Physics B.A.
Honors
To be awarded departmental honors in physics a student must:
1. Achieve at least a 3.5 minimum grade point average in courses required for the major taken at California State University, San Bernardino and at least a 3.0 grade point average overall;
2. Write a thesis on a topic approved by the Department of Physics and the faculty member who will serve as project director;
3. One of the following: have the thesis approved by a committee consisting of three faculty members from the Department of Physics, one of whom is the project director, or have the thesis accepted for publication by a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
Application for honors and approval of the thesis topic must occur at least two full quarters before graduation (which will ordinarily be the Fall quarter of the senior year.) The thesis must be submitted and the thesis defense (or journal acceptance) successfully completed by the quarter of graduation according to the timeline on file in the department office
Please refer to the University catalog at http://catalog.csusb.edu for official information.