And, while both IMPS and the traditional track satisfy the college distributive requirements in laboratory science and quantitative and deductive science, IMPS additionally satisfies the interdisciplinary requirement. IMPS is slightly less flexible than the traditional track. IMPS is only offered in the fall and winter, in only one section. However, the other required courses for the first year, English 5 and the First-Year Seminar, are offered in multiple sections so conflicts will not occur. The scope and pace of IMPS are similar to that of the traditional Physics 13-14 sequence.
Labs are approximately weekly.
IMPS requires you take math and physics simultaneously, which can be more intense than the traditional track. However, we believe that the hard work will pay off in the long run, because of the synergy between the math and physics. IMPS is completely equivalent to the traditional courses, and even goes beyond them in certain ways. IMPS satisfies some prerequisites for the engineering, physics, chemistry, earth science, and applied mathematics majors. IMPS is not designed to prepare students for majors in computer science or biology, although these students are welcome in IMPS if they find it doesn't conflict with the prerequisites for those majors.