PHYSICS at University of Northern Iowa

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 PHYSICS coursework.

• MATH 1421Calculus IIopens 9 courses (3.8 directly)
• PHYSICS 1702Physics II for Science and Engineeringopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• CHEM 1120General Chemistry IIopens 4 courses (1.3 directly)
• MATH 2422Calculus IIIopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• MATH 3425Differential Equationsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• MATH 3440Numerical Analysisopens 1 course (1 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 PHYSICS 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 35 PHYSICS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 22 more PHYSICS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 5 courses deep, ending at PHYSICS 4900

  1. MATH 1420Calculus I
  2. MATH 1421Calculus II
  3. MATH 2422Calculus III
  4. MATH 3425Differential Equations
  5. PHYSICS 4900Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

• 4 courses deep, ending at PHYSICS 4760

  1. CHEM 1110General Chemistry I
  2. CHEM 1120General Chemistry II
  3. CHEM 4420Physical Chemistry I

• 4 courses deep, ending at PHYSICS 6100

  1. MATH 1420Calculus I
  2. MATH 1421Calculus II
  3. MATH 3440Numerical Analysis

• 4 courses deep, ending at PHYSICS 6300

  1. PHYSICS 1511General Physics I
  2. PHYSICS 1702Physics II for Science and Engineering
  3. PHYSICS 2300Physics III: Theory and Simulation

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PHYSICS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PHYSICS yet.

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Department events

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