372 Differential Equations
3
cr hrs
PHY 241 Physics Seminar
1
cr hr
PHY 320 Waves
3
cr hrs
PHY 350 Modern Physics
3
cr hrs

PHY 351 Experimental Concepts in Modern Physics

2
cr hrs
TOTAL
32
cr hrs
Third Year
Cultural Elective**
3
cr hrs
Elective (unrestricted)
1
cr hr
Restricted Math Elective*
6
cr hrs
PHY 365 Mechanics I
3
cr hrs
PHY 375 Electricity and Magnetism I
3
cr hrs
PHY 356 Thermodynamics
3
cr hrs
PHY 366 Mechanics II
3
cr hrs
PHY 380 Quantum Mechanics I
3
cr hrs
PHY 399 Advanced Laboratory
2
cr hrs
SCM 285 Principles of Speech
3
cr hrs
SOC 101 Social Science
3
cr hrs
TOTAL
33
cr hrs
Summer
PHY 397 Research (to fulfill elective requirement)
3
cr hrs
Total
3
cr hrs
Fourth Year
CHM 545 Math Methods
3
cr hrs
MATS 530 Materials Science
3
cr hrs
MATS 533 Polymers and Composites
3
cr hrs
HUM 210 Humanities or HUM 211
3
cr hrs
PHY 468 Optics
3
cr hrs
PHY 475 Electricity and Magnetism II
3
cr hrs
PHY 480 Quantum Mechanics II
3
cr hrs
PHY 497 Research (to fill elective requirement)
3
cr hrs
PHY 498 Senior Project I
1
cr hr
PHY 499 Senior Project II
2
cr hrs
PHY 580 Quantum Mechanics for Mat. Sci.
3
cr hrs
TOTAL
30
cr hrs
Summer
MATS 697 Research
3
cr hrs
TOTAL
3
cr hrs
Fifth Year
CHM 573 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
3
cr hrs
MATS 575 Instrumentation
3
cr hrs
CHM 663 Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy
3
cr hrs
CHPH 600 Seminar
3
cr hrs
MATS 797 Research
3
cr hrs
MATS 710 Special Topics
3
cr hrs
MATS 799 Thesis Preparation
3
cr hrs
PHY 653 Solid State Physics
3
cr hrs
PHY 675 Electricity/Magnetism
3
cr hrs
TOTAL
27
cr hrs
SUMMARY OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
TOTAL
160
cr hrs

 

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