Typical Curriculum for Materials Physics

Freshman Year

Fall	Units
PHYS 110 General Physics I	4
MSC 1	4
CS 110 Introduction to Computer Science I	4
OMRC 1	4
Total semester units	16

Freshman Year

Spring	Units
PHYS 210 General Physics II	4
MSC 2	4
CS 112 Introduction to Computer Science II (recommended)	4
OMRC 2	4
Total semester units	16

Sophomore Year

Fall	Units
PHYS 240 Modern Physics	4
MSC 3	4
CHEM 111 General Chemistry I	1
OMRC 3	4
Total semester units	17

Sophomore Year

Spring	Units
PHYS 371 Methods of Mathematical Physics	4
PHYS 215 Electronics	2
OMRC 4	4
OMRC 5	4
General Elective	2
Total semester units	16

Junior Year

Fall	Units
PHYS 340 Optics	4
PHYS 330 Quantum Mechanics	4
PHYS 341 Upper-Division Laboratory I	4
PHYS 350 Physics Colloquium	1
OMRC 6	4
Total semester units	15

Junior Year

Spring	Units
PHYS 342 Upper-Division Laboratory II	2
PHYS 333 Solid State Physics	4
PHYS 350 Physics Colloquium	1
OMRC 7	4
OMRC 8	4
Total semester units	15

Senior Year

Fall	Units
PHYS 320 Electromagnetism	4
PHYS 350 Physics Colloquium	4
PHYS 450 Advanced Materials	4
OMRC 9	4
General Elective	4
Total semester units	17

Senior Year

Spring	Units
PHYS 299 Directed Research for Advanced Undergraduates	4
PHYS 350 Physics Colloquium	1
OMRC 10	4
OMRC 11	4
General Elective	4
Total semester units	14-17

1. UD Lab I and II are not sequential courses.

2. UD Lab I and II are not sequential courses.