Overview of Department
Careers in Physics
- What is a physicist?
- Why Physics?
- Careers
- Careers in Physics - American Physical Society
- Example: Chris Dymond, Energy Analyst for the Oregon Department of Energy, staff listing
- Degree and employment statistics from AIP
- Many resources for finding a job:
Physics Education in General
- The AIP has accumulated statistics concerning education and employment in Physics.
- Physics programs and degrees awarded recently
- We graduated 25 Physics and Engineering Physics majors in 2004, among the top producers of Physics B.S. degrees over recent years.
- More women are earning degrees in Physics, and our department has an effective program to encourage women in physics.
- Undergraduate research is important, and every student in our program participates in research.
Majoring in Physics
- Knowledge and skills valued by working physicists.
- How do working physicists value the educational components of their education?
- Comparison of job activities and educational components.
- Physics degree and available options
- Engineering Physics degree
- Computational Physics
- example of computational physics - quantum mechanical wavefunctions
- Complete Physics advising
Physics Education at OSU
- We offer a coherent set of courses that seems to work well.
- Paradigms and Capstone Program is unique
- Innovative faculty dedicated to quality undergraduate education
- The Bridge Project , connecting physics and mathematics
- Explore the courses!
- All information about our undergraduate program
- Research opportunities
- Seminars and events
Other Resources
- Society of Physics Students national organization and the local chapter
