General Catalog 2024-2025
Physics
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About the Department
Douglas Singleton, Department Chair
McLane Hall, Room 173
559.278.2371
FAX: 559.278.7741
csm.fresnostate.edu/physics/
Why study physics? Physics is a fundamental science that is the basis of all sciences, from chemistry, engineering, to medicine. What do physicists do? We ask questions such as what is matter made of? The answers we get from our theoretical models and experiments are applied to study microscopic and macroscopic properties of matter, to diagnose, treat, and manage diseases and disorders, and to study the origin and evolution of the entire universe.
Interesting Classes You Might Take
- Nuclear Medicine
- General Relativity (learn about black holes)
- Astrophysics/Observational Astronomy (find black holes)
What You Can Learn
- The nature of space and time
- Why at the smallest scales nature is random
- Do research at the Large Hadron Collider to discover new particles
- Learn how physics can be used in medicine
- What’s on the other side of a black holes’ event horizon
Career Opportunities
The program offers preparation appropriate to employment in government and industry involving a range of activities from laboratory work to technical sales. It also offers appropriate background preparation for graduate study in physics and a large number of other fields. With an appropriate choice of electives, it provides a very strong premedical, predental, or pre-optometry program.
Beyond professional goals, the study of physics provides a deep understanding of fundamental processes which underlie our physical world and fosters methods of inquiry which promotes intelligent analysis.
What You Can Earn
- Radiation Physicist, $164,036
- Physicist I, $59,260HS
- Physics Teacher, $63,640 (Average) / $38,875 (beginning)*
Sources: salary.com HR Reported data as of December 2012, *American Federation of Teachers
ProgramsBachelorMasterMinor
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