I will never understand why my university is requiring me to take upper level physics. I understand the need to understand electricity and circuitry but this semester has been mostly quantum and I don't see how this will apply to development.

@DutchmanDavid computer engineering with a focus in software engineering

Your daily existence will run parallels with Schrödinger's cat after graduation. That's why.

Your degree will tell your future employer that you are smart enough to learn, even if its hard.

Because as university graduate you should be able not only to progrsmm, but also understand basics about the world that is surrounding us. It's aboit being intelectualist, not stupid worker. So you know how the physics works and how to put them in the code. Don't complain about possibility to learn, accept that and try to learn and understand as much as you know.

Because with a Bachelor of Science
You can do a Master in another field.

Dude, Quantum computing might be the future or semi future of computing. This knowledge will form the basis for understanding Quantum algorithms. When we go quantum... The interpretation of logic itself changes... So interpretation of basic if - then decision structure will change(look Quantum Logic). We already have papers published on quantum Turing machine and Probabilistic Turing machines.. its not so bad to understand this otherworldly thing, if you might have to write programs that run half century later on machine modelled on quantum phenomenon.
I am no expert.. but I like quantum physics

Computer engineering? Yeah.... You need a lot of physics. It makes perfect sense.

It's just in case a company will ask you to do a codility set of tests

It's not always about the content, sometimes it's about training in different ways of thinking and analysing problems, even problems that are already solved.