Location:
347 Mendel Science Center
Phone:
610.519.4860
Email:
vuphysics@villanova.edu
Bachelor of Arts
For students who want to minor in another science or engineering or who are planning employment or graduate studies outside the sciences in fields such as medicine, law, business, journalism, secondary school teaching, etc.
Freshman Year
| First Semester | Credits | Second Semester | Credits |
| PHY 2410 - University Phy: Mechanics PHY 2411 - Lab: Mechanics |
3/1 | PHY 2412 - Univ Physics: Elec & Mag PHY 2413 - Lab: Elec & Magnetism |
3/1 |
| PHY 2601 - Computational Phy Lab I | 2 |
PHY 2603 - Computational Phy Lab II | 2 |
| MAT 1500 - Calculus I | 4 | MAT 1505 - Calculus II | 4 |
| Foreign Language I | 3 | Foreign Language II | 3 |
| Humanities Seminar (ACS)* |
3 | Humanities Seminar (ACS)* |
3 |
| Humanities Elective (Core)* | 3 | Humanities Elective (Core)* | 3 |
| Total Credits | 19 | Total Credits | 19 |
Sophomore Year
| First Semester | Credits | Second Semester | Credits |
PHY 2414 - Univ Physics: Thermo PHY 2415 - Lab: Thermodynamics |
3/1 | PHY 2416 - Modern Physics
|
3/1 |
| PHY 3310 - Electronics PHY 3311 - Electronics Lab |
3/1 | PHY 4200 - Mathematical Physics I | 3 |
| MAT 2500 - Calculus III |
4 | MAT 2705 - Diff Equations |
4 |
| CHM 1151- General Chemistry I | 4 | CHM 1152 - General Chemistry II | 4 |
| CHM 1103 - General Chemistry Lab I | 1 | Humanities Elective (Core)* | 3 |
| Total Credits | 17 | Total Credits | 18 |
Junior Year
| First Semester | Credits | Second Semester | Credits |
| PHY 4100 - Mechanics I | 3 | PHY 4303 - Experimental Methods II |
2 |
| PHY 4301 - Experimental Methods I | 2 | PHY 5100 - Quantum Mechanics | 3 |
| minor/concentration** |
3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Social Sciences Electives (Core)* | 3 | Social Sciences Electives (Core)* | 3 |
| Humanities Electives (Core)* | 3 | Humanities Electives (Core)* | 3 |
| Humanities Electives (Core)* | 3 | Humanities Electives (Core) * | 3 |
| Total Credits | 17 | Total Credits | 17 |
Senior Year
| First Semester | Credits | Second Semester | Credits |
| PHY 4000 - Elec & Magnetism I PHY 4001 - Elec & Magnetism I Lab |
3/1 | minor/concentration** |
3 |
| minor/concentration** | 3 | ||
| Free Elective |
3 | ||
| Free Elective | 3 | Physics Elective** |
3 |
| Humanities Elective (Core)* |
3 | Humanities Elective (Core)* |
3 |
| Social Sciences Elective (Core)* |
3 | Humanities Elective (Core)* | 3 |
| Total Credits | 16 | Total Credits | 15 |
* Must satisfy the core requirements of the College of Arts & Sciences.
**or technical elective. Approval of the Physics chairperson required.
Total Credits 136
