The Department of Physics and Astronomy offers three degree programs:  an AB with a major in Physics, a BS with a major in Physics a BS with a combined major in Physics and Astronomy It also offers Physics courses for the BS in Education degree with certification in Physics.

Jim Andrews and Tom Oder from Physics and Doug Price from Chemical Engineering are the facilitators for YSU's affiliation with CLiPS: The Center for Layered Polymetric System, a new NSF Science and Technology Center. Led by researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, the $19 million center focuses on layered polymers — combining thin layers of plastic or other synthetic materials to create products ranging from packaging materials to optical switches.  At YSU, the academic collaboration will include work in polymer physics and polymer engineering within the physics and chemical engineering programs. More...

Physics professor James “Jeff” Carroll’s research on nuclear isomers has already attracted the most federal grant funds ever awarded to a single faculty member in YSU history. Now he’s adding another $1 million to his tally. More...   The 2008 YSU Physics Olympics is scheduled for Saturday, April 5. More...

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Planets in the Park Friday, May 9 at Boardman Park Sponsored by the Mahoning Valley Astronomical Society Begins approximately at 9 p.m. (or at dark) Telescopes will be set up at the large parking lot adjacent to the baseball fields and the Thomas C. Masters pavilion; enter from Southern Boulevard The public is invited to drop by and visit as long as they want, moving from telescope to telescope to see different planets, stars, and other objects. Mars and Saturn are the two planets nicely visible in the evening sky.

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