Optics Minor

Program Requirements

Students pursuing a physics major and optics minor must follow college guidelines for overlap between a major and a minor. This is facilitated by the option in the physics major of substituting upper-level courses for introductory ones.

• PHYS 131 - Matter, Light, and Energy

• OR PHYS 133 - Introductory Physics: Mechanics and Gravity 

• PHYS 235 - Introductory Physics: Electricity and Magnetism
• PHYS 246 - Waves, Optics, and Optical Technology
• PHYS 345 - Electromagnetism

• OR ENGR 302 - Engineering Electromagnetics 

• PHYS 346 - Advanced Optics
• PHYS 349 - Advanced Electromagnetism and Optics Laboratory

• OR PHYS 379 - Advanced Quantum Physics Laboratory 

Total Semester Hours: at least 18