Curriculum: Engineering Physics
Core Courses and Typical Schedule
The following list provides a typical schedule, please consult official degree requirements in the university calendar for more details.
- Course Schedule in Navigator
- Link to calendar for pre-requisite and course descriptions.
NOTE: Students may NOT change their requirement term at any time, contrary to the University Calendar.
Year 1 (Standard schedule)
| Term 1, Fall | Term 2, Spring | Term 3, Summer | |||
| ENSC 151-4 |
Intro to Software Development for Engineers | ENSC 180-3 | Introduction to Engineering Analysis |
CHEM 121-4 | General Chemistry & Lab |
| MATH 152-3 |
Calculus II | PHYS 121-3 | Optics, Electricity, and Magnetism | ||
| ENSC 100(W)-3 | Engineering, Science, and Society | MATH 232-3 |
Applied Linear Algebra | MATH 260 – 3 | Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations |
| ENSC 105W-3 | Process, Form and Convention in Professional Genres |
PHYS 120-3 |
Mechanics and Modern Physics | CMPL I | First Complementary Studies Elective |
| ENSC 120-2 | Introduction to Electronics Laboratory Instruments |
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| MATH 151-3 | Calculus I - or MATH 150 | ||||
Year 1 (Advanced schedule)
| Term 1, Fall | Term 2, Spring | Term 3, Summer | |||
| ENSC 151-4 |
Intro to Software Development for Engineers | ENSC 180-3 | Introduction to Engineering Analysis |
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| MATH 152-3 |
Calculus II | ||||
| ENSC 100W-3 | Engineering, Science, and Society | MATH 232-3 |
Applied Linear Algebra | ||
| ENSC 105W-3 | Process, Form and and Convention in Professional Genres |
PHYS 121-3 |
Optics, Electricity, and Magnetism |
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| ENSC 120-2 | Introduction to Electronics Laboratory Instruments |
CHEM 121-4 | General Chemistry & Lab | ||
| MATH 151-3 | Calculus I | CMPL I | First Complementary Studies Elective | ||
| PHYS 120-3 | Mechanics and Modern Physics |
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Year 2
| Term 1, Fall | Term 2, Spring | Term 3, Summer | |||
| ENSC 204-1 |
Graphical Communication for Engineering |
Co-op Term | ENSC 225-4 | Microelectronics | |
| ENSC 220-4 | Electric Circuits I |
ENSC 254-4 | Introduction to Computer Organization | ||
| ENSC 251-4 | Software Design and Analysis for Engineers |
ENSC 280-4 | Engineering Measurement & Data Analysis | ||
| ENSC 252-4 | Fundamentals in Digital Logic and Design |
ENSC 320-4 | Electric Circuits II | ||
| MATH 251-3 | Calculus III | MATH 254-3 |
Vector & Complex Analysis | ||
| MATH 260 – 3 | Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations (if not taken in summer of first year) | ||||
Year 3
| Term 1, Fall | Term 2, Spring | Term 3, Summer | ||
| ENSC 324-3 | Electronic Devices | PHYS 321-3 | Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism | |
| PHYS 344-3 | Thermal Physics | ENSC 325-4 |
Microelectronics II | Co-op Term |
| ENSC 351-4 | Embedded and Real Time System Software | ENSC 383-4 | Feedback Control Systems | |
| ENSC 380-3 | Linear Systems | ESD Elective I-4 | First Engineering Science and Design Elective | |
| PHYS384-3 | Methods of Theoretical Physics I | PHYS 211-3 | Intermediate Mechanics | |
Year 4
| Term 1, Fall | Term 2, Spring | Term 3, Summer | |||
Co-op Term |
ECON 103-4 | Principles of Microeconomics | CMPL II | Second Complementary Studies Elective | |
| ENSC 405W-3 | Project Documentation, User Interface Design, and Group Dynamics | ENSC 406-2 | Engineering Ethics, Law, and Professional Practice | ||
| ENSC 410-3 | The Business of Engineering | ENSC 440-3 | Capstone Engineering Science Project | ||
| ENSC 495-4 | Introduction to Microelectronic Fabrication | ENSC 470-4 | Optical and Laser Engineering Applications | ||
| PHYS-I | First Physics Elective | ENSC 498-1 | Engineering Science Thesis Proposal | ||
| PHYS-II | Second Physics Elective | ESD Elective II-4 | Second Engineering Science and Design Elective | ||
| PHYS 233-3 | Physics Laboratory III | ||||
Year 5
| Term 1, Fall | Term 2, Spring | Term 3, Summer | ||
| PHYS 385-3 | Quantum II | |||
| ENSC 499-9 | Engineering Science Undergraduate Thesis | |||
| PHYS 421-3 | Electromagnetic Waves | |||
| PHYS-III | Third Physics Elective | |||
Electives:
Link to list of Approved Complementary Electives
Engineering Science and Design Electives
Students in the Engineering Physics Option must complete a minimum of 8 units from the approved engineering science & design elective list below, in addition to their required physics electives. Students may take no more than one 300 level course to fulfill the ESD elective requirement for Engineering Physics. Students must have the required pre-requisites in order to take these courses.
- ENSC 327-4 Communication Systems
- ENSC 350-4 Digital Systems Design
- ENSC 413-4 Deep Learning Systems in Engineering
- ENSC 424-4 Multimedia Communications Engineering
- ENSC 425-4 Electronic System Design
- ENSC 426-4 High Frequency Electronics
- ENSC 427-4 Communication Networks
- ENSC 428-4 Digital Communications
- ENSC 450-4 VLSI Systems Design
- ENSC 452-4 Advanced Digital System Design
- ENSC 474-4 Digital/Medical Image Processing
- ENSC 476-4 Biophotonics and Microscopy Techniques
- ENSC 481-4 Design for Reliability
Unacceptable ESD electives for engineering physics students:
- ENSC 477-4 Biomedical Image Acquisition
Physics Electives
In addition to the required physics courses and engineering science and design electives, students must also complete 3 physics electives from the list below, at least one of which must be a 400-level physics course.
- PHYS 347-3 Introduction to Biological Physics
- PHYS 390-3 Introduction to Astrophysics
- PHYS 395-3 Computational Physics
- PHYS 413-3 Advanced Mechanics
- PHYS 415-3 Quantum III
- PHYS 445-3 Statistical Physics
- PHYS 465-3 Solid State Physics
- PHYS 485-3 Particle Physics
- PHYS 490-3 General Relativity and Gravitation