Although many of our graduates continue their careers in physics or astronomy, a degree in physics also offers preparation for careers in such areas as industrial research and development, engineering, environmental sciences, medical physics, geophysics, oceanography, computer science and energy resource management. It’s also an ideal preparation for entering professional schools such as medicine, law, teaching, engineering, or business management. The department’s minor concentration in physics or astronomy are excellent complements to degrees in engineering, related sciences or other fields. In fact, because of the broad interdisciplinary focus of the College of Arts and Sciences undergraduate program, political science majors are equipped with a broad range of transferable skills that prepare them for success in any profession.

PhD Candidate Goldwater Scholar 

Isabel Kloumann was named a 2009 Goldwater Scholar, selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of typically over one thousand mathematics, science, and engineering students nominated by the faculties of colleges and universities nationwide. Goldwater Scholars have very impressive academic qualifications that have garnered the attention of prestigious post-graduate fellowship programs. Recent Goldwater Scholars have been awarded 73 Rhodes Scholarships, 102 Marshall Awards (7 of the 40 awarded in the United States in 2009), and numerous other distinguished fellowships. Kloumann is currently working toward a Ph.D. at Cornell University where she specializes in game theory and dynamical systems.