Comprehensive Science

Director: Dr. Frederick Hartmann
Office: 447 St. Augustine Center
Tel. (610) 519-4232
Website: http://www.villanova.edu/artsci/compsci/

MAJOR: The Comprehensive Science program is designed to allow students interested in the physical and life sciences to get a broad based and thorough exposure to a full spectrum of scientific concerns and practices. The information provided here is a basic outline of the comprehensive science requirements. The elective courses taken may vary based upon special
interest or concentrations selected by the student.

The following courses are required of Comprehensive Science majors:
CSC 1051 Algorithms and Data Structures I
BIO 2105, 2106 General Biology I and II
CHM 1151/1103 General Chemistry I and Laboratory
CHM 1152/1104 General Chemistry II and Laboratory
MAT 1500/1505/2500 Calculus I, II and III
PHY 2410/2411 University Physics: Mechanics and Laboratory
PHY 2412/2413 University Physics: Electricity & Magnetism & Laboratory
or
PHY 2414/2415 University Physics: Thermodynamics and Lab

One Mathematics course selected from the following:
MAT 2705 Differential Equations with Linear Algebra
MAT 4310 Statistical Methods

Additionally students must complete at least SEVEN upper level science electives with appropriate laboratories chosen in consultation with the student’s advisor.

See the website address above for more information.

The degree program allows for students to design a concentration in a particular discipline or an interdisciplinary field. Some sample concentrations follow:

Biological-Chemistry
Biology
Chemistry
Cognitive Science
Environmental Studies
Pre Dental
Mathematics
Pre Medical
Pre Optometry
Physics