Prospective Undergraduate Students:
Why Choose Undergraduate Studies in Physics at UC Santa Cruz?

Undergraduate student Chandra Turpen and Professor Zack Schlesinger prep. [More]

 

Small Classes - Large Faculty/Student Ratios

• Taught by professors, not teaching assistants (i.e., graduate students)
• Junior-senior level classes with 10-20 students
• Introductory classes having only 2-3 times that number

Faculty on the Cutting Edge of Research:

• Faculty List
• Condensed Matter
• EXAFS GROUP
• Novel Electronic and Polymer Materials Research Group
• Strongly Correlated Electron Physics Lab (SCEPL)
• High Energy Particle Physics
• Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP)
• Astrophysics & Cosmology
• Cosmology
• Center for Adaptive Optics
• Particle Data Group
• Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
• Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL)
• UC Observatories
• Waves in Random Media

Undergraduate Opportunities

• Work on individual research
• Do research with a professor

Internships and Related Opportunities

• Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP)
• UC Observatories
• For employment opportunities and possible internships, contact the Undergraduate Advisor in ISB 211/831-459-2329 or contact the Career Center.

Narrative Evaluations: Better Than Just Grades!

• About Narrative Evaluations
• Here is a sample narrative from a Chemistry class