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Dark Matter…what they are afraid to tell you in class…

Today’s agenda:

SPS membership. Individual form. Bulk form.

B.S. Physics requirements (courses not renumbered).

Assignment #4: see Pam in the department office and get your picture taken. If you don’t want your picture taken, let her know. Non-majors, no need to get picture taken. (Assignment 1 was definition of Physics, assignment 2 was email syllabus, assignment 3 is attend an SPS meeting.)

This week’s colloquium.

Thoughts about careers. Starts on slide 9.

Did you turn in Assignment #2 (syllabus)?

First SemesterChem 1310 General Chem 4Chem 1390 General Chem 1Chem 1100 Lab Safety 1Engl 1120 Exposition 3Math 1208 Calc I 5Phys 1101 Intro to Phys 1

15

Second SemesterChem 1320 General Chem 3Chem 1510 General Chem 2

History 3Math 1221 Calc II 5Phys 1111 *Physics I 4Phys 1119 *Lab 1*or Phys 1135 (4) 18

First SemesterEngl 1160 Writing 3Math 2222 Calc III 4Phys 2111 *Physics II 4Phys 2119 *Lab 1

Comp Sci 3Elective 3

*or Phys 2135 (4) 18

Second SemesterMath 3304 Diff Eq 3Phys 2311 Modern Phys I 3Phys 2129 Intermediate Lab 3Phys 2401 Theoretical Phys 3

Elective 3

15

Freshman Year

Sophomore Year

First SemesterPhys 3201 Mechanics 3Phys 3119 Adv Lab I 2Phys 3311 Modern Phys II 3

Math/Stat Elective 3Electives 6

17

Second SemesterPhys 3211 E&M I 3Phys 3129 Adv Lab II 2

Math/Stat Elective 3Electives 9

17

First SemesterPhys 4211 E&M II 3Phys 4301 Quantum 3Physics Elective 3

Electives 6

15

Second SemesterPhys 4311 Thermo 3Humanities Elective* 3Physics Elective 3

Electives 6

*300 level (3000???) 15

Junior Year

Senior Year

Some courses run once a year. Others run every other year or on demand (e.g. Relativity).

Fall courses: 3311 (Modern II), 3201 (Mechanics), 4211 (E&M II), 4301 (Quantum), 4323 (Solid State, not FS2015)

4203 (General Relativity) is offered this semester (FS2015)

Spring courses: 2311 (Modern I), 2401 (Theoretical), 2129 (Intermediate Lab), 3211 (E&M I), 4311 (Thermo).

Don’t graduate a year late because of one course!https://itweb.mst.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/regis/view_catalogs.pl?mode=old_to_new

Total Hours: 128

Required: 82

Electives:Math/Stat 6 (208/322/325/351 recommended)Physics 6 (305, 323, 337, 357, 371 or 381)Social Studies 6Humanities 9 (3 lit.; 3 300-level, e.g. Phil 345)Free 19Total 46 (18 elective hours at jr/sr level)

What should you do with your electives?

If you plan on getting a teaching certificate, look at this.

What do you want to do after you graduate? Look here and here.

graphic from “http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/highlite/bachplus5/bachplus5.htm”

the above link is no longer active, but you can view a wealth of statistics here:http://www.aip.org/statistics/

“nearly 90 percent of all physicists are hidden physicists”