Marine Engineering-School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering

Undergraduate Program for Specialty in physics

Ⅰ. Program Objective

The objective of this major is to cultivate future’s scientists. We have tailored our curriculum to provide students with a broad and solid foundation of Physical theories, enhanced capability of mathematical and logical analyses, and a good skill of hands-on and experimental analyses. Some concentrations, including Theoretical Physics, Plasma Physics, Condensed-Matter & Materials physics, Optics, Astrophysics, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Precision Measurement Physics, are built to provide students a comprehensive understanding on the state of the arts in Physics. The goal is to let students have concrete background knowledge for doing research in the future whatever in frontier science and advanced technology.

Ⅱ.Learning outcomes

1. Learn fundamental theories and basic experimental skill in a systematic and comprehensive way;

2. Learn mathematical skill compulsory for analyzing physical problems, fluent communication skill and scientific writing in English, and computer-aided experiments and simulations;

3. Learn basic ability for doing scientific research.

Ⅲ. Program Highlights

Provide a good training with concrete background knowledge of physics and mathematics, and excellent communication skill in English. Stimulate students’ curiosities about scientific research, meanwhile; cultivate students to obtain capabilities of logical thinking and analyzing.

Ⅳ. Major Disciplines

Theoretical Physics, Optics, Condensed Matter and Material Physics, Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics, Precision Measurement Physics, Plasma Physics.

Ⅴ. Program Length and Degree

Duration: 4 years

Degree Conferred: Bachelor of Science

Ⅵ. Credits Hours and Units

Minimum curriculum credits (including courses and practicum): 150 credits

Major-related basic courses and core courses cannot be covered using credits from other courses in the program.

Minimum Extracurricular Credits: 5 credits

1. Courses Credits Hours and Units

Course type	Required/Elective	Hrs/Crs	Percentage (%)
General Education Core Curriculum	Required	744/46.5	34.1
General Education Core Curriculum	Elective	160/10	7.3
Basic Sub-disciplinary Courses	Required	464/26.5	19.4
Major-specific Core Courses	Required	520/41.5	30.4
Major-specific Electives	Elective	192/12	8.8
Total		2080/136.5	100

2. Practicum credits

Course Title	Course Nature	Weeks/Credits	Percentage (%)
Military Training	Required	2/1	7.4
On-campus Voluntary Work	Required	1/0.5	3.7
Electrical Engineering Practice	Required	2/1	7.4
Engineering Internship(Scientific Research Training	Required	2/1	7.4
Undergraduate Thesis	Required	20/10	74.1
Total		27/13.5	100

3. Extracurricular Credits

No.	Extracurricular Activities and Social Practice	Requirements		Extracurricular Credits
1	Community Engagement(Take higher credit between items 1.1 and 1.3)	1.1 Participate in activities of social practices; submit report and pass oral defense		1
		1.2 Participate in academic summer camp, summer school; obtain certificate or pass oral defense		1
		1.3 Entitled as Activist by the Communist Youth ‘league of HUST or Hubei Province; Membership of the group which is entitled as Excellent Social Practice Group by the Communist Youth League of HUST or Hubei Province(1 for university level, 2 for province level)		1~2
2	Academic activities	Participate in the Learned Lecture organized by school for 5 times; submit lecture records and submit report for one lecture; obtain proof of school		1
		Participate in the activities of Physics Night or Discipline Guidance for 5 times; submit a final report and
3	English Test (Take maximum credit from only one item)	3.1 CET-6	480 points or higher	1
4	Academic competition or other comprehension recognized by school (Take maximum credit from only one item)	4.1 University Level	Win first prize	3
			Win second prize	2
			Win third prize	1
		4.2 Province Level	Win first prize	4
			Win second prize	3
			Win third prize	2
		4.3 National Level	Win first prize	6
			Win second prize	4
			Win third prize	3
5	Academic Paper	Publish paper in physics-related peer- reviewed journal	Each paper (depends on journal’s level)	2~3
6	Research Programs	Participate in one training of research and discussion; pass oral defense	Each item (depends on research project, working period, research capability and outcome)	1~3
		Complete Outstanding Student Project
		Involve in research project at the Innovation Base or any research group; pass oral defense
		Complete university-level Innovation Training Program	Each item (depends on research project, working period, research capability and outcome)	1~2
		Complete national-level Innovation Training Program		2~4
7	Experiments	Participate in the class of demonstration experiments and pass oral defense	Each item	1~3

Note: In HUST Sports Competition, the first and the second prize, the third to the fifth prize, and the sixth prize to the eighth prize are deemed respectively the first prize, the second prize and the third prize of university level.

Ⅶ. Main Courses

Basic Sub-disciplinary Courses: History of Physics, Error Analysis and Data Processing, Probability and Statistics(Ⅲ), Analogue Electronics(Ⅰ), Fundamental Mathematical Methods in Physics, Mathematical Methods in Physics, Topics on Frontier Physics, Elemental Physics Laboratory(Ⅰ)(Ⅱ), Comprehensive Physics Laboratory, Modern Physics Laboratory(Ⅰ)(Ⅱ)

Major-specific Core Courses: Mechanics, Thermal Physics, Electromagnetic, Optics, Atomic Physics, Solid State Physics, Theoretical Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Quantum Mechanics, Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics

Major-specific Electives: Introduction to precision Measurement Physics, Introduction to Biophysics, Computational Physics, Laser Physics, Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics, General Relativity and Cosmology, Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics, Introduction to Astrophysics, Introduction to Plasma Physics, Introduction to Geophysics

Ⅷ. Practicum Module (Experiments included)

Science Research Practice, Undergraduate Thesis

Ⅸ. Course Schedule

School (Department): School of physics specially: Physics

Course Type	Required /Elective	Course Code	Course Name	Hrs	Crs	Including			Seme ster
Course Type	Required /Elective	Course Code	Course Name	Hrs	Crs	Extra-cur.	Exp.	Oper ation	Seme ster
General Education Core Curriculum	Required	0301902	Morals & Ethics & fundamentals of Law	40	2.5	8			1
	Required	0100721	Survey of Modern Chinese History	32	2	8			2
	Required	0100733	Basic Theory of Marxism	40	2.5	8			3
	Required	0100932	Social Practice of Ideological and Political Theories Course	24	1.5	20			2
	Required	0100322	General Introduction to Mo Zedong Thought and Socialist Theory with Characteristics	56	3.5				5
	Required	0100741	Current Affairs and Policy	32	2	14			1~6
	Required	0510071	Chinese	32	2	10			2
	Required	0700011	Calculus(Ⅰ)	88	5.5				1
	Required	0700012	Calculus(Ⅱ)	88	5.5				2
	Required	0508453	Fundamental English(Ⅰ)	56	3.5				1
	Required	0508463	Fundamental English(Ⅱ)	56	3.5				2
	Required	0400111	Physical Education(Ⅰ)	32	1				1
	Required	0400121	Physical Education(Ⅱ)	32	1				2
	Required	0400131	Physical Education(Ⅲ)	32	1				3
	Required	0400141	Physical Education(Ⅳ)	32	1				4
	Required	1100011	Military Theory	16	1				7
	Required	0801665	Engineering Graphics(Ⅰ)	40	2.5				1
General Education Core Curriculum	Required	0827781	Computer and the foundation of programming design(C++)	48	3			24	1
	Elective		Electives in the Humanities and Social Sciences	160	10				1~8
	Required either or	0833174	Database technology and Application	32	2			12	4
	Required either or	0811163	Network technology of computer and Application	32	2			12	4
Basic Sub-disciplinary courses	Required	0705863	History of Physics	24	1.5				1
	Required	0705871	Error Analysis and data processing	32	2				2
	Required	0700063	Probabilities and Statistics(Ⅲ)	40	2.5				3
	Required	0800121	Analogue Electronics(Ⅰ)	64	4				2
	Required	0706931	Fundamental Mathematical Methods in Physics	64	4				2
	Required	0700464	Mathematical Methods in Physics	64	4				3
	Required	0706332	Topics on Frontier Physics	32	2				5
	Required	0704835	Fundamental Physics Lab Experiments(Ⅰ)	32	1		32		2
	Required	0706035	Fundamental Physics Lab Experiments(Ⅱ)	32	1		32		3
	Required	0706222	Comprehensive Lab Experiments	48	1.5		48		4
	Required	0706232	Lab experiments of Modern Physics(Ⅰ)	48	1.5		48		5
	Required	0706242	Lab experiments of Modern Physics(Ⅱ)	48	1.5		48		6
Major-specific Core Courses	Required	0800633	Mechanics	72	4.5				1
	Required	0800642	Thermal Physics	48	3				2
	Required	0800653	Electromagnetics	72	4.5				3
	Required	0800661	Optics	72	4.5				4
	Required	0700441	Atomic Physics	48	3				4
	Required	0700145	Solid State Physics	64	4				6
	Required	0827701	Theoretical Mechanics	72	4.5				3
	Required	0800684	Electrodynamics	72	4.5				5
	Required	0800371	Quantum Mechanics	72	4.5				5
	Required	0800694	Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics	72	4.5				6
Major-specific Electives	Elective	0800134	Digital Electronics	48	3				5
	Elective	0706342	Introduction to Precision Measurement Physics	48	3				6
	Elective	0705081	Introduction to Biological Physics	48	3				6
	Elective	0700334	Computational Physics	48	3			16	6
	Elective	0700553	Laser Physics	48	3				6
	Elective	0706272	Nuclear Physics and Particle Physics	48	3				7
	Elective	0700571	General Relativity and Cosmology	48	3				7
	Elective	0700503	Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics	48	3				7
	Elective	0706291	Introduction to Astrophysics	48	3				7
	Elective	0700562	Introduction to Plasma Physics	48	3				7
	Elective	0705091	Introduction to Geophysics	48	3				7
Practical Training Items	Required	1300013	Military Training	2W	1				1
	Required	1304411	Electrical Engineering Practice	2W	1				3
	Required	1300458	Engineering Internship	2W	1				6
	Required	1300024	Labouring for Public Benefit	1W	0.5				6
	Required	130006c	Undergraduate	20W	10				7~8