what kind of career for Physics major

[nietsni3]

do you guys have any idea of jobs/careers for a Physics B.A/B.S?

 

[Excelsior]

Education.

 

[brunswickite]

research

 

[nietsni3]

uhm, education would be boring if it is not teaching in college or university. anythign else??? i thought the most basic science like Physics would be fascinating....

/edit: yeh, maybe research is what i was thinking of. but if you go research, who is gonna be the one that fund you? i mean soemone has to hire us to do it, right?

 

[alphatarget1]

i would think you can pretty much do anything with a physics major since you know a lot of stuff but that's just me.

 

[Descartes]

I'd ask on Physics Forums rather than here, because many of them are physicists. I love physics, but I'm not one by education. The only physicists I know work in completely unrelated fields (e.g. software development), but their background is more suitable to their jobs than most people who studied specifically for them.

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: alphatarget1
i would think you can pretty much do anything with a physics major since you know a lot of stuff but that's just me.

The problem is that knowing a lot of stuff doesn't quite translate into doing a lot of stuff, and that's what keeps people employed in industry. The alternative is of course academia.

 

[Excelsior]

If you are thinking about research, TMK, you'd need to go back to school. I think PHDs are the ones who are able to get funding for research.

 

[nietsni3]

thanks for the link.

i love Physics too but i was concerned because i feel like people nowaday dont appreciate Physics as much as they do with computer or internet-related things

 

[EmperorIQ]

Originally posted by: nietsni3
thanks for the link.

i love Physics too but i was concerned because i feel like people nowaday dont appreciate Physics as much as they do with computer or internet-related things

that's not right. . . physics is everything, without physics computers would not have been developed in the first place, nor the internet. how data is transfered through the wire, etc.

 

[silverpig]

For a B.Sc you can be some kind of a tech in a lab or something like that. There are a few cool jobs you can do. But yeah, most stuff requires an M.Sc or a Ph.D for sure.

<-- phys/astro major about to start my (hopefully) last year. Gonna go to grad school 🙂

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: nietsni3
thanks for the link.

i love Physics too but i was concerned because i feel like people nowaday dont appreciate Physics as much as they do with computer or internet-related things

That's not true at all. Just look at physics forums. Pursuit of science is out of love, so you have to go into it knowing that most people won't truly appreciate or understand what you know. Even if you achieve a level of popularity that pervades pop culture (e.g. Einstein) people still won't know what the hell you're talking about. Consider how many people can recite E=mc^2, but then consider how many actually know what it means.

Anyway, pursue what you love. Even from the perspective of an enthusiast without a formal education it's infinitely fascinating.

[edit]As an aside, I work as a consultant in software development. People don't appreciate anything you know in the software world either, but that's just how it is when you become specialized; you're considered a manifestation of esoterica to others. Some of the better colleagues of mine are physics majors who got into development.[/edit]

 

[Descartes]

Originally posted by: silverpig
For a B.Sc you can be some kind of a tech in a lab or something like that. There are a few cool jobs you can do. But yeah, most stuff requires an M.Sc or a Ph.D for sure.

<-- phys/astro major about to start my (hopefully) last year. Gonna go to grad school 🙂

Awesome man. Congrats!

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: Descartes

Originally posted by: silverpig
For a B.Sc you can be some kind of a tech in a lab or something like that. There are a few cool jobs you can do. But yeah, most stuff requires an M.Sc or a Ph.D for sure.

<-- phys/astro major about to start my (hopefully) last year. Gonna go to grad school 🙂

Awesome man. Congrats!

:beer:

😀

 

[CombatChuk]

My girlfriend who's majoring in Engineering Physics has an internship at Lockheen Martin. Apparently you can do quite a few things since it's a broad degree.

 

[Xenon14]

Unemployment.

 

[dr150]

Physical Education

 

[nietsni3]

another thing, what do peopel mean when they say "physical science"? are they talking about Physics or the study of treatment for human body. i am already confused wiht the way they use that term. i have seen people using that term in official documents with both meanings...