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Is physics the right major for you?

What major should you choose? What career path should you follow? These are both important questions. However, the questions are distinct: the answer to the first doesn't necessarily restrict your options for the second, and the answer to the second doesn't necessarily reveal a single answer to the first. If you are like most students, your answers may change over the next few years anyway. Even after you graduate, your career path may take unexpected turns.  Your undergraduate education lays the foundation for your career, but it is only the beginning.  A degree in physics will provide you with the quantitative-reasoning and problem-solving skills that will set a solid foundation for any career path.

Follow your passion

Physicists make important discoveries that often change the way we live by examining the way things work. And there are still many discoveries to be made. We think physics is an exciting and rewarding field of study; it is our passion.  We encourage you to follow your passion.

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