CAREER PATHS WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE
IN
PHYSICS
All UCI
majors in Physics and Astronomy
must
select
a career path, or "track". There are nine established tracks; in
addition,
a few students pursue a customized specialty (such as double majors in
Physics and Chemistry).
University terminology:
Concentration- A formal program consisting of
courses
taken in other
departments. The Biomedical
Concentration is an example.
Minor- A formal program consisting of
courses
taken in another
department. The Minor in
Earth System Science is an example.
Specialization- A program with formal degree
requirements
that is
taught within the department.
The Astrophysics Specialization is an example.
Track- An informal program. Completed
Concentrations, Minors,
and Specializations appear
on the transcript; tracks do not.
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Applied Physics Concentration
- Advisor: Peter Taborek,
ptaborek@uci.edu
- Preparation for: employment in
industrial
research
and development.
- Fluids emphasis (MAE): Thermodynamics
(91
and 115),
Fluids (130A-B), Heat Transfer (120), Compressible Flow (135),
Propulsion
(112).
- Mechanical controls emphasis (MAE):
Statics
(30),
Dynamics (80), Vibrations (147), Controls (170, 171 or 172), Networks
(ECE
72), Lab (106), Instrumentation (180).
- Electronics emphasis (ECE): Networks
(70A),
Electronics
(113A-B-C and LA-LB-LC), either Semiconductors (114A-B) or Optics (176,
176L, 177, 177L). Signal processing emphasis (ECE): Networks (70A-B),
Electronics
(113A-B and LA-LB), Complex Analysis (180), Signals (120A-B), Controls
(140A-B).
- Advisor: Manoj Kaplinghat, mkapling@uci.edu
- Preparation for: graduate school in
astronomy/astrophysics or research work in aeronautics- or
astrophysics-related industries or government research laboratories
- Required Courses: Observational
Astrophysics (139) and three of the four astrophysics classes:
Cosmology (137), Extragalactic Astrophysics (139), Stellar Astrophysics
(144), High-Energy Astrophysics (145) and at least two additional
physics electives
- Recommended Electives: Quantum
Mechanics (113B),
Thermodynamics (115B), Math Physics (125B), Computational Physics
(131), Modern Optics (134AB), Nuclear Physics (132), Plasma Physics
(135), Particle Physics (136)
- Applying
to graduate school.
- Advisor: Thorsten Ritz,
tritz@uci.edu
- Preparation for: medical school or
graduate
study
in Biophysics
- Courses: Chemistry (1A-B-C and
LB-LC),
Organic Chemistry
(51A-B), Genetics (97), Biochemistry (98), and Molecular Biology (99)
Business
& Law Tracks
- Advisor: Roger
McWilliams, mcw@uci.edu
- Preparation for: law or business
school
- Courses: Selected by consultation
with Prof. McWilliams with career goals in mind
- Advisor: Steve
White, srwhite@uci.edu
- Preparation for: employment in
applications
programming
- Courses: Information & Computer
Science
21-22-23,
Numerical Analysis (Math 105A-B), and Computational Physics (131)
Earth
System
Science Minor
- Advisor in Physics Department: Bill
Heidbrink, wwheidbr@uci.edu
- Preparation for: graduate school in
atmospheric science
and oceanography or employment in environmental research and policy
- Courses: Earth System Science
101A-B-C,
Fluid Mechanics
(MAE 130A or CEE 170A), Electronics (120), Meteorology (ESS 162), and
Physical
Oceanography (ESS 163)
Philosophy
of Physics Track
- Advisor in Physics department: Jonas
Schultz, jschultz@uci.edu
- Faculty contact in Philosophy of
Science:
Jeff Barrett,
jabarret@uci.edu
- Preparation for: graduate degree in
philosophy or
law or other professions that employ both quantitative and verbal
reasoning
- Courses for proposed Concentration:
Deductive Logic
(Phil 30A-B or one of Phil 104, 105A-B-C or Math 150, 151, or 152);
Inductive
Logic (Phil 31/SS 89); Philosophy of Science (Phil 140/SS 130); History
of Science (one of History 60, 135A-B-C); Quantum Mechanics (P113B);
three
courses in the Philosophy of Physics (Phil 102/SS 110, SS 131A-B-C-D)
- Advisor: Riley Newman,
rdnewman@uci.edu
- Preparation for: teaching programs.
- Courses: Learning
Theory (Education
173); the Physical Science Education Seminar Series: Physical
Science 5, 105, and 106. Students are also encouraged to take Physics
191 (outreach); five additional courses selected from either Bio 1AB or
Bio Sci 93,94; Chem 1ABC; ESS 1 or 25, 7; and Physics 20A-B
Professional
Track
- Advisor: Jonatha
Feng, jlf@uci.edu
- Preparation for: graduate study in
physics
- Courses: Quantum (113B-C), Thermal
(115B),
Math Physics
(125B), and two Physics electives
- Applying
to graduate school
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