Bachelor of Science in Physics - Applied Emphasis

Kings Education - United States

With a physics major, it is possible to attain either a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) or a Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.E), depending on your choice of emphases. Select one of the following emphasis below. The Department also offers three minors: Liberal Arts minor in Physics, Secondary Education minor, and the Astronomy minor.Applied EmphasisThe emphasis is recommended for students who seek employment in the application of physics and computing to scientific and technical areas. Applied Physics Emphasis majors will be able to use the concepts and laboratory techniques of digital and analog electronics, digital signal processing techniques to improve and analyze digitized data, high level programming languages and assembler languages and assemble and use computer interfaced equipment.This program is designed for students interested in practical application of physics, computing electronics and instrumentation. Because this emphasis competes well with various engineering and computer science fields, students interested in careers in these areas should consider this major in physics.Note that this emphasis has the fewest required courses with the understanding that students will pick from the electives those courses most fitting their interests/plans.Graduates of this program have found attractive career opportunities at:Mercury Marine, Fond du LacNaval Weapons Center, China Lake, Calif.Sommerville Engineering Consultants, Green BayTexas Instruments, Dallas, TexasWisconsin Bell, MilwaukeeAstronautics, San Fransisco, Calif.