Cornell's Engineering Physics

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<p>Engineering Physics is basically a physics major except with a slightly different focus. Compare the course requirements for each major and you'll see. There are plenty of people who go into physics from EP. I knew a guy who graduated from Cornell with a Physics degree and went on to do graduate work in the AEP dept and he said that students in EP learn physics better. I have no idea if this is actually true but it certainly was interesting to hear.</p>

<p>I wrote a long post comparing EP vs. Physics a long time ago. I'll rewrite it because there are still a ton of misconceptions about what EP is and what it actually entails. No one is to blame for that because there is very little if any information on the subject.</p>

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<p>Shizz,</p>

<p>I look forward to your post. </p>

<p>You are right on about the lack of information. I'm having a heck of a time trying to get beyond the surface (major requirements, etc) in my research of this major.</p>

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<p>I don't know if Shizz id going to include this in his post, but could someone tell me what kinds of jobs Physics majors and EP majors genrerally go on to? Does a physcis major basically limit you to an academic job? My grandfather is an academic theoretical physicist and he got me the connections to talk to these people, so I'm hoping they weren't assuming I wanted to go on to academics.</p>