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Chairperson: Ian T. Durham

Professors: Ian T. Durham, David V. Guerra; Assistant Professors: Jeffrey W. Schnick, Nicole Gugliucci; Laboratory Instructor: Kathleen Shartzer.

The ideas of physics have a profound significance for anyone interested in nature and its intelligibility. The department offers a sequence of courses that provides an opportunity for students to study the models, theories, and laws that have been developed and discovered in an attempt to describe the physical universe. In addition to serving the general liberal arts education, the department offers majors in physics, physics with certification for teaching at the secondary level, applied physics, and engineering physics (3-2 engineering program). The department also offers minors in physics and engineering science.

Programs

• Applied Physics
• Engineering Physics (3-2 Engineering Program)
• Physics
• Physics (Teacher Certification in Physics)

• Astronomy and Planetary Science
• Engineering Science Minor
• Physics Minor

Courses

• PS 100 - Topics in Introductory Physics
• PS 101 - Astronomy
• PS 102 - Geology
• PS 103 - Weather and Climate
• PS 104 - Forensic Physics
• PS 105 - Energy (Physical Principles, Problems & Alternatives)
• PS 121-122 - General Physics I - II
• PS 131-132 - Calculus-Based Physics I - II
• PS 137 - The Nature and Origins of Time
• PS 202 - Planetary Science
• PS 231 - Modern Physics
• PS 235 - Computational Physics
• PS 241 - Statics
• PS 242 - Dynamics
• PS 243 - Strength of Materials
• PS 245 - Electrical Circuits
• PS 341 - Life Beyond Earth
• PS 346 - Thermodynamics
• PS 347 - Fluid Dynamics
• PS 380 - Electricity and Magnetism
• PS 383 - Quantum Mechanics
• PS 386 - Mathematical Methods of Physics
• PS 400 - Independent Study
• PS 449 - Topics in Physics
• PS 451 - Independent Research in Physics I
• PS 452 - Independent Research in Physics II
• PS 475-476 - Physics Internship

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