{"id":683,"date":"2022-12-04T23:24:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T23:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/physics\/?page_id=683"},"modified":"2023-07-26T18:47:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T18:47:19","slug":"undergraduate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/physics\/undergraduate\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>The Department of Physics &amp; Astronomy offers majors and minors in five different subject areas. It also offers several different levels of introductory courses for students with majors in other departments. For registration or course articulation (transfer course credit) issues, contact the department\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/physics\/undergraduate-office\/\">Undergraduate Office<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"subtitle\"><strong>Major Fields of Study (B.S. and\/or B.A.)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n        \n          \n          \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        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/physics\/astronomy\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Astronomy\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n 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Physics and Computer Science\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-content-detail.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-683","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Undergraduate - Department of Physics and Astronomy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/physics\/undergraduate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" 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