Physics at Wheaton College (Illinois)

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 PHYS coursework.

• PHYS 334Computer Modeling of Physical Systemsopens 9 courses (7.5 directly)
• PHYS 232Introductory Physics II.opens 7 courses (3.5 directly)
• MATH 236Calculus II.opens 7 courses (2.5 directly)
• PHYS 331Spacetime and Quantaopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• PHYS 303Modern Physicsopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• MATH 237Calculus III.opens 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 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 20 PHYS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 7 more PHYS 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 PHYS, 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 PHYS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at PHYS 341

  1. MATH 235Calculus I.
  2. MATH 236Calculus II.
  3. MATH 333Differential Equations
  4. PHYS 341Analytical Mechanics

• 4 courses deep, ending at PHYS 342

  1. MATH 235Calculus I.
  2. MATH 236Calculus II.
  3. MATH 237Calculus III.

• 4 courses deep, ending at PHYS 344

  1. MATH 235Calculus I.
  2. MATH 236Calculus II.
  3. PHYS 303Modern Physics

• 4 courses deep, ending at PHYS 366

  1. PHYS 231Introductory Physics I.
  2. PHYS 232Introductory Physics II.
  3. PHYS 331Spacetime and Quanta

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PHYS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PHYS yet.

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Department events

Physics does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Wheaton (IL) campus feed.