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Offered by: School of Applied and Engineering Physics
212 Clark Hall, 255.5198, www.aep.cornell.edu

Program Objectives

The objectives for the Major in Engineering Physics are to:

•    Give our students an adequate education in mathematics and physics so that they have a basis for a complete understanding of current and future scientific and technological developments.

•    Ensure, through a set of several elective courses, the necessary flexibility for various career objectives, i.e., (1) immediate employment with the B.S. degree; (2) background for entering professional graduate schools like law or medicine; or, (3) the appropriate background for Ph.D. graduate work in science and/or engineering.

•    Include throughout the undergraduate program hands-on experience in laboratory as well as design, computational, and research problems.

•    Provide an environment characterized by the highest academic and ethical standards that instills pride in these standards and the program in general.

Introduction to Engineering Course (recommended)

ENGRI 102: Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
or ENGRI 110: Lasers and Photonics

Engineering Distributions (suggested)

ENGRD 252: The Physics of Life

ENGRD 264: Computer-Instrumentation Design

ENGRD XXX: Choose from the list of engineering distribution courses;

A&EP 333: Mechanics of Particles and Solid Bodies may count as the second engineering distribution course for EP Majors.

Required Major Courses

A&EP 321–322: Mathematical Physics I and II

A&EP 333: Mechanics of Particles and Solid Bodies (counts as an engineering distribution course)

A&EP 355: Intermediate Electromagnetism

A&EP 356: Intermediate Electrodynamics

A&EP 361: Introductory Quantum Mechanics

A&EP 362: Intermediate Quantum Mechanics

A&EP 363: Electronic Circuits (Laboratory)

A&EP 423: Statistical Thermodynamics

A&EP 434: Continuum Physics (Laboratory)

PHYS 410a: Advanced Experimental Physics (Laboratory)



Engineering Physics Major Check List

	Minimum Credit Hours	√ When Done
MATH 191	4	❑
MATH 192	4	❑
MATH 293	4	❑
MATH 294	4	❑
CHEM 209 (or 207 or 215)	4	❑
PHYS 112 (or 116)	4	❑
PHYS 213 (or 217)	4	❑
PHYS 214 (or 218)	4	❑
CS 100	4	❑
CS 101	1	❑
Introduction to Engineering: ENGRI 102 or   ENGRI 110 (recommended)	3	❑
Engineering Distribution 1: ENGRD 264 (recommended)	3	❑
Engineering Distribution 2: A&EP 333 (recommended)b	3	❑
First-Year Writing Seminar 1c	3	❑
First-Year Writing Seminar 2	3	❑
Liberal Studies Distribution—six courses (18-credit minimum)d	18
Liberal Studies 1		❑
Liberal Studies 2		❑
Liberal Studies 3		❑
Liberal Studies 4		❑
Liberal Studies 5		❑
Liberal Studies 6		❑
Approved Elective (two courses; 6-credit minimum)		❑
Approved Elective		❑
Physical Education (two semesters) and swim test		❑
Required Major Courses (58-credit minimum)
A&EP 321	4	❑
A&EP 322	4	❑
A&EP 333e	4	❑
A&EP 355	2	❑
A&EP 356	4	❑
A&EP 361	2	❑
A&EP 362	4	❑
A&EP 363	4	❑
A&EP 423	4	❑
A&EP 434	4	❑
PHYS 410a	4	❑
Major-approved Elective	3	❑
Major-approved Elective	3	❑
Major-approved Elective	3	❑
Major-approved Elective	3	❑
Major-approved Elective	3	❑
Major-approved Elective	3	❑
(Six (6) Major-approved electives, five (5) of which must be technical)  300-level or above and no S/U grades		❑
Total Required Credits	128
Additional Elective Courses (0 credits minimum, no maximum)		❑
Technical Writing Coursec: ENGRD 264 (recommended)		❑

Notes

a.    Two of the 4 credits of PHYS 410 can be satisfied by successfully completing A&EP/PHYS 330. The remaining 2 credits can be satisfied by taking PHYS 400 for 2 credits provided that the experiments in PHYS 400 do not overlap with those in A&EP/PHYS 330. (A list of experiments that are not appropriate will be prepared by A&EP faculty and made available in the A&EP office.) If a student chooses this option, A&EP/PHYS 330 may also count as a technical elective, provided the remaining three technical electives are 4 credits each.
b.    A&EP 333 may simultaneously satisfy Major and distribution requirements. In this case, the total number of credits required for the degree is 130.
c.    In addition to the first-year writing seminars, a technical writing course must be taken as an engineering distribution, liberal studies, approved elective or Major course. (ENGRD 264 satisfies this requirement.)
d.    The six courses must be chosen from at least three of the following six groups: (1) Cultural Analysis (CA), (2) Historical Analysis (HA), (3) Literature and the Arts (LA), (4) Knowledge, Cognition, and Moral Reasoning (KCM), (5) Social and Behavioral Analysis (SBA), (6) Foreign Languages (not literature courses). At least two of the six courses must be at 200-level or higher.
e.    Nine credits of Major-complementary courses must be outside the Major.

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