{"id":2704,"date":"2024-03-29T22:27:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T22:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/physics\/?page_id=2704"},"modified":"2024-03-29T22:27:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T22:27:41","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/physics\/home-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n        \n          \n          \n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--editorial-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--editorial-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/01\/USC_DCLAS_Physics_20221021_08-e1675106273426-768x432.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/01\/USC_DCLAS_Physics_20221021_08-1280x720.png 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2023\/01\/USC_DCLAS_Physics_20221021_08-e1675106273426-768x432.png 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                  \n                    Undergraduate\n\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>For undergraduate students, we offer majors in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/physics\/physics-bs-ba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Physics<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/physics\/astronomy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Astronomy<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/physics\/biophysics-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biophysics<\/a><\/strong>, and a joint\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/physics\/physics-and-computer-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Physics\/Computer Science<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0program. 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