<p>Hello, </p>
<p>My name is Sam and I was recently offered admission to the 2014 class at Brandeis University. I am hoping to double major in both physics and economics (yes, I have heard the horror stories involving this combination) and as of yet have little idea as to what I would like to do after school. My question about Brandeis is what type of research opportunities in physics are offered at Brandeis? and also how much research will I be able to do?</p>
<p>Did you know that Brandeis publishes a magazine which highlights their research?
It’s called “Catalyst” and the latest issue can be found here:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/catalyst/09-01/09fall.pdf[/url]”>http://www.brandeis.edu/catalyst/09-01/09fall.pdf</a></p>
<p>More specific information about the current Physics department research can be found here:</p>
<p>[Research</a> | Physics | Brandeis University](<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/physics/research/index.html]Research”>http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/physics/research/index.html)</p>
<p>Here are some more details about research opportunities for students in physics:
[Science</a> | Brandeis University](<a href=“http://www.brandeis.edu/experientiallearning/forstudents/science.html#Physics]Science”>http://www.brandeis.edu/experientiallearning/forstudents/science.html#Physics)</p>
<p>My son is a physics/math major with a business minor. I mentioned on an earlier blog he easily obtained internships the last two summers. You just have to go through the effort of building relationships with your professors, it seems they are very accessable. By the way from what we have been told physics and economics go very well together, and my s enjoys both too!!</p>
<p>Thanks so much for the help and advice guys. I am pretty excited, and hope it goes well.</p>
<p>I’m interested in going into physics too! I’m thinking of maybe combining it with english, actually, weird right?</p>
<p>I just came across this while procrastinating my physics homework (how ironic). I’m a physics and math major at Brandeis.
About the Brandeis physics major: It’s not structured. At all. So you have a lot of freedom (do I take Astrophysics or Thermodynamics? Electromagnetism or Mathematical Physics?), but that also gives you the freedom to go wrong and make mistakes (such as taking Electronics Lab instead of Classical Mechanics). The professors: there about 3 stellar professors, and 1 who’s decent, but the rest of the department couldn’t teach Einstein to count to 5. The hands-on research: perfect. As a physics major you can get a lab job in any lab you want (astro to condensed matter or high energy) and you get paid well. Unless, of course, you’re looking for a theory job, in which case you should probably prepare for disappointment.
The math major: there is a number of excellent professors and excellent courses in the math dept. Actually, I think there are only 3 bad profs in the entire department. If you take the right courses with the right professors, you could end up with such a solid foundation in mathematics you could probably challenge any Ivy League graduate in math.
So that’s it. Hopefully that answered some questions. Time to get back to my problem set.</p>