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Degrees Offered :
- Physics (B.A., B.S.)
- Engineering Physics (B.S.)
- Astronomy (B.A.)
- Astrophysics (B.S.)
- Flexible academic programs
with degree options in physics,
astronomy, and
engineering physics
- High-level research opportunities
for undergraduates in frontier
areas of physics
- One of the longest-running
and most successful
- summer research programs
for undergraduates
- New faculty members and
growing research
programs in important new
areas of physics: optics and
photonics, biophysics,
and nanotechnology
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Physics
The Department of Physics provides students with strong interests in physics and related sciences with faculty keenly interested in fostering their growth through courses, research opportunities, and individual interactions. Educational programs in basic and applied physics can be tailored easily to suit a student’s individual interests and needs.
The Department has a modest-sized faculty that is highly research active, providing students with opportunities to have close, individual interactions with faculty members that are typical of a small college and research experiences that are typical of a large university. Student research is arranged informally as early as the sophomore (or occasionally freshman) year at the initiation of the student, or formally as a senior research project. In addition, the Physics Department has one of the longest running, and most successful, summer research programs in the United States for undergraduate students. Funding from several sources, including the University and the National Science Foundation, provides support that allows most upper-level physics majors to spend 10 summer weeks on campus with undergraduates from other institutions, during which they carry out individual research projects with faculty members while living together on campus.
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