The two honors programs available to physics majors are the Physics Honors Program and the Campuswide Honors Program. The Campuswide Honors Program is an honors program with courses at all levels of undergraduate study in all majors on campus. Students in the Campuswide Honors Program take honors breadth classes and then focus in honors work in their major, researching and writing a senior thesis, and presenting the research at the campuswide research symposium. The Physics Honors Program is specifically for high performing physics majors in the late part of the junior year and the entire senior year. The Physics Honors Program involves the researching and writing of a senior thesis, culminating in the presentation of the results at an oral seminar in the department. Further information about the Campuswide Honors Program may be obtained by phoning their office at 24-4561. For information about the Physics Honors Program contact Professor Jon Lawrence in the department.

The Honors Program in Physics provides an opportunity for selected students majoring in Physics to pursue advanced work in one of the research areas of the Department. Admission to the program is based on an application normally submitted by the sixth week of the spring quarter of the junior year. Applicants must have an overall grade point average of at least 3.4 and a grade point average in physics courses of 3.5 or better. (Exceptions to these procedures and standards may be granted in unusual circumstances.) In selecting students for the program, the Department considers evidence of ability and interest in research.

Students admitted to the program participate in two quarters of Honors Research (Physics H195) and a two-unit Honors Seminar (Physics H196) during which a written thesis is submitted. If this work and the student's final GPA are deemed of honors quality by the program advisor, the student then graduates with Departmental Honors in Physics.   Additional information and program applications are available in the Department Office.

Course for Non-Majors for the Campuswide Honors Program:

H90A-B-C The Idiom and Practice of Science (4-4-4) F, W, S. Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. A series of fundamental and applied scientific problems are addressed, illustrating the pervasive role of mathematical analysis. Topics may include calculus, radiation, Newton's Laws, chemical and biochemical reaction rates, epidemics, atmospheric chemistry and physics, and earthquake physics. Prerequisite: restricted to members of the Campuswide Honors Program or consent of instructor. Same as Chemistry H90A-B-C and Mathematics H90A-B-C.