Undergraduate Definition and 599 Threads

Theoretical Physics and Mathematics? By doing the joint would I miss out on valuable theoretical physics and be less able to specialise...? I mean a Theoretical Physics degree involves a lot of mathematics anyway right? Thanks for any advice :) !

Hello, everyone! I'm a sophomore Physics and Math major from Temple University. Currently my GPA is 3.91 and I'm currently in Differential Equations, multivariable calculus, and Physics 2 (introductory E&M type of class basically). My problem is that, although I've been doing great grade-wise...

Hello, I'd like to ask you all for some help in narrowing down my college choices. I plan on majoring in physics, most likely regular physics as opposed to applied physics, with maybe a double major in applied math. I live in the Illinois and here's a list of colleges I'm currently looking at...

Hi guys. I have reached 5.th semester of my bachelors degree and I am not too thrilled with my timetable. I already glimpsed into some solid-state physics introductions and find it beyond boring. Advanced quantum theory will be ok I guess. What I am looking for are either books that will help...

I was wondering if anybody knew of any good paid internship opportunities in the field of accelerator science/engineering or related fields for undergraduate students? They could be located anywhere in the world, but at least accessible for Canadian students. These internships would be...

Hey guys, this is my first thread here, and I have a question about courses to take during my undergraduate. I am currently in Engineering Science at the University of Toronto, in the physics option (so basically eng phys). I am going into my third year and I have a large degree of...

I'm an undergraduate physics student at an european university. I just finished my first year. I really enjoyed all the courses I took, except for a lab class (the only I had) in which I don't think I learned much. I have an option to get involved in math or lab research; not both since I don't...

Hi, I'm a senior in high school (it's the summer before my senior year) and I have been having trouble finding colleges with good physics programs. There are the obvious schools, such as UC Berkeley, Princeton, MIT, etc., but I am wondering what other colleges there are with good physics...

I have a slightly bothersome problem with my current body of physics knowledge. I got A's and B's in all my upper-level physics classes and I know the math, at least as much as I need to know to solve the problems, so it's not like I don't know ANYTHING about what I learned. But it was all...

Hi. I'm finishing my first year of Undergraduate CS with relative ease. We have the opportunity to take 30 credits worth of classes in another field of study (minor). I'm thinking of taking either an Applied Math or a Physics minor. For Math I was thinking about taking classes in abstract...

Hello, Next year will be my third year in college, and I was just wondering if taking Quantum Mechanics is REQUIRED to get into graduate school. The reason I'm asking is because QM 1 and 2 are only offered every other year and under my current situation I will be in undergraduate school for 5...

Undergraduate "handicap and/or impossible to get ahead" predicament. Need help :( Good evening all, I know I have recently posted several graduate questions recently as I was trying to think out/plan ahead. In doing so, I did some reading and research, particularly on this physics gre...

Hi, I will be starting my graduate study in mathematics in August 2011, and I was thinking of reviewing mathematics that I have learned while I was an undergraduate as soon as my summer vacation begins in June. The topics that I am considering to review include algebra (abstract and...

Hello everyone, I am an undergraduate in Elec. Engineering, and will be doing my final year project(doing a research on a topic for a year). My interest is on optoelectronic, I want to study the future of integrated optics and the possibility of replacing ordinary circuit by optical...

Would it be better to get a B.S. in physics then a M.S. in Optics? or would it be better to get a B.S. in Optical Engineering and then a M.S. in Optics? Either way I want to get a Masters in Optics, I just want to know if it would be a disadvantage to have a B.S. and M.S. both in optics.

Hi guys! I was thinking of pursuing a degree in Physics and was thinking of doing my undergraduate where I live (Perth). I was just wondering which would be a better university to attend, U.W.A or Curtin. Any help would be much appreciated :)

Hi all, I have trouble building my resume. From my understanding resume is shorter than a CV I want to know what science majors, especially Physics, usually included in their resume. Will research projects be included? Any online resource, guides will also be helpful..

Hello all, I'm a community college transfer student who was recently admitted to UCSC for physics as a junior. I've heard good but very few things about their program and was just wondering if there is any clout behind that. I realize most students want to go to Cal, UCLA, or UCSB for physics...

Hello, I am planning on transferring to Berkeley or UCSB as an undergraduate physics major in the Fall 2011. My future academic goal is to get into a top notch PhD program for theoretical physics. I am torn between the schools because although I know that Berkeley has a better reputation...

I recently made a https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=489019" about self studies in Physics. However, the topic mostly focused on physics books. Here, I want to focus on math books. In particular, math books needed for undergraduate level physics (and maybe first year graduate...

At the high school level, there is the Physics Olympiad exam. At the undergraduate level, there is the Putnam exam. Are there any Olympiad-type, undergraduate physics competitions out there? Like the Putnam, except for physics?

I am not sure whether I have posted in the right section. As the title says, I want to know which software/technology I need to be familiar with for making a research paper. I am planning to take an undergraduate research program in my university. It is required for us to make a report in...

I'm right now twenty years old and in my second semester of a physics degree at a school which has a pretty wide variety of engineering and science degrees and an excellent reputation in those fields. I think I would be happy working in almost any science/engineering field, but I'm most...

Hello everyone! Our son wants to pursue physics as a major (eventually getting a Ph.D.) and wants to ultimately become a research physicist. He has narrowed down the schools that he has been accepted to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Case Western Reserve, and the University of Rochester...

Hello. I am a freshmen student in mathematics at Moscow State University (in Russia) and I'm confused with placing the subject called "analytic geometry" into the system of mathematical knowledge (if you will). We had an analytic geometry course in fall; now we are having a course in linear...

Guys, I just joined the navy and I keep hearing other sailors tell me they got their degrees through correspondence while on active duty, instead of waiting till they were out and using their GI Bill money for. Most of them have business or management degrees, so that might be the catch, but...

Hello! I am a current high school senior fortunate enough to have been accepted to Harvard, Princeton, and MIT, and I am having trouble making a decision. Although I have not yet visited any of these schools, I plan to in the coming weeks. A little about myself: I am interested in majoring...

Hi guys, i hope I'm noth bothering you. I was wondering if you can suggest me some good undergraduate course in physics in Europe. Something taught in English and not too expensive (lowest possible fees and living cost). I know i ask too much but I'd like to do my undergraduate deegre in Europe...

So, I find myself right now, trying to look around for SOME sort of job. I started looking around my department at school (mathematics) and slowly started realizing I could possibly find something there. I then found a professor, who I haven't spoken to before, that is researching exactly...

Hi everyone, I want to apply to undergraduate physics, but I need to know what university is good for physics UMBC or UMD, because I want after finish my undergraduate to apply to graduate for medical physics. Thank you

Hello, I was wondering if it is a tenable plan to be able to research over the summer in either mathematics or physics every summer throughout my undergraduate at different institutions. I know there are so many different REU programs out there and in Canada I could easily get an NSERC grant...

I am attempting to write applications for physics Ph.D. positions right now and I feel as if I am hitting a brick wall. I have "narrowed" it down to wanting to do a Ph.D. either related to inertial confinement fusion, particle or nuclear physics. I know I'm supposed to be advertising my skills...

I plan on one day going to graduate school for Math or Physics, depending on what graduate programs I get into and where my interest finally ends up falling. I am already doing some undergraduate research in physics and I began to wonder about if REU's in math were common and if so, what level...

Hi, I am currently studying Mechanical Engineering and I am in the first year. Can you guys suggest me any good books for thermodynamics and fluid mechanics. I am ready to buy more than just one book. I atleast want a book that can provide me with some basics(Easy learning) just to give me an...

Hello, this is my first time posting on these forums, so I'd just like to say hello (again). My problem is somewhat silly. Most people have an interest in getting out of school asap, but I'm the opposite. I'm just about to finish a degree major/minor in econ and math. Now, economics is a...

If you can bear with me reading this thread, I'm looking for comments and general direction on where to go next. So in an ambitious attempt to hurl myself head-on into the world of mathematics, I managed to get involved in doing undergraduate research at my university. This is despite the...

I am a junior undergraduate student with speciality of physics in R. P. China. I am planning to have graduate study in US. I think that it will be of help to me if I can have undergraduate research experiences in American universities. On the one hand, I can show the American professors whether...

Hi all I am new to this forum and want to know if anyone has any advice on reading Academic Papers. I am in a Physics Undergraduate Program 2nd year (sophomore level?) I just finished Introductory Electromagnetism (Fundamentals of Physics level), Multivariable Calculus, and Linear Algebra...

Alright, a little background on me first; i attended a nationally accredited college and due to various circumstances, fell into major depression. I wasted about ~3 years of my life doing very little and ended up dropping/failing many of my classes for extremely stupid reasons (not showing up...

I'm sad to say that I got an F in an upper level class that I took this semester. I decided to try my hand at a graduate class (as an undergrad) and I severely mistook the difficulty and rigor of the class involved. I think the thing that bothers me the most is that I did so poorly in a class...

Hello, Next year I intend to enter into the Bsc Honours program in Astrophysics at either University of Calgary (where I live), University of Alberta, or University of British Columbia. My marks are as follows: AP Calculus: 100% Pure Math 30: 94% English 30: 90% Physics 30: 96% Social...

Hi, I am a senior in high school and I am in the process of applying to colleges. I want to major in theoretical or mathematical physics, and I want to know which schools are the best for this field of study. By "the best", I don't simply mean those schools that U.S. News ranks as top ten. I...

Hi, in 1 year i will graduate with a BA in Industrial engineering from a university in Peru. Unfortunately i have realized that I.E is not really for me. If i could go back in time, i would of studied either mechanical or electrical or chemical engineering or something to do with genetics...

I'm a 2nd year math major looking for a research position for next quarter (and perhaps beyond). Ideally I would be able to find a math professor to work with, but since I have no prior experience and have only taken a few upper div classes I'm not sure that that's realistic. I'm not even sure...

I want to obtain a degree in physics. Here is the list of colleges I'm applying to: University of Michigan University of Chicago Cornell California Institute of Technology Princeton Stanford Harvard MIT Are there any other colleges I should consider? Any schools in between Michigan...

Hi, this is a undergraduate student who is graduating in this Dec. Honestly, my GPA is quite low. Do u think that, does such a person like me still have the opportunity to pursue a master's degree in physics, or even a P.hD.?

Is it possible for me to get a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering or materials science, then go to graduate school from there to study nuclear engineering, or do you have to stay in the same engineering field throughout the entire period of study?

How is it like to do undergraduate research? what are you expected to do (in general)? is there anything I need to know? I am transferring to a university with research opportunities for undergraduate students and I am curious about this. I have never done research in my life and I am really...

Hello! I'm wondering if anyone knows about physics summer schools, prefarably in theoretical, quantum or particle physics and preferably in Europe? I'm a second year physics student from Finland and would like get to know these areas better to learn more about them and help me write my...

Hey guys. I am required to do a presentation in physics (obviously) for about 15 mins or so. They haven't specified any parameters so what the topic can be is flexible. I wanted to something along the lines of physics that could be used in some emerging technology e.g. spintronics. Any...