Degree Pathway for the Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, Nuclear Option, 2024

For students who entered fall 2024 and beyond.

Freshman Year

Sophomore Year

Junior Year

Senior Year

Total Minimum Credits = 121

¹The Arts and Humanities (AH) and Social Sciences (SS) perspectives are subsets of the Breadth of Knowledge (BOK) requirements in the Core Curriculum. No more than two BOK courses can be taken with the same four-letter prefix.

The Core Curriculum also includes seven Essential Learning Outcomes (ELOs). The Diversity and Cultural Awareness (DCA) ELO and the Social Responsibility and Ethics (SRE) ELO are satisfied outside the major requirements. See the DCA course listing and the SRE course listing for a full list of classes that fulfill these requirements. The Class Search tool can be used to identify AH and SS courses that simultaneously satisfy the DCA or SRE requirement.

The Core Curriculum courses may be taken in any sequence. Refer to the Core Curriculum policy for further details. You should meet with your college-based professional advisor and/or faculty advisor to determine how best to satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements.

²PHYS.1120 Freshman Physics Seminar is not required for students who enter the major as freshman.

³MECH.3810 Fluid Mechanics will also satisfy this requirement. However, this course has a pre-requisite of ENGN.2070 and a co-requisite of MECH.2420 – both of which are not required for the Nuclear Option.

⁴MECH.3820 Heat Transfer will also satisfy this requirement. This requires MECH.3810, which in turn has a pre-requisite of ENGN.2070 and a co-requisite of MECH.2420 – both of which are not required for the Nuclear Option.

⁵PHIL.3340 Engineering Ethics satisfies the Arts and Humanities Perspective (AH) for the Breadth of Knowledge requirement as well as the Social Responsibility and Ethics (SRE) requirement.

⁶Students in the Nuclear option must complete two (2) electives in Physics (PHYS) and Nuclear and Energy Engineering (ENGY) of which one (1) must be a PHYS course.

Physics Electives (at least 3 credits)

• PHYS.3830 Astronomy and Astrophysics I
• PHYS.3050 Exoplanets
• PHYS.3370 Geometric Optics
• PHYS.3380 Waves and Optics
• PHYS.3540 Electromagnetism II
• PHYS.4210 Statistical Thermodynamics
• PHYS.4360 Intro Quantum Mechanics II
• PHYS.4390 Electro-optics
• PHYS.4620 Nuclear Physics II
• PHYS.4630 Computational Methods in Physics
• PHYS.4640 Particle Astrophysics
• PHYS.4690 Plasma Physics
• PHYS.4720 Solid State Physics
• PHYS.4770 Solid State Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices

Nuclear and Energy Engineering Electives

• ENGY.4390 Nuclear Systems Design and Analysis
• ENGY.5050 Reactor Physics*
• ENGY.5060 Nuclear Reactor Dynamics*
• ENGY.5070 Reactor Engineering and Safety*
• ENGY.5090 Dynamic Systems Analysis*
• ENGY.5100 Nuclear Fuel Cycle*
• ENGY.5120 Nuclear Materials*
• ENGY.5140 Nuclear and Chemical Waste Processing*
• ENGY.5160 Radiation Shielding and Protection*
• ENGY.5180 Energy Technology, Economic and Policy*
• ENGY.5330 Computational Transport Phenomena*
• ENGY.5340 Fundamentals of Nuclear Security and Safeguards*

*Graduate courses (for BS/MS students and qualified undergraduates)

Current UMass Lowell students should use their Advisement Report in SiS. If you need assistance, please contact your adviser.

Restriction on off-campus study:

Be advised that any course taken at another institution must be formally approved prior to enrollment. See the catalog policy for details.