Applied Physics

[Wilson Gonzalez-espada <wge@ARCHES.UGA.EDU>]

David:

The following book can provide you with the physics programs in US who
have a degree in applied physics.  Then you can find detailed information
about those institutions (courses, minimum requirements, etc.) thru the
internet.  Good luck on your search.

Title:
     Graduate programs in physics, astronomy and related fields.
Format:
     Periodical
Subject(s):
     Physics--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States--Directories.
Publisher:
     New York, American Institute of Physics.
Call Number:
     QC30 .A552a

> Dear Colleague,
>
> I am an assistant professor in the physics and cooperative engineering
> department at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH.  We currently do not
> offer a physics major, but do teach classes to prepare students to
> participate in our 3-2 engineering program.  We are interested in
> developing a major to be offered by our department, but want (and need) to
> do things a bit differently.  We teach intro I & II (calculus based for
> engineers and scientist), Statics, Dynamics, Strength of Materials,
> Electrical Circuits, Thermodynamics, and Modern Physics in our department.
> The Chemistry department teaches Physical Chemistry I,II,& III (each one of
> these classes has a lab).  These classes can and are often cross-listed
> with physics courses as thermodynamics, Intro to Q.M., and Atomic Physics,
> respectively.  We are interested in combinig our physics classes with the
> physical chemistry classes, and classes from the math department (Calculus
> I,II, & III; differntial equations, and linear algerbra) and from the
> computer science department (C++ programming I & II) into an applied
> physics major.
>
> I have a few questions that I hope you can help me with:
> 1. Do you have any information that would help us to organize these classes
> into a major?
> 2. Are there any schools that you know that have created a similar major?
> 3. Is there a standard set of classes that a student must take for a
> physics and/or an applied phyics major?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David

Wilson J. Gonzalez-Espada
Science Education Department
University of Georgia
wge@arches.uga.edu