Physics

Dale Zych, Chair
Shineman Center
315-312-3044
www.oswego.edu/physics      

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The major programs develop versatile skills in theoretical and experimental physics (including familiarity with electronic equipment) that many employers in technologically oriented businesses and industry find attractive. SUNY Oswego physics graduates have an impressive record of entry to a wide variety of graduate programs nationwide in all branches of applied science.

In order to pursue interdisciplinary studies in graduate school,many students double major. Because it is the most basic of the natural sciences, physics is an ideal choice for one component of a double major with mathematics, chemistry, meteorology, biology or zoology.

For students who desire both a physics and an engineering degree, Oswego offers a 3+2 double degree program. Under this program students spend three years at Oswego working towards the Bachelor of Science in Physics before transferring to an undergraduate engineering college. Completion of the Engineering degree usually requires two more years, but students gain the Oswego BS in Physics when they have earned appropriate transfer credit (frequently at the conclusion of their first year at the Engineering college).

As an alternative to the 3+2 program, students may wish to consider completing their BS degrees at Oswego and then access a masters degree program in engineering at another university. This option is increasingly the preferred one for students considering a career in industry at the interface of physics and engineering.

Programs

• Physics Major – B.A. Degree
• Physics Major – B.S. Degree

• Physics/General Science Extension for Adolescence Education 7-12 Major

• Physics Minor

• Physics Honors Program

Courses

• PHY 101 - Introductory Physics
• PHY 103 - The Realm of Physics
• PHY 111 - College Physics I
• PHY 112 - General University Physics I
• PHY 195 - Physics Seminar
• PHY 204 - Physics of Sound and Music
• PHY 205 - Energy and the Environment: A Global View
• PHY 206 - Physics for Elementary Education Majors
• PHY 212 - College Physics II
• PHY 213 - General University Physics II
• PHY 303 - Beginnings of Science: World View
• PHY 305 - Energy and the Environment
• PHY 313 - General University Physics III
• PHY 313L - General University Physics III Laboratory
• PHY 314 - Modern Physics
• PHY 314L - Modern Physics Laboratory
• PHY 321 - Electronics
• PHY 321L - Electronics Laboratory
• PHY 322 - Optics
• PHY 322L - Optics Laboratory
• PHY 335 - Mathematical Physics
• PHY 340 - Thermodynamics and its Applications
• PHY 362 - Electrical Circuits and Machines
• PHY 363 - Materials Science
• PHY 423 - Quantum Physics II
• PHY 423L - Quantum Physics II Laboratory
• PHY 430 - Advanced Laboratory in Low Temperature Physics
• PHY 431 - Advanced Laboratory in Nuclear Physics
• PHY 432 - Advanced Laboratory in Optics
• PHY 435 - Computational Physics
• PHY 436 - Advanced Mechanics
• PHY 437 - Advanced Quantum Mechanics
• PHY 439 - Advanced Electromagnetic Theory
• PHY 467 - Special Topics in Physics
• PHY 496 - Senior Research Project
• PHY 499 - Independent Study