Advising

Students who are interested in pursuing a major or minor in physics should meet with an advisor as early as possible to discuss the program and work out a plan that meets their educational goals.

Physics offers faculty and peer advising to undergraduate students. Please see the information below to determine which type of advising is the best fit for you.

Faculty Advisors

Faculty advisors can provide in-person or Zoom appointments. They can help you with: 

• Exploring the major or minor
• Declaring a major or minor
• Major or minor progress
• Course selection
• Preparing for graduate school
• Finding research
• Major or minor releases
• Exceptions to major requirements
• Approval of Interdisciplinary Physics cognate plans
• Transfer credit review

COMING SOON: Drop-In Peer Advising - Available in Fall 2026!

Peer Advisors are current Physics or Interdisciplinary Physics majors with a variety of experiences and perspectives who can help guide you. They can help with: 

• Exploring the majors or minor
• Declaring a major or minor
• Major or minor progress
• Course selection, including experiences in specific physics classes (workload, instruction, structure, prerequisites, etc.)
• Advice on how to balance workload of classes
• How to contact faculty about research and/or how to narrow down research interests
• Experiences with majoring in Physics, in addition to other areas of study (double majors, minors, etc.) including difficulty, strategies for success and additional resources
• Experiences in extracurricular activities (physics or otherwise!)

Peer advisors cannot:

• Process major or minor releases
• Review transfer credit
• Approve exceptions to major requirements or Interdisciplinary Physics cognate plans

The application for 2026-2027 peer advisors has closed. Check back in winter 2027 semester for the 2027-28 peer advising application.