University Policy
All students must meet the requirements stated in the Undergraduate Degrees, Minors, and Credit-Bearing Certificates Policy and the Credit Requirements Policy, including the following:

UMD residency credit requirements for undergraduate degrees include a minimum of 30 semester credits; 15 credits of the last 30 credits; and half of upper-division (3xxx-level or higher) credits that satisfy major requirements.
Undergraduate degree program requirements also include completion of the Liberal Education Program and no more than 20 S/N semester credits.
The University of Minnesota (UMN) GPA required for graduation is a minimum of 2.00, which is cumulative and includes only University of Minnesota coursework from all campuses. Each UMD major, minor, and certificate requires a minimum program GPA of 2.00, which includes transfer coursework meeting requirements for the academic program.
If pursuing multiple programs that include overlapping coursework, students must complete a minimum number of non-overlapping credits for each additional program.

Program Requirements

For students who do not complete an optional sub-plan:
Required credits to graduate with this degree: 120
Required credits within the major: 59 - 60

This major requires a second field of study (e.g., minor, major, degree) for students who do not complete a subplan.
A sub-plan is not required.
a. Students interested in broadening analytical thinking through computer science may consider the Computational Physics sub-plan (see SCSE Advising to declare this sub-plan).
Students interested in teaching 9-12 physics may enroll concurrently in secondary licensure licensure requirements in the Department of Education and apply for admission to the Secondary Teacher Education Program.
Taking the "Honors" General Physics I course and General Physics II is recommended but not required for physics majors.

Physics B.A.

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