Experiential Learning
Students have extensive research opportunities involving state-of-the-art technology. The physics curriculum at ³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø is as much a hands-on, experiment-based investigation as it is a theoretical and mathematical discipline. Elective courses in optics, electronics, imaging, photonics, astrophysics, and materials physics prepare students to work in a variety of fields.
³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø Physics News
- 2025: Female Students Highlight Representation in Physics at Fermilab Conference
- 2024: Lindquist '26 Contributes to Quantum Research at Argonne National Laboratory
- 2023: Physics Department Awarded for Improving Undergraduate Physics Education
- 2022: Physics Professors Recognized for Efforts to Increase Understanding, Appreciation of Field
- 2021: American Institute of Physics Recognizes Illinois Wesleyan
Why Physics at ³Ô¹Ï¹ÙÍø
Launch Your Dreams
The physics program at Illinois Wesleyan provides a highly adaptable skill set. Graduates have gone on to become scientists, applied physicists, engineers, designers/creators and entrepreneurs, as well as many other kinds of professionals, from lawyers working on intellectual property / patent law, to doctors and teachers, and much more. This program prepares you well to take on new kinds of opportunities.
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