通过物理学探索从原子和分子到恒星和星系的基础知识和前沿领域。在物理系，您将每天学习和应用这些学科领域中的原理。物理学的子领域包括天体物理学，原子和核物理，凝聚态物理，电和磁，基本粒子，能量，力和运动，热，光学和激光物理以及声音的研究。代顿大学物理系在其教育和研究方面都提供了强有力的课程。我们强烈鼓励我们的专业参加本科研究项目，并且为此提供了很多机会。毕业生发现，本科物理学学位也为他们在物理学和其他领域的各种职业奠定了基础。
The physical science major meets the needs of the teaching profession, with a flexible curriculum that includes teaching-related experiential learning opportunities. This major not only services students wishing to enter the teaching profession, but also can accommodate students who want high-quality training in physics and mathematics, or who are considering a career in health care, the legal profession or other science areas. Physics majors have the opportunity to support the instruction of our non-science major physics classes. Review leaders work with faculty, attend class and conduct weekly review sessions for students enrolled in the class. This is an excellent experiential opportunity for physics majors to expand their understanding of fundamental physics and be able to answer student's questions from a primarily conceptual level.