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Physics is devoted to the discovery and exploration of the most basic physical laws governing this universe. As a physics student, you鈥檒l attempt to express these laws in their most elegant mathematical form, so that they can be applied to predict the behavior of all forms of matter and energy, in physical systems that range from the subatomic level of quarks, gluons, nuclei and atoms, all the way out to the astrophysical level of planets, stars, black holes, galaxies, and larger scale structures of the universe.

This degree lays the foundation to begin your career or to continue your education for a higher degree in graduate school in physics or another field, such as law or medicine. A minimum of 128 credit hours is required.

The program has a high fraction of electives so that in consultation with your advisor, you can tailor a special program that suits your needs. This makes it easy to minor in computer science, mathematics or another field.

In this accelerated program, an undergraduate student takes graduate courses as part of the Physics BS degree which then also count towards the Physics MS degree. Students must take nine credit hours of physics graduate lecture courses at the 5000 or 6000 level during their undergraduate, and those credits will be transferred to the Physics MS program.