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Engineering Physics

The Department of Engineering Sciences and the Department of Physics and Astronomy offer a major in Engineering Physics. A key feature of the major is a 5/5 split in courses, unlike a modified major which requires six courses from one field and four from the other.

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Contact information

For further information on the Engineering-Physics major see the ORC page and please contact either:

Professor Kristina Lynch (Physics and Astronomy) or Professor Jifeng Liu (Engineering Science)

For more information on the Thayer School of Engineering, visit their website.

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