The following curriculum is designed to satisfy the basic lower division requirements for physics majors at senior institutions. Potential majors at senior institutions for students who earn an Associate in Science degree and follow the recommendations below include: physics, engineering physics, and physics education. Students enrolling in this curriculum are urged to meet with an academic advisor each semester to review course selections and transfer plans.
Student success
Program-specific courses
Supporting courses
Communications
Laboratory Science
Mathematics
Humanities
Two courses, with one from general humanities and one from the fine arts or interdisciplinary categories.
Social and behavioral science
Two IAI courses from at least two different prefixes.
Elective
Choose from any transfer-level elective area. Appropriate electives have a first digit of 1 or 2 and a second digit of 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 in the KCC course number.
Log on to MyCreditsTransfer at www.itransfer.org to see how your courses transfer to other colleges and universities. MyCreditsTransfer also offers program requirements and course equivalencies.
Learn more about this program: Physics Sample Transfer Plan, AS