Here are a bunch of things about surviving the department and getting that diploma. You may also want to check out department's website about the undergraduate program.

Degree Requirements

For a description of the three physics degrees (B.S., B.A., and minor) visit the department's website on degree programs. Want to make sure you're getting all the requirements down? Take a look at the checklists from the registrar's website:

Physics Major, B.S.
Physics Major, B.A.
Physics Minor

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Courses

Physics classes at Hopkins are uber-challenging, but that just means you're getting a good education. Plus, pulling really late nights where you become delusional from lack of sleep is a great way to make friends. I'm serious. Here's the typical sequence of courses taken by physics majors at Hopkins. If you are atypical, sorry, but I can't help you.

Freshman Year
Ah, the year that starts it all. Required for physics majors is Introduction to Classical Physics, a two semester course covering classical Newtonian mechanics and an introduction to electromagnetism. It's like AP Physics in high school, except with much harder math. General Physics Lab is also required. I'm sorry to say that you will now be devoting three hours, one night a week, to doing experiments that you're not always sure you understand. You will walk away from this class repulsed by lacrosse balls and still wondering how to make your oscilloscope make pretty pictures.

Sophomore Year
Second year is a little bit more interesting. In the fall, you'll be taking Special Relativity and Waves and Contemporary Physics Seminar. Unfortunately, the Special Relativity and Waves is really most about waves. But Contemporary Physics Seminar is a nice break from the monotony of lecture. In the spring, you'll be treated to a juxtaposition of Classical Mechanics and Modern Physics. I wonder if they planned it out that way on purpose. Classical Mechanics introduces you to Langrangians and Hamiltonians, while Modern Physics is kind of a warm-up for Quantum Mechanics.

Junior Year
This is the year that people begin to branch out. There are two required semesters in the fall: Introduction to Electromagnetic Theory and Introduction to Quantum Mechanics I. E&M is not just a repeat of your freshman year course. Make sure you have a good grounding in vector calculus (Calculus III). Quantum will not be like any other class you've taken yet. Look out for those bras and kets.

Other Required Physics Courses
Sometime before you graduate, you also want to make sure that you've taken these classes:

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics II or Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics
Intermediate Physics Lab or Lab of Advanced Instrumentations

Mathematics Courses
You'll also have to take these:

Calculus I-III (three semesters)
Linear Algebra
Differential Equations