WCASParent

I am trying to find a school for my son that offers a first rate liberal arts education, but where he can major in physics.
Does anyone know how good the physics dept. is? Are the profs good teachers? Are there many physics majors, and if so, how happy are they?
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks

kindofblue

Engineering is huge at WashU, so I assume they have a strong physics department as well. I'm not sure though.

Trapper

Is engineering huge at Wash U? Tell that to the Wash U engineers, they don't know that

kindofblue

We'll they're the second biggest program after Arts & Sciences. They have more students than the Business school. I'm pretty sure that's uncommon.

Don_Quixote

I'll be a freshman at WashU next year and I'm (tentatively) planning to be a Physics major. From what I understand, roughly 20 physics majors graduate each year. It would be worth pointing out that a physics major is NOT offered anymore by the WashU engineering program - physics is now a branch of Arts & Sciences. To my knowlededge, the program is fairly strong... as i recall, several of the related professors are Harvard grads with PhD's, whatever that counts for. Compared to engineering, the physics curriculum is fairly open-ended after a year or two - if your son is interested in physics, I'd suggest finding a minor or second major that will complement it, unless he already has a specific branch of physics in mind. I'm going to study Computer Science as a minor or second major.