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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, as well as dual-degree (3-2) programs that couple a major in physics at Saint Anselm with majors in  engineering at partner institutions. The department also offers a minor in physics and a minor in astronomy and planetary science. Details on these programs are below.

Programs

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

• Astronomy and Planetary Science
• Physics Minor

Courses

• PS 100 - Topics in Introductory Physics
• PS 101 - Astronomy
• PS 103 - Weather and Climate
• PS 104 - Forensic Physics
• PS 121-122 - General Physics I - II
• PS 131-132 - Calculus-Based Physics I - II
• PS 137 - Time: From Consciousness to Cosmos
• PS 201 - Geology
• PS 202 - Planetary Science
• PS 211 - Remote Sensing
• PS 222 - Life Beyond Earth
• PS 231 - Modern Physics
• PS 235 - Computational Physics
• PS 241 - Statics
• PS 245 - Electrical Circuits
• PS 346 - Thermodynamics
• PS 380 - Electricity and Magnetism
• PS 382 - Classical Mechanics
• PS 383 - Quantum Mechanics
• PS 384 - Introduction to Astrophysics
• PS 386 - Mathematical Methods of Physics
• PS 400 - Independent Study
• PS 449 - Topics in Physics
• PS 451 - Research & Design Seminar
• PS 452 - Research in Physics
• PS 475-476 - Physics Internship

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