Engineering Physics, a major within the Physics department, is particularly suited to students who come to Saint Mary’s for a “pre-engineering” program with the intention of transferring to an engineering school after the first two years. If a student decides to stay at Saint Mary’s to complete the bachelor’s degree, Engineering Physics would be a good choice to prepare either for employment in a technical field or further graduate study.
Students in the Engineering Physics program take coursework in Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry (with an instrumentation emphasis) and are encouraged to explore coursework in computer science. |
With a degree in Engineering Physics, a wide variety of interesting employment or graduate school opportunities are available.
- Research - university, industrial, or national laboratory
- Education - high school, college, technical, or university level
- Engineering - electrical, biomedical, environmental, civil, mechanical, etc.
- Medical school
- Consulting - law, journalism, accounting, military, government, etc.
- Publishing and Communications
- Computer Science, Mathematics, or Chemistry
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Get what you need to excel - in college and beyond - from personal attention and dynamic coursework. At Saint Mary's University we are small in numbers so that we can offer students a big experience.
- Close networking relationships with our alumni.
- Small class sizes and personal attention from faculty
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If you are considering engineering physics, advanced coursework in high school is recommended. If you have questions, please contact the department chair.
- Depending on a student’s high school science preparation, Botany & Zoology II and General Chemistry II may be required. See the current catalog for major requirements.
- Students that are prepared to test into Calculus I may begin the Engineering Physics program in their first semester.
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Engineering Physics Major (48 credits):
A. Physics Core:
All of the following courses:
C131 General Chemistry I
C133 General Chemistry I Lab
M151 Calculus I
M152 Calculus II
M251 Calculus III
P201 Introductory Physics I
P202 Introductory Physics I Lab
P211 Introductory Physics II
P212 Introductory Physics II Lab
P304 Introduction to Modern Physics
B. All of the following:
C142 General Chemistry II
C144 General Chemistry II Lab
M252 Linear Algebra
P314 Digital Systems
P370 Microcontroller Organization & Architecture
P390 Advanced Laboratory I
C. One of the following:
P311 Optics
P340 Classical Mechanics
P360 Electricity & Magnetism I
P380 Quantum Mechanics I
Recommended electives:
CS110 Computer Science I
CS111 Computer Science I Lab
CS210 Computer Science II
M341 Differential Equations
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