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Physics Curriculum A.S.

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Area A | Area B | Area C | Area D | Area E | Area F |

Area A - Essential Skills - 9 semester credit hours

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours
  ENGL 1101 English Composition I 3
  ENGL 1102 English Composition II 3
  MATH 1112A Trigonom. & Analytic. Geom.* 3

*MATH 1112A has a prerequisite of MATH 1111.  MATH 1501, Calculus I, 4 credit hours, may be taken in place of Pre-Calculus if the student is prepared. If MATH 1501 is taken in Area A, one hour of credit is applied to Area F.

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Area B - Critical Thinking and Communications - 4 semester credit hours

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours
  CRIT 1101 Critical Thinking across the Curriculum 3
  COMM 1001 Presentational Speaking 1

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Area C - Humanities - 6 semester hours

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours
 

one of the following

  • ENGL 2111
  • ENGL 2112
  • ENGL 2130
  • PHIL 2201
  • PHIL 2601
  • SPAN 2001
  • FREN 2001
  • SPAN 2002
  • FREN 2002

Select ONE (1) of the following Literature or Philosophy or Language courses:

  • World Literature I - Pre-Modern
  • World Literature II Modern
  • American Literature
  • Introduction to World
    Philosophy
  • Ethics/Hist./Contemporary Persp.
  • Intermediate Spanish
  • Intermediate French
  • Intermediate Spanish
  • Intermediate French
 3
 

one of the following

 

  • ART 2301
  • ART 2302
  • CMS 2100
  • THEA 1100
  • MUSC 2301
  • MUSC 2101
  • PHIL 2401
  • SPAN 2001
  • FREN 2001
  • SPAN 2002
  • FREN 2002

Select ONE (1) of the following Fine Arts or Language courses:

  • Art of the Pre-Modern World
  • Art of the Modern World
  • Theater Appreciation
  • Introduction to Film
  • Intro to World Music
  • Music Appreciation
  • Intro to Aesthetics
  • Intermediate Spanish
  • Intermediate French
  • Intermediate Spanish
  • Intermediate French
 3

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Area D - Science, Mathematics and Technology - 11 semester hours

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours
  CHEM 1211 Principles of Chemistry I 3
  CHEM 1211L Principles of Chemistry Laboratory I 1
  CHEM 1212 Principles of Chemistry II 3
  CHEM 1212L Principles of Chemistry Laboratory II 1
  MATH 1501 Calculus I * 3*

* Calculus I is a 4 credit hour course. One (1) credit hour is applied to Area F.

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Area E - Social Sciences - 12 semester hours

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours
  POLS 1101 American Government 3
  HIST 2111
or
HIST 2112		 US History to 1877
or
US History Since Reconstruction		 3
  PSYC 1101
or
SOCI 1101		 Introduction to General Psychology
or
Introduction to Sociology		 3
  SOSC 2501
or
HIST 1111
or
HIST 1112 		Survey of Social Sci & Contemp. Issues
or
World History I
or
World History II (Modern World History) 		3

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Area F - Other Program Requirements - 18 semester hours

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours
  MATH 1501 Calculus I * 1*
  MATH 2502 Calculus II 4
  MATH 2503 Calculus III 4
  PHYS 2211 Principles of Physics I 3
  PHYS 2211L Principles of Physics Laboratory I 1
  PHYS 2212 Principles of Physics II 3
  PHYS 2212L Principles of Physics Laboratory II 1
  CPTG 1010 Computing with Spreadsheets 1

* Calculus I is a 4 credit hour course taken in Area D. One (1) credit hour is applied to Area F.

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