Physics: Requirements and Sample Courses

  1. Mechanics (including fluid mechanics)
  2. Heat, heat transfer, and thermodynamics
  3. Kinetic theory of gases
  4. Light and geometric optics
  5. Electricity and magnetism
  6. Waves (sound and light)
  7. The atom: its structure and the nucleus (including nuclear reactions)
  8. Quantum theory of the atom
  9. Quantum theory of light
  10. Engineering and technical application of physics
  11. Related aspects of:
  12. History and philosophy of science
  13. Methods of research in the sciences, including laboratory techniques and the use of computers