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Physics Minor
Total Semester Hours: 18
4 Semester Hours from the following courses:
PHY 1351G
General Physics I. (3 credits)
PHY 1352G
General Physics I Laboratory. (1 credits)
OR
PHY 1391G
General Physics I, Honors. (3 credits)
PHY 1392G
General Physics I Laboratory, Honors. (1 credits)
OR
PHY 1151G
Principles of Physics I. (3 credits)
PHY 1152G
Principles of Physics I Laboratory. (1 credits)
4 Semester Hours from the following courses:
PHY 1361
General Physics II. (3 credits)
PHY 1362
General Physics II Laboratory. (1 credits)
OR
PHY 1161
Principles of Physics II. (3 credits)
PHY 1162
Principles of Physics II Laboratory. (1 credits)
4 Semester Hours from:
PHY 1371
General Physics III. (3 credits)
PHY 1372
General Physics III Laboratory. (1 credits)
Electives:
6 Semester Hours from:
PHY 2390
Statics. (3 credits)
PHY 3010*
Special Topics in Physics. (1 to 3 credits)
*Course Numbers: PHY 3010D-F, H-M, O-R, T-Z
(See Footnote 2)
PHY 3150
Electronics. (4 credits)
PHY 3350
Introduction to Solid State Physics. (3 credits)
PHY 3410
Electricity and Magnetism I. (3 credits)
PHY 3420
Electricity and Magnetism II. (4 credits)
PHY 4100
Astrophysics. (3 credits)
PHY 4320
Computational Physics. (4 credits)
PHY 4470
Optics. (4 credits)
PHY 4711
Experimental Physics I. (1 credits)
or PHY 4712 or PHY 4713
(See Footnote 1)
PHY 4750
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics. (3 credits)
Footnotes:
1May only count one semester hour of PHY 4711, PHY 4712 and PHY 4713 toward the minor.
2Not more than two semester hours from PHY 3010*.
Information sourced from the 2025-2026 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.