DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

Sample Schedules for Physics Majors

Degree Progress Worksheet

SCHEDULE 1

For students who enter with:

• BC Calculus Credit
• No Physics Credit

SCHEDULE 2

For students who enter with:

• No Math Credit
• No Physics Credit

Schedule 3

• Placement into any MENU sequence
• No Physics credit

^Students choosing to take the MATH 240, 250, and 351 option instead of PHYSICS 311, and who are taking MATH 250 in Fall, could move PHYSICS 330-1,2 to Sophomore year and take MATH 250 and PHYSICS 330-1 concurrently. It is not recommended to take 330-1 if you are just starting MATH 311.

^^MATH 360-1 is a MENU course equivalent to MATH 250

*Astronomy concentration only. Either ASTRON 220-1 or 220-2 can be taken to fulfill the requirement, depending on which is offered in any year.

**Students intending to take the physics GRE in fall of senior year or spring of junior year (i.e. those intending to go to graduate school immediately after NU) may find it useful to switch 330-2 and 339-1. 

For more information, email the Director of Undergraduate Studies at dusphysics@northwestern.edu