Physics
Physics
Graduates of physics typically work in colleges, universities, professional schools,
government agencies, scientific research and development services, or healthcare facilities.
Aside from laboratory research, you can expect to spend much of your time in offices
planning, analyzing, fundraising and reporting on research.
- Job Titles
- Astronomer
- Biochemist and Biophysicist
- Life, Physical and Social Science Technician
- Medical Physicist
- Nanosystems
- Occupational Health and Safety Specialist
- Physical Scientist
- Physicist
- Postsecondary Teacher/Professor
- Soil and Plant Scientist
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- Jobs and Internships
- American Association of Physics Teachers
- American Institute of Physics
- American Physical Society
- Association of Science and Technology Centers
- Bright Recruits
- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
- Jobs in Optics
- NASA
- Physics Today
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates
- New Scientist Jobs
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Society of Physics Students
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
- U.S. Department of Energy
- US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Skills
- Investigation
- Define research problems
- Outline research models
- Establish hypotheses
- Gather/analyze data
- See relationships between factors
- Develop and write research proposals
- Review scientific literature
- Inform, explain, instruct
- Prepare technical reports
- Measure distances and relationships
- Preform calculations
- Mathematical modeling and simulation
- Design equipment
- Identify and classify materials
- Establish experimental designs
- Develop methods of creative thinking
- Enhance problem solving skills
- Put ideas into action
- Computer Skills: Develop skills including symbolic manipulation and computing theory, statistical analysis, sampling techniques, and data acquisition.
- Modeling: Development and use of the mathematical model of physical phenomena and understanding the importance and limitations of the predictions based on these models.