{"id":857,"date":"2022-10-07T18:15:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T18:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.hmc.edu\/physics\/?page_id=857"},"modified":"2023-12-06T10:41:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T18:41:30","slug":"program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/program\/","title":{"rendered":"Physics Academic Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-mudd2021-right-sidebar right-sidebar\" id=\"right-sidebar\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"special-links-list wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/program\/majors\/\">Majors<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/program\/courses\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"954\">Course Descriptions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/program\/goals\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"865\">Learning Goals<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/program\/core\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"956\">Physics in the Core Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/program\/study-abroad\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"962\">Study Abroad<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/program\/eea\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"5767\">Emphasis on Environmental Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The physics program at Harvey Mudd College offers a physics major with both depth and breadth in classical and modern physics, theory and experiment, and foundations and applications. It does so through lecture-discussion courses, laboratories and joint&nbsp;student-faculty research. The program serves as a strong foundation for graduate work or employment in physics and other technical fields. The goal of the program is to produce exceptionally able graduates with a strong understanding of, and deep interest in, physics, and with an unusually broad background in science, mathematics, technology, humanities and the social sciences, as provided by the HMC curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mudd-highlighted-content\">The Physics Department underwent a very successful external review in February, 2004. The report of the team of three physicists from leading graduate and undergraduate institutions begins:&nbsp;<br><br><em>\u201cThe physics program at Harvey Mudd College is truly excellent and among the very best at undergraduate institutions across the country\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among non-PhD-granting institutions, none graduate as many physics majors as HMC (apart from military academies). A greater fraction of our graduates earn prestigious NSF graduate fellowships than almost any other school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides moving on to excellent graduate programs and permanent jobs, our students win a variety of awards both within the College and at the national level. Some recent highlights include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>19 winners of prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships since 1997<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three winners of the American Physical Society&#8217;s Apker Award for the outstanding physics student in the country<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three winners of Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowships since 1998<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two winners of Churchill Fellowships to spend a year of graduate study in England<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Open door policy<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Professors make themselves very accessible to students in both core and upper division courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The department emphasizes small-group discussions, and spends half of the contact hours in core lecture courses in discussion sections of roughly 18 students with a professor. Unlike at places with graduate programs,\u00a0at HMC physics the undergraduates come first! 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