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Majors & Minors Offered

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About our physics majors:

• Physics is the traditional major, ideal for students interested in pursuing graduate study in physics or those who would like to become science teachers.
  
  
• Applied physics is a strongly collaborative degree and is the usual degree that our 3-2 engineering students receive from Whitworth. Because it focuses on application of physics to real-world problems, it is quite popular with students pursuing double-majors.
  
  
• Biophysics is a new major at Whitworth and is designed for students interested in pursuing medicine or medical physics as a career as well as those interested in graduate school in biophysics. There are two options in this degree, biochemistry or math-methods depending that allow students to focus the degree on their own personal interests.
  
  
• Engineering physics is a new major at Whitworth designed for students who wish to pursue graduate study in engineering or to enter the workforce in the engineering professions. The three tracks -- electrical engineering, engineering management and mechanical engineering -- allow students to focus the degree toward their own personal interests.