Physics

Roanoke College offers a Bachelor of Science and a Bachelor of Art degree in Physics as well as a minor in Physics.

Bachelor of Science

The Bachelor of Science degree, with a major in physics, requires the student to complete a minimum of 13 course units in Physics and related fields. These must include:

• Physics 201, 202, 203, 315, 350, 370, 390, 432, 480.
• Mathematics 331.
• and three additional units chosen from the following with two of these three units at the 400 level: any 400 level physics course; PHYS 205; MATH 402; MATH 482; CPSC 120; CPSC 170; CHEM 110 or 111,112; BIOL 120; BIOL 210. Note: MATH 121 and MATH 122 are prerequisites for PHYS 201 and PHYS 202, respectively.

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in physics requires the student to complete a minimum of 9 course units in physics and related fields. These units include:

• 6 units of Physics, including 201, 202, 203, 315, 370, 480.
• 1 unit of Biology (BIOL 120 or above)
• Chemistry 110 or 111, 112

Note: MATH 121 and MATH 122 are prerequisites for PHYS 201 and PHYS 202, respectively.

Minor in Physics

The minor in Physics requires the student to complete 6 units of Physics and Mathematics including: PHYS 201, 202, 203, 315; MATH 122, plus one additional one unit PHYS course at the 300-level or above. Note: MATH 121 is a prerequisite for PHYS 201.