Engineering Physics (BS)

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Total required hours: 126

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I. General Education Requirements

First Year or Transition Year Seminar (4 hrs)
Integrative Studies (28 hrs)
Modern Language (0, 4 or 8 hrs)
Mathematics (4 hrs)
Note: This major requires
MATH 1250 - Elementary Functions
(or
MATH 1700 - Calculus I
if placement allows)
Health and Physical Education Lifestyles (1 hr)
Senior Year Experience (4 hrs)
Writing Intensive Requirement (click the General Education Requirements link below for details)

See
General Education Requirements
for specifics.

II. Major Requirements (63 hrs)

A. Core Physics Courses (all courses required)

PHYS 1500 - Principles of Physics I 4 hrs
PHYS 1600 - Principles of Physics II 4 hrs
PHYS 2700 - Principles of Modern Physics 4 hrs
PHYS 3000 - Classical Mechanics 4 hrs
PHYS 3100 - Electricity and Magnetism 4 hrs
PHYS 3500 - Advanced Laboratory I - Writing Intensive 3 hrs

B. Core Engineering Courses (all courses required)

C. Support Courses (all courses required)

MATH 1700 - Calculus I 4 hrs
MATH 1800 - Calculus II 4 hrs
MATH 2700 - Multivariable Calculus 4 hrs
MATH 2900 - Linear Algebra and Introduction to ODEs 4 hrs

C. Electives

16 hours, of which at least 12 hours must be ENGR courses. Other allowed electives include any PHYS courses at least 3000+ level. At least 4 elective hours must be at the 4000+ level.

SUGGESTED TRACKS

The following are offered as suggested tracks emphasizing a particular engineering discipline.

III. Residency Requirements

In order to graduate from any university a student should take a significant proportion of the hours for his or her program of study from that university, take a significant proportion of hours in the major from that university, and take a significant proportion of the “signature elements” of that university’s general education requirements.

At Otterbein, at least 48 semester hours of coursework must be taken in Otterbein classes. MATH 0900 cannot be used to help fulfill this requirement. Of these hours:

at least 12 semester hours must be taken in each of a student’s majors at the 3000 level or above,
at least 4 semester hours (any level) must be taken in each minor, and
the INST dyad must be taken at Otterbein.

IV. Required Total Hours for the Degree (126 hrs)

If the coursework taken to fulfill the General Education Requirements and the requirements in your major do not equal 126 hours, select a sufficient number of electives to achieve that total.

VI. Application for Degree

A prospective graduate must complete an Application for Degree at the Registrar’s Office two terms prior to the term in which the degree is to be completed.

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