The physics program offers courses for general education students who are required to take eight credit hours of natural science where some of the hours are provided in physical sciences like physics and some hours are provided in the life sciences. General education students may take courses for credit in courses in History of Cosmology, Planetary Astronomy, Stellar Astronomy, Physics of Music, Origins of Modern Science, Ideas of Modern Science, Ideas in Quantum Mechanics, Meteorology and Theories of Origins.
Majors in physics and engineering (3/2) are offered in the Department of Physics. Our faculty is committed to training students who will become respected members of the larger scientific community. Majors in engineering and physics are entering industry, teaching, and graduate schools and developing excellent careers in their respective disciplines.