Major Requirements
The Physics major program at Kenyon is designed to provide an excellent grounding in theoretical, computational, and experimental Physics for students planning a career in Physics or an allied field such as Astronomy, Engineering, Medical Physics, Biophysics, Geophysics, or other applied science.
The major program requirements are:
- a three-semester introduction to Physics consisting of
- Physics 140 (Classical Physics) and either 110 (First Year Seminar) or 141 (Introduction to Experimental Physics I)
- Physics 145 (Modern Physics) and 146 (Introduction to Experimental Physics II)
- Physics 240 (Fields and Spacetime) and 241 (Fields and Spacetime Laboratory)
- Physics 245 (Oscillations and Waves) and 246 (Oscillations and Waves Laboratory)
- A course on electronics: Physics 280 (Electronics) and 281 (Electronics Laboratory)
- A senior-level laboratory course: Physics 480 (Research Methods for Experimental Physics) and 481 (Experimental Physics)
- Two more one-semester Physics courses numbered above 320, which might include
- Physics 340 (Classical Mechanics)
- Physics 350 (Electricity and Magnetism)
- Physics 355 (Optics)
- Physics 360 (Quantum Mechanics)
- Physics 365 (Atomic and Nuclear Physics)
- Physics 370 (Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics)
- Physics 492 (Special Topics in Physics)
- In addition students must take a three semester course in Calculus (MATH 111, 112, 213) and a course in either Differential Equations (MATH 333) or Linear Algebra (MATH 224).