Degree Programs

The following information is taken from the General Catalog. The current catalog is the official publication of the College, and takes precedence over anything in this web page. Students enrolled in either the Physics or Engineering Physics program are required to take 36 hours of the University Core Curriculum.

Engineering Physics

A student may obtain a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in engineering physics. For the engineering physics major the student is required to earn fifty-five semester hours of physics and engineering science courses, fifty-two of these hours being in selected core physics and engineering science courses and at least three hours in a technical elective course. Twelve hours of calculus, three hours of differential equations, eight hours of chemistry, six hours of computer programming, three hours of oral communication, and seven hours of additional electives (technical or non-technical) are also required to reach the 130 hours required for graduation.

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Physics

A student may obtain a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in physics. For a physics major, the student is required to earn thirty-seven hours of physics courses, twenty-three of these hours being in core physics courses and fourteen hours in physics elective courses. Twelve hours of calculus, three hours of differential equations, eight hours of chemistry, four hours of computer programming, three hours of oral communication, and twenty-seven hours of additional electives (technical or non-technical) are required to reach the 130 hours required for graduation.

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Special Opportunity Honors Program

The Physics Department participates in the Junior-Senior Honors Program at Mississippi College. This usually includes the student taking data using experimental facilities located off-site. Research data which is obtained there will be brought back to campus for analysis.