Applying What You Learn
In his message to the students in the College of Arts & Sciences, Dean Boocker explains the importance of "making knowledge matter." We believe that means helping you develop useful, real-world skills alongside the sense of fulfillment and enrichment that a major in Physics can provide.
We also believe in making you aware of the knowledge and skills you're developing along the way, so that you can capitalize on your strengths in the marketplace, graduate school, and in life.
Knowledge & Skills Gained as a Physics Major
Knowledge Gained
- Learn how to solve quantitative problems and find relationships between physical factors
- Learn how to obtain, organize, analyze, and interpret scientific data
- Develop knowledge of natural laws in various fields including optics, classical and quantum mechanics, electricity and magnetism, astronomy and astrophysics, biomedical physics, and beyond
- Effectively research, organize, and arrange information and develop new ideas
Skills Gained
- Ability to conduct experiments
- Ability to develop theories
- Ability to perform calculations
- Ability to prepare technical reports
- Knowledge of mathematical modeling
- Ability to use computer technology
- Ability to research and gather information
- Ability to analyze and organize data