此选项主要是为那些对材料物理和与应用有关的材料感兴趣的职业感兴趣的人设计的。对于那些在私营企业或政府服务部门求职的人以及打算在这些领域从事研究生工作的学生而言，这尤其合适。该选项在专业中大约需要72个单元，其中32个单元位于较低的部门，40个单元位于较高的部门。物理与天文学系旨在通过专门的基于研究的教学，主动学习，服务和最高水平的创新研究来促进对自然的物理理解。我们的专业和研究生与教师合作进行实验和理论研究，并获得该领域最新发展的动手经验，这些机会为他们在工业和高等教育领域的成功职业做好了准备。
The Bachelor of Science degree is designed for students interested in immediate employment in industry or wishing to continue on to a Master's or Ph.D. degree in physics or a related field. The Bachelor of Arts degree is appropriate for those preparing for teaching careers in the physical sciences at the secondary level, those whose goal is a liberal art education with an emphasis on physics, or engineers interested in a double major.The Department also offers graduate study leading to the Master of Science degree and the Master of Science in Professional Physics. The Master of Science degree is available in a general option, an option in applied physics, and computational physics. A limited number of teaching associateships and graduate assistantships are available to students working on the master's degree. Application should be made to the Chair of the Department. This option is designed primarily for those interested in careers that involve the physics of materials and the study of materials in relation to their applications. It is particularly appropriate for those seeking employment in private industry or government service as well as those students contemplating graduate work in these fields. This option requires approximately 72 units in the major, of which 32 units are in lower division and 40 are in upper division.