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THE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
For almost a century, the University of Delaware’s Physics and Astronomy program has provided a world class undergraduate physics education that meets the goals of STEM education. Our graduates join a variety of physical science and engineering graduate programs, enter medical school, find employment in industry and teach in high schools all over the country.
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AREAS OF STUDY
- Chemical Physics
- Superfluids
- Astronomy
- Spintronics
- Quantum Information
- Computational Physics
- Magnetic Systems
- Laser Matter Interactions
- Space Physics
- Particle Astrophysics
- Material Sciences
CAREER OPTIONS
- Secondary Education
- Engineering
- Medicine
- Defense and Aerospace
- Biophysics and Bioengineering
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
- Physics
- Engineering
- Mathematics
- Astrophysics
- Medicine/Medical Physics
- Law
What’s special about this program?
Physicists and astronomers investigate the fundamental properties of our physical world and develop a quantitative understanding of its phenomena. This enterprise has resulted in a deep and elegant foundation for rapid and continuing technological development. At the same time, with the scale of the investigations ranging from the sub-atomic to the trans-galactic, physics and astronomy have had a profound impact on how we perceive the universe and our position in it. Nevertheless, many puzzles remain and new questions are asked every day, so that the process of discovery and explanation continues briskly.
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Sample curriculum
FALL
| PHYS169 | Perspectives on Physics and Astronomy
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PHYS207 and PHYS227 (lab)
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Fundamentals of Physics I (and lab)
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CHEM103 and CHEM133 (lab)
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General Chemistry (and lab)
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MATH241 or MATH231 and MATH232
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Analytic Geometry and Calculus A or Integrated Calculus 1A and Integrated Calculus 1B
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First Year Seminar
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| Foreign Language Requirement (1/3) | |
SPRING
PHYS208 and PHYS228 (lab)
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Fundamentals of Physics II (and lab)
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CISC106
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General Computer Science for Engineers
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| MATH242 | Analytic Geometry and Calculus B
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| ENGL110 | Seminar in Composition
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| PHYS209 | Aespects of Modern Physics
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FALL
| MATH243 | Analytic Geometry and Calculus C
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| PHYS211 | Oscilliations and Waves
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| Physics Elective (1/6) | PHYS310 - Introduction to Thermal Physics (Recommended) |
| MATH243 | Analytic Geometry and Calculus C
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| Foreign Language Requirement (2/3) |
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| University Breadth Requirement (1/9) |
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SPRING
| Physics Elective (2/6) | PHYS309 - Physics of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries (Recommended)
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| Physics Elective (3/6) | PHYS313 - Physical Optics (Recommended)
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Foreign Language Requirement (3/3)
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University Breadth Requirement (2/9)
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| University Breadth Requirement (3/9) |
FALL
| Physics Elective (4/6) | PHYS424 - Quantum Mechanics I (Recommended)
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University Breadth Requirement (4/9)
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Second Writing Requirement
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| University Breadth Requirement (5/9) |
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| Multicultural Requirement |
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Free Elective (1/10)
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SPRING
| Physics Elective (5/6) | PHYS333 - Fundamentals of Astrophysics (Recommended)
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| University Breadth Requirement (6/9) |
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University Breadth Requirement (7/9)
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University Breadth Requirement (8/9)
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Free Elective (2/10)
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FALL
| Physics Elective (6/6) | PHYS468 - Introduction to Research (Recommended/DLE and Capstone Requirements)
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University Breadth Requirement (9/9)
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Free Elective (3/10)
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| Free Elective (4/10) |
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Free Elective (5/10)
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SPRING
| Free Elective (6/10) |
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Free Elective (7/10)
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Free Elective (8/10)
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Free Elective (9/10)
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Free Elective (10/10)
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