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Department of Physics and Astronomy

UW Colleges Department of Physics

UW Colleges Department of Astronomy

Physics is that quantitative science concerned with the nature and measurement of matter and of energy and with the relationship between them. Physics includes the fields of mechanics, heat, thermodynamics, optics/light, acoustics/sound, electricity and magnetism. Today there is no clear boundary between physics and the other experimental sciences or some of the highly technical engineering fields. As physics advances, its more highly developed branches (e.g., astrophysics, geophysics) become specilaized sciences in thier own right, but newly discovered phenomena constantly extend its scope. Modern physics includes atomic physics, nuclear physics, elementary partical physics, and varous subgroups such as solid-state physics, plasma physics, and low-temperature physics. They have in part a common theoretical approach based on the Quantum Theory and the Theory of Relativity.

The science of astronomy can be divided into several branches including practical astronomy, the field of observation and instrument design, astrometry, the measurement of the positions and movements of the heavenly bodies, celestial mechanics, the study of orbits, and astrophysics, the study of the physical characteristics of stars and planets, e.g., their temperatures, composition and life histories.

For more information on careers in physics and astronomy, click on the links below:

• Physics Careers Information
• Physical Sciences Career Exploration Links
• Careers in Astronomy
• Careers in Science and Engineering - from the National Academy of Sciences

Classes usually offered for the physics/astronomy major at UW-Marinette include:

For more information regarding the Physics/Astronomy program at UW-Marinette or within the UW Colleges, please contact Paul Erdman , Associate Professor 715-735-4328