Minor in  Physics

College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University

(updated August 15, 2003)

 

        A minor in physics appeals to students who have an interest in physics but intend to pursue a degree in some other field.   If this other field is a technical discipline, it is likely that it already requires  two or three of the courses needed for a physics minor.  In this case, only two or three additional courses are necessary for completion of the minor, these being selected from the list shown below.  Note that certain courses in this list have prerequisites that may preclude them, depending on other courses selected by the student.

 

PHYSICS MINOR PROGRAM

(The material below describes the program proposed for the class entering in Fall, 2000.  Students who matriculated earlier may have to follow the regulations in effect for their class.  See the Handbook for Undergraduate Students that corresponds to your entering year for more information.)

 

PHYS 121 (or 115 or 123) and PHYS 122 (or 116 or 124) and PHYS 221

plus two* of the following courses;

 

PHYS 196, 204 (or 208), 309, 310, 313, 315, 316, 326, 331, 332, 324, 328

 

*    as stated in the Handbook for Undergraduate Students, the Case School of Engineering requires  " no more than two courses taken for the minor may be used simultaneously to satisfy the requirements of the student's major field, including departmental requirements, technical electives and the Engineering Core."   So CSE students may have to choose between using physics courses as technical electives or counting them  as part of a minor in physics.