Applied Physics (Please see NOTE below)
Please Note: Admission to this program was discontinued effective October 5, 2021 and a teach-out plan is in place for current students.
Home Department: Natural Sciences
Daniel O. Ludwigsen, Ph.D.
Room 2-323A, 810-762-7488
naturalsciences@kettering.edu
Applied Physics Program Curriculum Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| First Year Experience | ||
| CILE-101 | First Year Foundations | 1 |
| General Education | ||
| COMM-101 | Rhetoric & Writing | 4 |
| ECON-201 | Economic Principles | 4 |
| LS-201 | Sophomore Seminar: Exploring the Human Condition | 4 |
| LS-489 | Senior Seminar: Leadership, Ethics, and Contemporary Issues | 4 |
| Advanced Humanities Electives 1 | 8 | |
| Advanced Social Science Electives 1 | 8 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 33 | |
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Humanities and Social Science advanced electives must be selected from approved 300 and 400 level courses.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | ||
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| General Chemistry I and Principles of Chemistry Lab | ||
| Principles of Chemistry and Principles of Chemistry Lab | ||
| CHEM-237 & CHEM-238 | General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Lab | 4 |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 8 | |
| Computer Science | ||
| CS-101 | Computing & Algorithms I | 4 |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 4 | |
| Engineering | ||
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Circuits I and Circuits I Lab | ||
| Applied Electrical Circuits and Signals for Mechanical Systems Lab | ||
| EE-240 | Electromagnetic Fields and Applications | 4 |
| EP-235 | Computers in Physics | 4 |
| EP-342 | Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering | 4 |
| EP-485 | Acoustic Testing and Modeling | 4 |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 20 | |
| Mathematics | ||
| MATH-101 | Calculus I | 4 |
| or MATH-101X | Calculus I | |
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Calculus II | ||
| Calculus II | ||
| Calculus II - Honors | ||
| MATH-203 | Multivariate Calculus | 4 |
| or MATH-203H | Multivariate Calculus - Honors | |
| MATH-204 | Differential Equations & Laplace Transforms | 4 |
| or MATH-204H | Differential Equations and Laplace Transforms - Honors | |
| MATH-258 | Probability and Statistics | 4 |
| or MATH-327 | Probability & Stochastic Modeling | |
| MATH-307 | Matrix Algebra | 4 |
| MATH-313 | Boundary Value Problems | 4 |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 28 | |
| Physics | ||
| PHYS-114 & PHYS-115 | Newtonian Mechanics and Newtonian Mechanics Laboratory | 4 |
| PHYS-224 & PHYS-225 | Electricity and Magnetism and Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory | 4 |
| PHYS-302 | Vibration, Sound and Light | 4 |
| PHYS-362 | Modern Physics and Lab | 4 |
| PHYS-412 | Theoretical Mechanics | 4 |
| PHYS-452 | Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics | 4 |
| PHYS-462 | Quantum Mechanics | 4 |
| PHYS-477 | Optics and Lab | 4 |
| Advanced Physics Elective (Choose Two) 2 | 8 | |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 40 | |
| Electives | ||
| Free electives | 8 | |
| Technical Electives 3 | 16 | |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 24 | |
| Culminating Undergraduate Experience | ||
| CILE-400 | Culminating Undergraduate Experience: Thesis 4 | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours | 128 | |
(Minimum) Total Credits Required for Program: 161
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Any PHYS or EP course that is not a core physics requirement listed above
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Any 300 or 400 level Science, Math, Engineering, or Business courses approved by the academic advisor to form a sequence of courses in a specific technical field of study. Some Computer Science courses that are 100 or 200 level could be approved as a technical elective by the Physics Department Head.
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Students are automatically registered for CILE-400 in a co-op term when they reach Junior II status.
Representative Program
| Freshman I | Credit Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| CILE-101 | First Year Foundations | 1 |
| CHEM-137 or CHEM-135 |
General Chemistry I or Principles of Chemistry |
3 |
| CHEM-136 | Principles of Chemistry Lab | 1 |
| COMM-101 | Rhetoric & Writing | 4 |
| CS-101 | Computing & Algorithms I | 4 |
| MATH-101 | Calculus I | 4 |
| Credit Hours | 17 | |
| Freshman II | ||
| CHEM-237 | General Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM-238 | General Chemistry II Lab | 1 |
| ECON-201 | Economic Principles | 4 |
| MATH-102 | Calculus II | 4 |
| PHYS-114 | Newtonian Mechanics | 3 |
| PHYS-115 | Newtonian Mechanics Laboratory | 1 |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Sophomore I | ||
| MATH-203 | Multivariate Calculus | 4 |
| MATH-307 | Matrix Algebra | 4 |
| PHYS-224 | Electricity and Magnetism | 3 |
| PHYS-225 | Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory | 1 |
| LS-201 | Sophomore Seminar: Exploring the Human Condition | 4 |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Sophomore II | ||
| EP-235 | Computers in Physics | 4 |
| MATH-204 | Differential Equations & Laplace Transforms | 4 |
| PHYS-362 | Modern Physics and Lab | 4 |
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Circuits I and Circuits I Lab |
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| Applied Electrical Circuits and Signals for Mechanical Systems Lab |
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| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Junior I | ||
| MATH-313 | Boundary Value Problems | 4 |
| PHYS-302 | Vibration, Sound and Light | 4 |
| Advanced Physics Elective 2 | 4 | |
| Advanced Communications Elective | 4 | |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Junior II | ||
| EP-342 | Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering | 4 |
| MATH-258 or MATH-327 |
Probability and Statistics or Probability & Stochastic Modeling |
4 |
| Technical Elective 1 | 4 | |
| Advanced Physics Elective 2 | 4 | |
| Advanced Humanities Elective | 4 | |
| Credit Hours | 20 | |
| Senior I | ||
| EE-240 | Electromagnetic Fields and Applications | 4 |
| PHYS-412 | Theoretical Mechanics | 4 |
| PHYS-477 | Optics and Lab | 4 |
| Technical Elective 1 | 4 | |
| Advanced Social Science Elective | 4 | |
| Credit Hours | 20 | |
| Senior II | ||
| EP-485 | Acoustic Testing and Modeling | 4 |
| PHYS-452 | Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics | 4 |
| LS-489 | Senior Seminar: Leadership, Ethics, and Contemporary Issues | 4 |
| Technical Elective 1 | 4 | |
| Free Elective | 4 | |
| Credit Hours | 20 | |
| Senior III | ||
| PHYS-462 | Quantum Mechanics | 4 |
| Free Elective | 4 | |
| Technical Elective 1 | 4 | |
| Advanced Humanities, Social Science, or Communications Elective | 4 | |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Any Term | ||
| CILE-400 | Culminating Undergraduate Experience: Thesis | 4 |
| Credit Hours | 4 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 161 | |
(Minimum) Total Credits Required for Program: 161
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Technical Electives are any 300 or 400 level Science, Math, Engineering, or Business courses approved by the academic advisor to form a sequence of courses in a specific technical field of study. Some Computer Science courses that are 100 or 200 level could be approved as a technical elective by the Physics Department Head.
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Advanced Physics Electives includes any PHYS or EP course, which is not a core physics requirement as listed above.