Physics and Master of Business Administration (BS, MBA)

The Bachelor of Science in physics and Master of Business Administration dual degree program is a five-year program. After students have satisfactorily completed their undergraduate requirements, they complete the remaining requirements in the MBA program.  Students must earn a minimum of 150 credits (120 discrete credits for the undergraduate degree and 30 discrete credits for the graduate degree).

Requirements

Lower-Division General Education

Mathematics: satisfied by the major

Information Literacy and Research:  CS 120G, CS 121G, or OEAS 130G

Nature of Science: satisfied by the major

Upper-Division General Education

The upper-division general education requirement is met by the MBA coursework.

Requirements for Graduation

All majors for the BS degree in physics require completion of a minimum of 120 credit hours (150 credit hours for the dual degree in physics and electrical engineering and the dual degree in physics and the Master of Business Administration), which must include both a minimum of 30 credit hours overall and 12 credit hours in upper-level courses in the major program from Old Dominion University, completion of ENGL 110C, ENGL 211C or ENGL 231C, and the writing intensive (W) course in the major with a grade of C or better, and Senior Assessment. Additionally, physics majors require completion of the Physics Exit Exam with a minimum score of 20^th percentile, and the astrophysics major requires completion of the Astrophysics Exit Exam with a minimum score of 20^th percentile. Additional hours may be required to meet the foreign language requirement. All majors require a minimum grade of C in PHYS 261N-PHYS 262N, PHYS 231N-PHYS 232N, or PHYS 226N-PHYS 227N. Except for the secondary physics education major, physics majors require a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.00 overall and in the major. The secondary physics education major requires a minimum 2.75 grade point average overall, in the major, and in the professional education core, with no grade less than a C- in the major and professional education core. The professional education core satisfies the upper-level general education requirement.

Physics and MBA Dual Degree

Students in this major must earn a minimum of 150 credit hours (120 discrete credit hours for the undergraduate degree and 30 discrete credit hours for the graduate degree).

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Grade of C or better required in PHYS 499W or both PHYS 489W and PHYS 490W

MBA Coursework

MBA courses may be taken beginning with the second semester of the junior year.  Students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average in these courses to continue in the program.  Additional information can be found in the section on BS/MBA Linked Program at the beginning of the College of Sciences section of this Catalog and the Strome College of Business section in the Graduate Catalog.

Degree Program Guide

*PHYS 420 is offered fall semester only.  ASTP 313, PHYS 453, and PHYS 456 are offered spring semester only.