PHYSICS BUTLER UNIVERSITY
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COLLEGE of LIBERAL ARTS and SCIENCES
In the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, we offer students an array of perspectives to help them think for themselves. You can explore rain forests in Panama or literature in Spain, present your research at national conferences, or intern with businesses, government, and non-profits in Indianapolis and Washington, DC. We help you take your knowledge beyond the classroom and into the world.
Butler’s Department of Physics and Astronomy offers an undergraduate degree in Physics that provides students a solid academic program and the simultaneous opportunity to work closely with faculty on original research projects and student theses.
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Our program encourages hypothetical thinking, intensive study, and handson, experiential learning in a rich, multifaceted approach to the discipline of physics that mirrors its very core tenants: curiosity, scientific study, and practical application. Students can enrich their educational experience through departmental employment, including paid research in observational astronomy, theoretical astrophysics, condensed matter,
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nuclear physics, nanotechnology, computational physics, geophysics, and engineering. What we offer: • An education yielding 100 percent placement rate to research positions, internships, graduate school, and industry • State-of-the-art laser and quantum physics laboratory • Remote access to research telescopes in Chile, Arizona, and Spain through membership in the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy • Access to fully automated 1-meter telescope at Butler’s Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium • Use of our on-campus supercomputer, Big Dawg