UW-Parkside Department of Physics

• Science and Technology Office: 344 Greenquist Hall, 1-262-595-2326

• Fax Number: 1-262-595-2329

• David Bruning (Distinguished Lecturer)

• Ben Greenebaum (Emeritus)

• Dileep Karanth (Lecturer)

• Pirooz Mohazzabi (Professor)

• George Perdikaris (Shared appointment with CS)

• Jeffrey Schmidt (Chair, Associate Professor)

• Brian Kaster (Laboratory Manager)

• Tremendous scholarship opportunity for students interested in Physics major, or Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geoscience majors at Parkside.

• What is the best predictor of success in physics courses? This study says math background is. According to various studies (for example this one), university calculus-based physics courses typically have a failure rate of 31 percent.You ca n stack the deck in your favor by building a suitable mathematical background, and by making the right choice of physics courses.

• Major's page with information for physics majors including the handbook.

• Online Course Catalog with frequency, prerequisite and text information.

• Degree requirement course recommendations from our former students.

• Physics Major Requirements

• Which physics course is right for you? A little free advice can go a long way.

• A recommended four year plan for the physics major.

• Physics Department Alternate Web Site

• Financial Aid Opportunities http://www.finaid.org/

• Guide to Grammar and Writing http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm

• College Grad Job Hunter http://www.collegegrad.com/

• Theoretical Physics e-prints arXive http://xxx.lanl.gov/

• University of Wisconsin Electronic Library http://www.library.wisc.edu

• Library of Congress Virtual Reference Shelf http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/virtualref.html

• University of Wisconsin-Parkside http://www.uwp.edu

• Union Brush Works

• Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org over 19,000 free books for download.

• Adobe Acrobat Reader http://www.adobe.com

• Ghostscript Printing Software ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/aladdin/

• Gnuplot plotting/graphing software

• Maxima a free, GPL'd computer algebra system, comparable to Mathematica.

• OpenOffice free office suite, compatible with and replacement for Microsoft Office.