WELCOME TO PHYSICS AT YC!
Physics explores the natural world at the most fundamental level, and advances in physics lead to new technologies for tomorrow’s world. Students in physics acquire mathematical skills and an understanding of the physical world which supports success in many careers. Yeshiva physics graduates have gone on to earn graduate degrees in physics, but have also succeeded in law, medicine, engineering, business, and finance.
The Department of Physics has fully equipped computerized laboratories for introductory, intermediate and advanced experiments in mechanics, electricity and magnetism, optics, lasers, electronics, quantum and nuclear physics. A weekly colloquium brings physicists from all over the world to present and discuss their latest research.
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Yeshiva College encourages students to participate in research projects with faculty members both at the college and at the university’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Resources of the Physics Department include an Atomic Force Microscope, a super-computer cluster, a high-speed video camera, and other resources. Students are encouraged to check the web profiles of individual faculty members.
SPECIAL OPTIONS
Of particular interest to the physics major may be the pre-engineering option, which allows a student interested in engineering to complete a BA at Yeshiva University and a BS at Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science in five years, or a master’s degree in six years.
Pre-engineering students who wish to fulfill the requirements for a Physics major may satisfy up to 9 credits in physics with course work at the Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science. These 9 credits must be chosen with the approval of the Physics department chair at Yeshiva College.
PHYSICS CLUB
The student-run Physics Club sponsors career nights and lectures by prominent professionals to update students about opportunities in the field. Students benefit from the large and diversified academic, intellectual, and scientific community of the New York metropolitan area. The Physics Club uses these resources to provide guest lectures by scientists, films and videos, visits to research laboratories, popular science contests (bridge building, floating device designs), and an undergraduate physics journal.
If you have any questions about physics at YC, please contact Professor Sergey Buldyrev at buldyrev@yu.edu or ext. 430.