Things you should know, but might not know to ask:

• You can do a Senior Honors Thesis without being in the Honors Program
  • Departmental Honors in Physics
• The Physics Department has two awards (The Lutz Prize and Weaver Prize) which are given when exceptional potential is seen in a student. The award descriptions are:
  • Lutz Prize: The Arthur L. Lutz Prize is awarded to a student showing potential for a career in secondary physics teaching.
  • Weaver Prize: The Weaver Prize in physics is awarded to the junior physics major who shows the greatest potential for a career in physics.
• You can get paid for working on a summer research project
  • See faculty about projects they are working on
  • Write a proposal for funding a summer project from the Faculty Research Fund Board (details: search page for "student projects")
  • Search for a summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) site in physics, astronomy, engineering or other fields.