Physics and Astronomy

Undergraduate Degrees
Graduate Degrees
Courses of Instruction


Main Departmental Office
Seaver Science Center 303
(213) 740-0848
E-mail: physdept@usc.edu

Undergraduate Office, Physics
Seeley G. Mudd Building 407
(213) 740-1140

Undergraduate Office, Astronomy
Stauffer Hall of Science 360
(213) 740-5848

Chair: Hans M. Bozler, Ph.D.

Associate Chair, Graduate Affairs: Richard S. Thompson, Ph.D.

Associate Chair, Undergraduate Affairs: Robert K. Cole, Ph.D.

Faculty

Professors: Lloyd Armstrong, Jr., Ph.D.; Don C. Barry, Ph.D.; Itzhak Bars, Ph.D.; Gerd Bergmann, Ph.D.; Hans M. Bozler, Ph.D.; Tu-nan Chang, Ph.D.; William E. Cooke, Ph.D.; Jack Feinberg, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering); Elsa Garmire, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering); Christopher M. Gould, Ph.D.*; Robert W. Hellwarth, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering); Darrell L. Judge, Ph.D.; Anupam Madhukar, Ph.D. (Materials Science) Kazumi Maki, D.S.; John S. Nodvik, Ph.D.; Edward J. Rhodes, Jr., Ph.D.*; Robin Shakeshaft, Ph.D.; William G. Wagner, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering); Nicholas P. Warner, Ph.D.

Associate Professors: N. Eugene Bickers, Ph.D.*; Robert K. Cole, Ph.D.; Werner Dappen, Ph.D.; Melvin D. Daybell, Ph.D.; Martin A. Gundersen, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering); Dennis Nemeschansky, Ph.D.; Krzysztof Pilch, Ph.D.; Hubert Saleur, Ph.D. (Mathematics); Richard S. Thompson, Ph.D.; Steven E. Trullinger, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors: Randall J. Knize, Ph.D.; Vitaly Kresin, Ph.D.

Associate Faculty, Professors: Joseph A. Kunc, Ph.D. (Aerospace Engineering); Howard S. Taylor, Ph.D. (Chemistry)

Research Professor: Israel Senitzky, Ph.D.

Research Associate Professor: Chung-Yung (Robert) Wu, Ph.D.

Adjunct Professors: Peter Lambropoulos, Ph.D.*; Lutfollah Maleki, Ph.D.; Sheo Prasad, Ph.D.

Adjunct Associate Professor: Bernardo Jaduszliwer, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professors: Harriet H. Forster, Ph.D.; Gibson Reaves, Ph.D.*; John A. Russell, Ph.D.*; William G. Spitzer, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering and Materials Science) *; Charles N. Waddell, Ph.D.

*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.

Degree Programs

The Department of Physics and Astronomy offers the Bachelor of Science in Physics, the Bachelor of Science in Astronomy, the Bachelor of Science in Physics/Computer Science, the Bachelor of Arts in Physics, the Bachelor of Arts in Astronomy, the Bachelor of Arts in Physical Sciences, a minor in physics or astronomy, the Master of Science in Physics, Master of Arts in Physics and Doctor of Philosophy in Physics.

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Joye Day
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