{"id":951,"date":"2013-05-24T10:51:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T15:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancini.brandonu.ca\/admissions\/?page_id=951"},"modified":"2013-05-24T10:51:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T15:51:39","slug":"physics-and-astronomy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/programs\/degrees\/science\/physics-and-astronomy\/","title":{"rendered":"Physics and Astronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class='post-951 float'><p><a title=\"Apply Now\" href=\"https:\/\/webapp.brandonu.ca\/pls\/admission\"><button>Apply Now <span class=\"icon-arrow-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/future-students\/apply\/\">How to Apply<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Department of Physics and Astronomy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/physics\/\">Department Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Bachelor of Science\" href=\"\/future-students\/programs\/degrees\/science\/\">Bachelor of Science<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside><p>Physics is the study of the fundamental laws of nature that govern the structure and behaviour of matter and energy from subatomic fundamental particles to stars, galaxies\u00a0and the entire universe. It also provides the foundation on which rests much of the technological innovation in the modern world, from microwave ovens to computers, from airplanes to rocketry and space flight, from pocket cameras to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Physicists today\u00a0make important contributions using both classical physics (computer simulation of pharmaceuticals, detection of planets around distant stars, gravitometric sensing of mineral resources) and modern physics (quantum computing, precise calibration of GPS systems, materials development, search for new fundamental particles) in theory and applications that affect our daily lives and shape the evolution of technology on which society depends.<\/p>\n<p>Departmental facilities include a research-grade astronomical telescope, a well-developed Nuclear Magnetic Resonance laboratory and a 54 processor computing cluster. Most faculty members in the Department hold external research grants. The Department also supports a fully- equipped, open-source student computer lab.<\/p>\n<h3>Possible Careers<\/h3>\n<div class=\"flex-row \" data-column-group=\"1\">\n<div class=\"new-column-box  half count-1\">\n<ul>\n<li>Industrial Researcher<\/li>\n<li>Medical Physicist<\/li>\n<li>Research Engineer<\/li>\n<li>Astronomer<\/li>\n<li>Geophysicist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><!-- .new-column-box -->\n<div class=\"new-column-box  half count-2\">\n<ul>\n<li>Financial Modeler<\/li>\n<li>Particle Physicist<\/li>\n<li>Science Writer<\/li>\n<li>Teacher<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><!-- .new-column-box -->\n<\/div><!-- .flex-row -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apply Now How to Apply Department Website Bachelor of Science Physics is the study of the fundamental laws of nature that govern the structure and behaviour of matter and energy from subatomic fundamental particles to stars, galaxies\u00a0and the entire universe. It also provides the foundation on which rests much of the technological innovation in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":1708,"parent":836,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-951","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/951\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/future-students\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}