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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Physics, Professional Physics Concentration, B.S.
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Department of Physics and Astronomy
615-898-2130
Ron Henderson, program coordinator
Ron.Henderson@mtsu.edu
The Professional Physics concentration offers preparation for graduate work in physics, medical physics, astrophysics, or engineering. A minimum of 12 upper-division semester hours in the physics major must be taken at MTSU.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) |
41 hours |
| Major Requirements |
45 hours* |
| Major Core |
25 hours |
| Professional Physics Concentration |
20 hours |
| Supporting Courses |
20 hours* |
| Electives |
14-25 hours |
| TOTAL |
120 hours |
*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.
True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.
The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:
Major Requirements (45 hours)
A 2.00 GPA is required for the Physics major.
Professional Physics Concentration (20 hours)
Supporting Courses (20 hours)
Professional Physics: Astrophysics Track (11 hours)
The astrophysics track offers preparation for graduate work in astronomy or astrophysics. In addition to the physics common requirements and the Professional Physics concentration requirements, the following courses are recommended:
Professional Physics: Medical Physics Track (15 hours)
The medical physics track offers preparation for graduate work in medical physics and radiation oncology physics, eventually leading to a career as a medical physicist in a clinical or academic setting. In addition to the physics common requirements and the Professional Physics concentration requirements, the following courses are recommended:
Electives (14-25 hours)
- 36 total credits must be earned at the 3000/4000 level
Curriculum: Physics, Professional Physics
Consult with a physics advisor for courses to take during the junior and senior years.
NOTE:
*Offered every other year |
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