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 The Physics Department offers a 44 semester-hour program with courses designed to meet requirements for pre-engineering of all types, as well as pre-professional requirements in fields of medicine, pharmacy and dentistry. The advanced courses prepare the student for graduate school, secondary teaching or physics related employment.
Strengths of the Program
Hastings College has a 3-2 pre-engineering program leading to degrees in a variety of engineering areas, including, mechanical, electrical, civil, architectural, and environmental engineering. This is a formal arrangement between HC and Washington University, Georgia Tech and Columbia University. The five-year, dual degree program allows students to receive a degree in physics from HC and an engineering degree from the cooperative school. Similar arrangements are available with the University of Colorado, Colorado State University, Iowa State University and the University of Nebraska.
Our "hands-on" approach gives students the opportunity to see how physics works. Nine of our 11 required courses have a laboratory component. The physics laboratories are some of the best equipped undergraduate labs in the region.
All seniors complete a senior project where they design, build, test, and analyze a unique experiment of their choosing.
The preparation students receive allows them to pursue graduate programs in engineering or physics. Seventy-five percent of HC physics majors continue on in graduate school.
Faculty
Dr. Jim Dugan, B.S. and M.S., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., Universtiy of Arizona.
Dr. Steven Bever, B.S., Manchester College; M.S. and Ph.D., Purdue University.
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