3. Top 5 Reasons to
Study Physics
5) Physics is way cooler than
Biology, Chemistry, etc.
“in Science, there iS only
Physics; all the rest is
Stamp collecting”
~Rutherford
9. What do these people
have in common?
• Member of the TOMAHAWK Advanced
Concepts Team at the Naval Surface
Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
• Baltimore County Police Department
and member of the department's
crash team investigation group
• Software Engineer
• Working for the National
Reconnaissance Agency
• Defense contractor for Northrop-
Grumman
• Marketing Manager for Virginia
Abrasives Corporation
10. • Consultant to the Office of Naval
Research 351, Asymmetric Defense
Project
• Worked with US National and
International Weapons communities
evaluating technology
• 1993-1998 served as President
clinton’S aSSiStant for Science and
Technology and director of the
White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy
• Team member of Project Mercury
and Project Viking for NASA – first
13. #5) You Get GREAT
profeSSorS…
DR. FRANZ!!!!!
DR. SPAGNA!!!!
DR. WOOLARD!!!!
14. …& the rmc phySicS
family…
John
James
Edwin
Christian Randy
Andrew
Andrea
Jen
15. #4) Small Classes = All about YOU!
• The courageous students who major in
physics come few and far between~ so you
always know who will be in your classes!
•Physics Professors
will know you by
name, face, and
number of hours
spent hanging out in
their offices
enjoying physics!
17. #2) Learn everything you
need!
-Physics classes teach you TONS of Other things-
Physics classes can carry over into other
majors or minors, such as math, computer
science, chemistry, environmental
studies, biology, and philosophy! It also gives
you a lot of research opportunity.
18. #1) Society of Physics Students!
(office)
• Your home away from home!
• EVERYTHING you need to
EAT, SLEEP, and Do PHYSICS!
• Office Includes- cable TV, DVD
player, refrigerator, microwave, lots
of computers, couches, tables, and all
the physics books you could ever
want! (and for a limited time only, a full collection of
Schaum’s)