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    Physical Science at Radford University

          The Physical Science Program at Radford University is taught by the Physics Section of the Department of Chemistry and Physics. There are three options contained within the Physical Science major:
    • The Physics Option is the traditional physics major. Students electing this have many opportunities including graduate school in physics, employment in physics or engineering fields in industry, or teaching physics at the secondary school level.
    • The Earth and Space Science Option is the main option chosen for those wishing to pursue a science teaching career at the middle school or high school level. Students in this option typically obtain their teaching certification before grdaution from Radford University, and have tradationally found these particular teaching skills to be in great demand.
          The state of Virginia certifies teachers in both the area of Physics as well as in the area of Earth and Space Science. These two areas, along with Chemistry and Biology, make up the four science certification areas of Virginia as well as most other states.\

          For more information about the Physical Science program and the Department of Chemistry and Physics, please contact

    Dr. Walter Jaronski, Chair
    Department of Chemistry and Physics
    P. O. Box 6949
    Radford University
    Radford, VA 24142
    wjaronsk@runet.edu




    Radford VA 24142