Computer Physics Degree

What is Computer Physics?

Computer/computational physicists use high-performance computers to explore physical phenomena, from those involving the most fundamental objects such as quarks and black holes to those important in applications like weather prediction, medical technology, and environmental cleanup. This new approach to physics opens avenues to problems whose solution is otherwise impossible.

While this new approach to science and engineering is widespread in research and development, it is all but ignored at the undergraduate level at most universities and colleges. The Computer Physics degree at Illinois State University, unique in the Midwest and among only a handful in the world, remedies this deficiency.

This program is designed for students seeking either industrial employment or graduate study in computer-oriented science, engineering, and related fields. Majors complete a well-balanced curriculum in theoretical, experimental, and computational physics paralleling the regular physics major through the intermediate level courses and then specializing in computer physics.