This program is available at the following location:

• Corvallis

A Physics minor is available for students majoring in other areas of science and engineering.

Minor Code: 590

Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:

• Organize and carry out long, complex physics problems.
• Decide on strategies to be used and assumptions that need to be made.
• Determine what constitutes sufficient evidence for a conclusion.
• Use both algebraic and geometric approaches in problem-solving.
• Computationally model the behavior of physical systems.
• Troubleshoot difficulties encountered in experiments or computations.
• Translate physical descriptions into mathematical equations, and conversely, explain the physical meaning of mathematical results.
• Examine intermediate results or other quantities that could be used to ensure a solution is physically reasonable.
• Identify what they don’t understand, and ask specific questions in order to gain understanding.
• Articulate where they experience difficulty; and take actions to move beyond that difficulty.
• Write effectively using professional norms.
• Present work verbally using professional norms.
• Use graphs and diagrams to convey their results.
• Write down clear step-by-step mathematical reasoning and equations.
• Collaborate with other students.
• Design an experiment to measure a given physical quantity.
• Make measurements on physical systems.
• Estimate sources of error in a measurement.
• Interpret their measurements, taking into account the limitations of the measurements and the limitations of models.

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Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC)

Minor Code: 590