该课程的学生可以获得物理学学士学位和机械工程硕士学位。完成此课程的学生将学习将物理专业的研究技能和基础知识与机械工程师的设计和应用技能相结合。本科生会发现，他们完成学位后将有独特的机会与教师紧密合作。物理专业的学生将所学知识运用到该系的一个研究实验室中，从而巩固了他们的本科学习经验。每个学生都将与该教职员工一起参加一个在专业环境中提供经验的项目。物理学是对物质和能量的研究，从最小的尺度（如对基本粒子的研究）到最大的尺度（如对恒星和星系的形成和演化的研究）。从这个意义上讲，物理学是所有其他科学的基础。
The joint Bachelor of Science in Physics and Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering are Purdue University degrees offered by the Department of Physics in the Purdue School of Science and the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering in the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology.<br><br>Students in this program earn both a B.S. in Physics and an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering. This program takes advantage of the overlapping curricula of the Departments of Physics and Mechanical Engineering to allow completion of the dual degree in 142 credit hours. The two degrees, if pursued separately, would require the completion of 154 credit hours. <br><br>Physicists tend to be problem solvers, especially when those problems can be couched in mathematical terms. Physics students are trained to solve complex problems by learning to analyze complex relationships in mathematical terms. Engineers with a physics background are more flexible than those with only an engineering backgroundthey understand more aspects of a problem, they contribute more broadly, and they can shift from one project to another with a shorter learning curve.