After MATH 243
Gateway: MATH 243
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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 Wichita State 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 39 PHYS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 12 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.
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Select 5 credit hours in chemistry; Select 2 additional credit hours from the following; Select 6 credit hours of upper-division physics electives
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Select 10 credit hours in chemistry; Select three semesters from the following; Select 8 additional upper-division credit hours in physics (excluding PHYS 501A-Z and PHYS 502 )
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Select courses to meet General Education requirements; General Education courses that will also meet Program Requirements
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in PHYS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
8 courses deep, ending at PHYS 652
8 courses deep, ending at PHYS 695
7 courses deep, ending at PHYS 702
6 courses deep, ending at PHYS 701G
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Select an additional 9 credit hours of upper-division geology electives chosen to match the student’s career interest and in consultation with an advisor from the geology department. An additional elective capstone course is:
Required Supporting Scienceschoose 1
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All PHYS courses in the Wichita State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under PHYS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
Physics does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Wichita State campus feed.