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Physics Minor

Gain an Understanding of the World Around You

Alumni go on to:

Continue your study of physics at the graduate level.

Alumni work as educators in schools and universities.

Alumni have careers as IT consultants, data analysts and lab techs.

Physicists in industry have made the technological advances of modern products possible.

Learn To

Stimulate intellectual curiosity, imagination, rational thinking and thoughtful expression

Participate in hands-on research

Gain knowledge for continued graduate-level education

Physics Minor Program Overview

The World Around You

Physics explores the physical universe to gain a unifying understanding of the world through the interplay of experiment and theory that constitutes the scientific method. Beyond the purely intellectual pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, there is the vast use of discovered laws of nature for the purpose of improving our material well-being. Just look around you.

Physicists Revolutionize the World

Innovations like computers, high-definition television, nuclear power, lasers, communications satellites, ultrasonic scanners, recombinant DNA, magnetic resonance imaging in medicine and high temperature superconductivity are revolutionizing the world in which we live.

Physicists are at the very center of the expansion of knowledge, and technology and career opportunities have never been better.

Cutting-Edge Research

Our faculty is engaged in cutting-edge physics research ranging from elementary particle physics to theoretical high energy physics.

Sample Courses in Physics Minor

Table shows sample courses for this program
PHY 201 General Physics I
PHY 300 Analog Circuits
PHY 311 Mathematical Physics
PHY 314 Intro to Computational Physics
PHY 321 Classical Dynamics I
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How Do I Minor in Physics?

A grade of “C” or better is required in each physics course counted toward the minor.

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