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Applied Physics

investigate and innovate SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

 

Applied physics is about quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, computational and experimental methods. Students will also develop skills in classical mechanics, electrodynamics, optics, thermodynamics, and quantum mechanics.
Our students are using their skills to investigate and innovate!

 

RELATED MAJORS

Applied Mathematics

Physics Education

Astronomy

 

AREAS OF STUDY

  • Quantum Physics
  • Data Science
  • Computational Physics
  • Nanoelectronics
  • Chemical Physics
  • Photonics

CAREER OPTIONS

  • Engineering

  • Medicine

  • Defense and Aerospace

  • Data Science

  • Computer Engineering

  • Science Policy

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

  • Physics

  • Engineering

  • Data Science

  • Chemistry

  • Applied Sciences

What’s special about this program?

Physicists and astronomers investigate the fundamental properties of our physical world and develop a quantitative understanding of its phenomena. This enterprise has resulted in a deep and elegant foundation for rapid and continuing technological development. Graduates will have demonstrated proficiency in Mathematics and Computer science as well as proficiency in an Applied STEM field through the completion of an external minor in an approved STEM discipline.

 

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Society for Physics Students

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Sample curriculum

FALL

PHYS 207

 

Fundamentals of Physics I

PHYS227

 

Fundamentals of Physics Laboratory I

PHYS169

 

Perspectives on Physics and Astronomy

CHEM103

 

General Chemistry

CHEM133

 

General Chemistry Laboratory I

MATH241

 

Analytic Geometry and Calculus A

UNIV101

 

First Year Experience

University Breadth Requirement

 

 

SPRING

PHYS208

 

Fundamentals of Physics II

PHYS228

 

Fundamentals of Physics Laboratory II

MATH242

 

Analytic Geometry and Calculus B

CISC106

 

General Computer Science for Engineers

PHYS209

 

Aspects of Modern Physics

ENGL110

 

First-Year Writing

FALL

PHYS211

 

Oscillations and Waves

PHYS301

 

Introduction to Thermal Physics

MATH243

 

Analytic Geometry and Calculus C

MATH349

 

Elementary Linear Algebra

University Breadth Requirement

 

 

SPRING

PHYS309

 

Physics of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

MATH302

 

Ordinary Differential Equations

Minor

 

 

CISC210

 

Introduction to Systems Programming

University Breadth Requirement

 

 

FALL

PHYS424

 

Quantum Mechanics I

PHYS403

 

Electricity and Magnetism I

CISC220

 

Data Structures

Minor

 

 

University Breadth Requirement

 

 

SPRING

PHYS419

 

Classical Mechanics I

PHYS313

 

Physical Optics

CISC elective at or above the 260-level

 

 

Minor

 

 

University Breadth Requirement

 

 

FALL

PHYS468

 

Introduction to Research

Minor

 

 

Minor

 

 

Free Elective

 

 

University Breadth Requirement

 

 

SPRING

PHYS460 Computational Methods of Physics
Minor  
Minor  
Free Elective  
Free Elective