Augustana College offers the following physics-related Bachelor of Arts degrees:

• Physics
• Engineering Physics
• Chemical Physics

The Physics program of study is flexible and with the appropriate choice of courses can prepare students for work in industry, graduate study in physics or engineering, or teaching at the secondary level. For students interested in graduate study in physics, the honors physics track is suggested as a course of study.

The suggested curriculum in Engineering Physics is designed to equip its graduates with a flexible background of basic scientific knowledge with which to meet the ever-changing problems of modern engineering research and development while at the same time providing them with the engineering viewpoint needed to carry practical industrial problems to completion. The degree of Bachelor of Arts in engineering physics provides a sound basic foundation for study toward advanced degrees in either physics or the engineering sciences, as well as appropriate background for positions in industry.

Chemical Physics is an interdisciplinary major that prepares a student to examine problems at the interface of Physics and Chemistry. Professionals with training in chemical physics work in diverse fields such as chemical engineering, nanotechnology, physical chemistry, or materials science. These fields require the understanding of a broad range of chemical systems, from atomic collisions to complex materials, in terms of the behavior of the individual atoms and of the particles that make up the system.

The Department of Physics also supervises the dual degree program in engineering in which students attend Augustana for 3 or 4 years and then complete the program with 2 years at an engineering school. This enables the student to combine the advantages of a broad-based liberal arts education with their technical education. Students in this program receive a B.A. from Augustana (in a major of their choice) and a B.S. in the chosen engineering speciality from the engineering school. Cooperative plans are in place with Columbia University (New York), Washington University (St. Louis), and the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis). Students in the program are guaranteed admission to the engineering school when recommended by Augustana. The particular preparatory courses that must be completed at Augustana depend upon which engineering school and which specific engineering program students wish to enter.

Dual - Degree Program Requirement Listing for:

• University of Minnesota
• Columbia University (opens .pdf - see the dual degree coordinator for Augie course equivalents)
• Washington University in St. Louis

Please contact Eric Wells (Dept. Chair and Dual Degree Coordinator) if you have any questions regarding any program requirements.

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Department of Physics
Augustana College
2001 S Summit Ave
Sioux Falls, SD 57197
Phone: 605 274 4710
Fax: 605 274 4492