We are a department in the College of Arts and Sciences. Our offices and laboratory facilities are located on the first floor of the Tania K. and William H. Boucher Hall on the University's North campus. The emphasis of the department faculty is on physics instruction. Classroom demonstrations and hands-on laboratories are used in all introductory courses. All courses and laboratory sections are taught by faculty.
Classes are small, limited to less than forty per section.
A student wishing to take advantage of the opportunity that such small classes and a dedicated teaching faculty afford will find that he or she will benefit from the involvement of the faculty in the learning process. Faculty are involved in research on the Thermodynamics of Liquid Crystals and the use of computers for instruction in the physics curriculum. Students are encouraged but not required to become involved in these research projects. The laboratory used for advanced physics classes is also connected to this network. Faculty are always accessible to students and work closely with them.