Engineering Physics - Colorado School of Mines

Engineering Physics from Colorado School of Mines is a Campus Bachelor Engineering Physics degree that prepares you for a Engineering career. Physics as a Career By choosing a career in physics you will join a tradition dating back to Galileo and Newton. This career track has attracted those who want to understand nature at its most fundamental level. Today's physics frontier stretches from inquiry about the makeup of matter at the elementary particle level to investigation of the evolution of the universe and everything in between. With every puzzle solved new ones emerge, a process which Vannevar Bush called the "Endless Frontier". A professional physicist is motivated primarily by curiosity and inspired by the complexity and beauty of the world's mechanisms. Physicists, by working to understand nature in their areas, add little pieces to the grand puzzle. In so doing they each contribute to the advance of knowledge for all humanity. Can there be a more noble career ambition? Then there is the practical utility brought by a deep understanding of physics . With a solid background in the fundamental laws of nature, physicists are well-equipped to tackle problems that are of concern to many different types of employers. Professional physicists work in a wide variety of situations; from academic environments to industrial development teams, from oil exploration firms to computer manufacturers, from start-up high-tech firms to market analysis on Wall Street, from tiny companies to multinational corporations. In each case, the insight and creativity that a physicist brings to the tasks at hand are widely recognized as essential components to meeting the organization's objectives. Our everyday lives are continually influenced by discoveries and developments provided by physicists. The computer revolution was born in the laboratories of solid state physics five decades ago and the World Wide Web was created by a physicist. If you want to know what the future holds, peek into the physics laboratories of today. Fundamental research dealing with quantum optics and nonlinear phenomena will make it possible not only for tomorrow's communication to be carried by light but its computations as well. This and many others in advanced technologies are being created and shaped by professional physicists. Engineering Physics The Engineering Physics degree combines the deep understanding of science fundamentals with the practical knowledge and skills of engineering practice and design. When you graduate from CSM with a major in Engineering Physics you will be ready to jump right into jobs that require a broad technical education. Our graduates can be found at places like Texas Instruments, Amoco, IBM, General Motors, and many many others. You will also be well-prepared to continue specialization through graduate school, in physics or other related technical fields. The analytic skills developed in the study of physics are highly prized in other areas such as medicine or law. Those CSM physics graduates who have chosen to continue to study physics in graduate school have successfully competed with the best students from around the country for admission to the most competitive graduate schools, such as Cal Tech, Berkeley, Cornell, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Illinois, and many others. There are sound reasons why our graduates have been so successful. Our curriculum combines aspects of an engineering degree with the rigorous foundation of traditional physics. Our Engineering Physics program is fully accredited by ABET, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. We are one of only seventeen schools in the country with this distinction, and the only one in Colorado. With an appropriate selection of electives, many of our graduates apply to and are accepted at engineering graduate programs in mechanical, electrical, and materials engineering. In addition to the collection of core courses that are required of every student at Mines you will study advanced topics in mechanics, electromagnetism, thermodynamics, electronics, and modern physics. The department also offers a broad selection of electives, including atomic, nuclear, and solid-state physics , as well as computational physics, astronomy, and astrophysics. A total of 130.5 semester hours of classes is required. View more details on Colorado School of Mines . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Engineering Physics courses.