Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Major in Physics (Astronomy Concentration)

Minimum required: 120 semester credit hours

General Requirements

1. The general education core curriculum courses are listed in the degree plan below along with the statewide component code number. See the General Education Core Curriculum section of this catalog for the Texas State requirements and options in the core curriculum, including Honors courses.
2. Students must complete a minimum of 36 advanced hours (3000 or 4000 level courses).
3. Students entering Texas State with fewer than 16 credit hours completed after high school graduation will be required to take US 1100. All others will be exempt from taking this course. Students may be required to earn an additional elective to reach the 120 minimum total credit hour requirement for the awarding of a degree.
4. Students must select a minor from the approved list of Undergraduate Minors. The recommended minor is Applied Mathematics. The minor should be chosen in consultation with the academic advisor.
5. Nine semester credit hours must be writing intensive (WI).
6. If two years of the same language are taken in high school, then no additional language hours will be required for the degree. In the absence of such high school language, two semesters of the same modern language must be taken at the college level.

Course Requirements 

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BIO 1330/BIO 1130 or BIO 1331/BIO 1131 may be taken instead of CHEM 1335/CHEM 1135.

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Upper Division Labs:  PHYS 3411, PHYS 3416, PHYS 3417, PHYS 3418

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Astronomy Concentration Electives: PHYS 3313, PHYS 3318, PHYS 4350B.

PHYS Electives