If you have a passion for understanding how things work and
enjoy scientific experiments and mathematics, then you should
study physics. Physics is the foundation of modern science. It
has fascinated men and women of every age including Newton,
Maxwell, Curie, Einstein, Bohr, Feynman, and Hawking. It
encompasses the study of the universe from the largest galaxies
to the smallest structure of matter, the quark. Concepts from
relativity to quantum mechanics challenge the imagination.
Physics and the technologies developed by physicists play a
major role in chemistry, biology, medicine, electronics,
geology, and in the applied fields of optics, nanotechnology,
computer science, and engineering. The mission of the EIU
Department of Physics is to provide high quality undergraduate
Physics instruction in which students gain the knowledge,
skills, and values that enable them to become productive and
responsible citizens with a capacity for reasoned judgment and
effective communication. Students are guided by an outs