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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 14 course units in Physics and related fields. These must include:

• Physics 201, 202, 203, 315, 350, 370, 432, 499.
• Mathematics 121, 122, and 331.
• and three additional units chosen from the "career tracks" listed below. Two of these three units must be at the 400-level. Students are encouraged, but not required, to complete one of the "career tracks."

Biological Physics Career Track: BIOL 120, 215, PHYS 451 and 452.

Experimental Physics Career Track: CHEM 111, 112, PHYS 451 and 453.

Theoretical Physics Career Track: PHYS 450, 454, MATH 482 and 1 non-core physics course 400-level.

Computational Physics Career Track: PHYS 455, CPSC 120, 170, MATH 402.

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in physics requires the student to complete a minimum of 11 course units in physics and related fields. These units include:

• 6 units of Physics, including 201, 202, 203, 315, 370, 499.
• 1 unit of Biology (BIOL 115 or above)
• Mathematics 121, 122
• Chemistry 111, 112

Minor in Physics

The minor in Physics requires the student to complete 7 units of Physics and Mathematics including: PHYS 201, 202, 203, 315; MATH 121, 122, plus one additional one unit PHYS course at the 300-level or above.

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