Bachelor of Science
The undergraduate Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in physics features small classes, research opportunities with faculty, and great flexibility in choosing electives and planning career paths.
Our majors enjoy a relatively small department where faculty and staff know them personally, and where they can socialize and study together with their student colleagues in our Dan Black Center "grad room", maintained by the
Physics Club
. Roughly half of our majors are transfer students. We graduate around 10 students each year.
Additional information can be found in the
university catalog
and its
physics pages
, but please don't hesitate to contact us to schedule a visit or meet with an advisor. Send Leigh Hargreaves, Program Coordinator, and Ionel Tifrea, Chair, an email. Note, applications for the program are completed online at Cal State Apply.
For a wealth of resources on careers in physics, check out
CareerCornerStone
.
Our undergraduate program is organized around a core of upper-division courses required for the major:
