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Department: Physics

The catalogued courses must be put into a rational order to build a program which is coherent. The following Program of Emphasis is structured to allow a student to aim toward graduate school or to seek immediate employment. The program as stated is minimal preparation for graduate school and many schools would expect more of their entrants. The mathematics sequence offers the necessary problem-solving techniques and discipline required for the upper-level physics courses at Juniata.

The first two years of physics consists of a broad introduction to the field, providing basic knowledge and initial analytical skill development. Some laboratory work is included to insure contact with concrete phenomena.

At the upper level this program requires no concentrated experimentation and only a minimum of theory. This design is to accommodate those late starters in the field, or engineering students who switch to physics. A person starting early in the field and heading clearly toward graduate school needs to develop a program in greater depth in order to compete with those students from larger schools who are able to select a graduate-level course on occasion during their senior year. The department therefore recommends that a serious student take as large a fraction of the elective courses as possible.

Mathematical preparation

Physics preparation

In addition, at least two of the following must be taken (graduate schools may expect additional courses):

Total credit hours = 52

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