• The department offers programs for physics majors, pre-engineering students, students who require a physics cognate, and non-science students.  
   
• The faculty have backgrounds in atomic physics, nuclear physics, acoustics and surface physics, as well as astronomy and planetary science.
   
• Students have opportunities to participate in faculty research projects including neutron activation analysis, environmental radiation monitoring, computational physics, telescope observing projects, and planetary science. 
   
• Facilities include computer-aided laboratories, an X-ray diffraction system, a 14" Celestron telescope, and a historically significant Alvan Clark telescope.
   
• Opportunities are available for off-campus study during the school year, particularly participation in the Great Lakes Association's Oak Ridge Science Semester conducted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. The curriculum in physics can be adjusted to accommodate participation in other off-campus study programs as well. 
   
• A prize established by Nobel Laureate E.T.S. Walton is given annually to the outstanding senior physics major.
   

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