Associate in Science for Transfer Degree in Physics
2018-2019 Map
Total Units: 60 - 64
Term 1
17 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| MATH-30: Analytic Geom/Calc I | 5 | Recommended math placement varies. | |
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Prerequisite(s): MATH 20 and MATH 26 or college-level pre-calculus A first course in differential and integral calculus of a single variable: functions, limits and continuity, techniques and applications of differentiation and integration, Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Primarily for Science, Technology, Engineering & Math Majors. (C-ID MATH 210). |
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| ENGL-2: Reading and Composition | 3 | Recommended English placement varies. | |
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Prerequisite(s): ENGL 118 or ENGL 119 This course develops college-level critical reading and writing practices. Students will critically read expository, argumentative, and fictional texts and develop expository, persuasive, and argumentative academic writing. Essays will demonstrate reading comprehension, analysis, critique, academic research, and synthesis. (C-ID ENGL 100). |
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| CSU Area E - Lifelong Learning and Self-Development (Select One) | 3 | ||
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| CSU Area A1 - Oral Communication (Select One) | 3 | ||
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| CSU Area D - Social Sciences (Select One) | 3 | Taking POS-2 or POS-12 within this area is recommended. If you select POS-2 or POS-12 it will also meet the US-2 and US-3 graduation requirement for the CSU. | |
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Term 2
15 - 17 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| PHYS-41: Phy-Scientists/Egr I | 4 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): MATH 30 This course, intended for students majoring in physical sciences and engineering, is part of a three-semester course whose contents may be offered in other sequences or combinations. Core topics include an introduction to kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, momentum, gravitation and simple harmonic motion. It is highly recommended that students also enroll in PHYS 51. (C-ID PHYS 205). |
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| PHYS-51: Problem Solving-PHYS 41 | 1 | PHYS-41 Cohort. | |
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Corequisite(s): PHYS 41 This course is a supplement to PHYS 41 and is intended to enhance the students problem solving skills in the areas of vectors, statics, kinematics, dynamics, momentum, energy, rotational motion, oscillatory motion, and fluid mechanics. |
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| MATH-31: Analytic Geom/Calc II | 4 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): MATH 30 A second course in differential and integral calculus of a single variable: integration; techniques of integration, infinite sequences and series, polar and parametric equations, applications of integration. Primarily for Science, Technology, Engineering & Math Majors. For students who have no knowledge of or access to a symbolic math program (such as MAPLE, Mathematica, Derive, or the TI-89,) the mathematics department offers instruction in MAPLE (MATH 31A), which may be taken concurrently with MATH 31. (C-ID MATH 220). |
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| CSU Area B2 - Life Science (Select One) | 3 - 5 | No lab required. | |
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| CSU Area D - Social Sciences (Select One) | 3 | ||
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Term 3
15 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| PHYS-42: Phy-Scientists/Egr II | 4 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): PHYS 41, MATH 31 This course, intended for students majoring in physical sciences and engineering, is part of a three-semester course whose contents may be offered in other sequences or combinations. Core topics include electrostatics, magnetism, DC and AC circuits, and Maxwell's equations. It is highly recommended that students also enroll in PHYS 52. (C-ID PHYS 210). |
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| PHYS-52: Problem Solving-PHYS 42 | 1 | PHYS-42 Cohort. | |
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Corequisite(s): PHYS 42 This course is a supplement to PHYS 42 and is intended to enhance the students' problem solving skills in the areas of electric fields and potential, electric currents, electric circuits, induced currents, magnetic fields, dielectrics, alternating currents, and electromagnetic waves. |
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| MATH-32: Analytic Geom/Calc III | 4 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): MATH 31 Vector valued functions, calculus of functions of more than one variable, partial derivatives, multiple integration, Green's Theorem, Stokes' Theorem, divergence theorem. (C-ID MATH 230). |
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| CSU Area A3 - Critical Thinking (Select One) | 3 | ||
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| CSU Area C1 - Arts (Select One) | 3 | ||
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Term 4
13 - 15 Units. Specified core courses are signified by icon.| Course Name | Units | Notes | |
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| PHYS-43: Phy-Scientists/Egr III | 4 | ||
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Prerequisite(s): PHYS 41, MATH 31 This course, intended for students majoring in physical sciences and engineering, is part of a three-semester course whose contents may be offered in other sequences or combinations. Core topics include optics and modern physics. (C-ID PHYS 43). |
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| CSU Area C2 - Humanities (Select One) | 3 - 4 | Taking a US History course within this area is recommended. If you select one of the following courses; HIST-8, HIST-10, HIST-26, or ECON-20, it will also meet the US-1 graduation requirement for the CSU. ECON-20 counts for C2 or D. | |
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| CSU Area C - Arts and Humanities (Select One) | 3 - 4 | ||
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| CSU Area D - Social Sciences (Select One) | 3 | ||
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