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Physics and Engineering (EP, PH)

Professors: J. S. Dyck (Chair), N. K. Piracha; Assistant Professors: B. Grossman-Ponemon.

The Department of Physics and Engineering plays a central role in the University’s mission to educate students for an increasingly technological and complex society. The department offers a range of physics and engineering physics programs for its majors, support courses for other science majors, and courses for non-science majors that fulfill requirements of the University Core Curriculum. The department maintains modern, well-equipped undergraduate laboratories, and many courses include a laboratory component that emphasizes the central role of experimentation and design in science and engineering.

Internships or research are essential components of the education of students majoring in physics and engineering physics. Students have opportunities to work under the guidance of faculty members on campus, and the department strongly encourages all majors to spend at least one summer participating in a research program at a major research university or national laboratory, or in an engineering internship in industry or a government laboratory.

The department offers four major programs: three leading to a Bachelor of Science degree and one leading to a Bachelor of Arts degree. The Bachelor of Science programs include physics, engineering physics, and interdisciplinary physics. The interdisciplinary physics major allows students to pursue focused study in areas such as biomedical physics or entrepreneurship physics. These majors provide excellent preparation for a wide range of careers. Many graduates enter the workforce directly in fields such as physics, engineering, business, and teaching, while others pursue graduate or professional study in areas including physics, engineering, entrepreneurship, computer science, law, and medicine

Engineering Programs

Students interested in engineering have the following options:

  1. Complete a B.S. in Engineering Physics at John Carroll University and then enter the workforce or pursue graduate work in engineering. Our innovative and interdisciplinary program prepares students for professional engineering licensure and has a record of demonstrated success positioning students for a career in a wide variety of engineering fields.

  2. Participate in the Dual Degree 3-2 Program program with Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). Students attend John Carroll University for three years and then transfer to CWRU for two years; they receive both a bachelor’s degree (B.S. or B.A.) from John Carroll University and a B.S. in Engineering from CWRU. The program is open to any student who completes the prerequisite courses (in calculus, physics, chemistry, and computer science) and maintains an overall 3.0 GPA and a 3.0 GPA in science and mathematics courses.