The Department of Physics and Astronomy master’s program at Washington State University is designed to produce leaders in industry, in academia, and at national laboratories. The department’s progressive environment seeks to provide an atmosphere that fosters intellectual growth and quantitative reasoning. The program engages students in teaching and research activities that provide the skills, knowledge, and ability for critical thinking that will enable them to be productive members of society. In the process, our goal is to lay the foundations for technological advances that improve our quality of life.

Engineering positions at Boeing and Lockheed Corporations; NASA; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Schweitzer Engineering, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Career Placements: Senior computer scientist; science historian; staff scientist in applied research; meteorology; space industry; fiber optics; oceanic exploration