After PHYS 207
Gateway: PHYS 207
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Department paths
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate PHYS coursework.
Generated from Virginia Commonwealth University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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 PHYS 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 46 PHYS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 17 more PHYS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PHYS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Major requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
• Major core requirements; • Concentration requirements; Concentration electives; Select two from:
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AI literacy course
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• Major core requirements; • Additional major requirements; • Concentration requirements; • Major electives; Select an additional ten credits from the following:; Or any course allowable for the B.S. in Physics, or a science elective approved by an adviser
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• Major core requirements; • Additional major requirements; Approved internship or cooperative education experience; Review of internship or cooperative education experience; • Major electives; Select engineering electives as described below.
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: PHYS 207
Gateway: PHYS 208
Gateway: PHYS 301
Gateway: PHYS 320
The deepest prerequisite chains in PHYS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
9 courses deep, ending at PHYS 661
7 courses deep, ending at PHYS 480
7 courses deep, ending at PHYS 550
6 courses deep, ending at PHYS 440
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AI literacy course; Foreign language through the 102 level (by course or placement)
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Select five credits from 300-500 level courses with a laboratory from BIOL/BIOZ, CHEM/CHEZ or the following FRSC/FRSZ courses which include chemistry and/or biology concepts
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All PHYS courses in the VCU catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under PHYS yet.
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