PHSX at Montana State University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate PHSX coursework.

• PHSX 222Physics II with Calculus: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)opens 37 courses (2.5 directly)
• PHSX 242Honors Gen & Mod Phys II: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)opens 37 courses (2.5 directly)
• PHSX 224Physics III: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)opens 26 courses (5 directly)
• PHSX 343Modern Physics: 3 Credits (3 Lec)opens 22 courses (5 directly)
• PHSX 301Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences: 3 Credits (3 Lec)opens 10 courses (2.3 directly)
• PHSX 423Electricity and Magnetism I: 3 Credits (3 Lec)opens 9 courses (2 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate PHSX work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 49 PHSX and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 32 more PHSX courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on PHSX, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in PHSX. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 9 courses deep, ending at PHSX 524

  1. PHSX 220Physics I with Calculus: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  2. PHSX 222Physics II with Calculus: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  3. PHSX 224Physics III: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  4. PHSX 343Modern Physics: 3 Credits (3 Lec)
  5. PHSX 423Electricity and Magnetism I: 3 Credits (3 Lec)
  6. PHSX 425Electricity and Magnetism II: 3 Credits (3 Lec)
  7. PHSX 519Mathematical Methods and Their Applications in Electromagnetic Theory: 3 Credits (3 Lec)
  8. PHSX 523General Relativity I: 3 Credits (3 Lec)
  9. PHSX 524General Relativity II: 3 Credits (3 Lec)

• 9 courses deep, ending at PHSX 531

  1. PHSX 220Physics I with Calculus: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  2. PHSX 222Physics II with Calculus: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  3. PHSX 224Physics III: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)

• 9 courses deep, ending at PHSX 545

  1. PHSX 220Physics I with Calculus: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  2. PHSX 222Physics II with Calculus: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  3. PHSX 224Physics III: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)

• 6 courses deep, ending at PHSX 444

  1. PHSX 220Physics I with Calculus: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  2. PHSX 205College Physics I: 4 Credits (3 Lec, 1 Lab)
  3. PHSX 256Solving Problems with Python: 3 Credits (3 Lec)

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PHSX yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PHSX yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

PHSX does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Montana State campus feed.