The courses taken at McMurry will satisfy the general education and pre-requisite courses for Texas Tech and the Engineering courses taken at Texas Tech will count as advanced Physics courses for the McMurry University degree. Upon the successful completion of their Texas Tech coursework, the student will receive their B.S. degrees. The remainder of the required hours will be taken from the Supporting Requirements for the B.S. degree in Physics. The McMurry Chapter of the Society of Physics Students is a charter chapter of the Society which was founded on April 22, 1968. The purpose of the Society is to promote educational activities for all students interested in physics and to encourage and assist students to develop the knowledge, competence, enthusiasm, and social responsibility that are essential to the advancement of physics.
Membership is open to all students interested in physics.
The McMurry chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma, physics honor society, was chartered in 1962. The objective of the society is to recognize the attainment of high scholarship and potential achievement in physics. Membership is open to juniors and seniors who have attained high scholarship in physics and other subjects and who give evidence of professional merit, proficiency, or distinction. The society is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is an affiliated society of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Sigma Pi Sigma is an integral part of the Society of Physics Students operating within the Education Division of the American Institute of Physics.