Welcome to the Unofficial Cornell Physics Wiki!
This is not limited to only coursework. Contribute any resources or additional pages you think anyone may find useful! If a page does not exist for a class you have taken, please do us all a favor and make one!
This website is entirely student-run and managed by the e-board of the Society of Physics Students. While the wiki does include links to official department forms, such as the freshman brochure, senior thesis guidelines, and department website pages, the Physics Department does not have any official involvement in this wiki; we simply aim to share potentially helpful resources from a variety of sources, ranging from student testimonials to department guidelines.
- Handy Links
- Physics Community Pages
- Physics Classes
- Research Programs and Opportunities
- Hackathons
- Outreach and Service Opportunities
Handy Links
- Freshman Brochure
- Contributing Guide and Contributors
- Prospective Freshmen Panel
- Getting Involved in Research
- Engineering vs. Honors Physics Sequence
- Which Classes Should I Take?
- Senior Thesis Guidelines
- Potential Career Paths
- The Path to Graduate School
- PhysTech - Physics Teacher Education Coalition
- Department Resources
- APS Resources for Undergraduates
Physics Community Pages
Physics Classes
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| Intro | Introductory Classes |
| Intro+ | Honors or Alternative Introductory Classes |
| Core | Quantum mechanics sequence, intermediate mechanics, and electricity and magnetism. Required for all physics majors. |
| Lab | Laboratory Classes |
| Conc | Inner Concentration required classes |
All the information in the below course pages is provided from students. Please check the course roster for official, up-to-date information. The Wiki is meant to supplement official sources with student insights, not replace them.
1000
2000
- PHYS 2207
- PHYS 2208
- PHYS 2210
- PHYS 2213 Intro
- PHYS 2214 Intro
- PHYS 2216 Intro
- PHYS 2217 Intro+
- PHYS 2218 Intro+
3000
- PHYS 3310 Lab
- PHYS 3316 Core
- PHYS 3317 Core
- PHYS 3318 Core
- PHYS 3327 Core
- PHYS 3330 Lab
- PHYS 3360 Lab
4000
Math
- MATH 1910 - Calculus for Engineers
- MATH 1920 - Multivariable Calculus for Engineers
- MATH 2930 - Differential Equations for Engineers
- MATH 2940 - Linear Algebra for Engineers
Research Programs and Opportunities
External Research Programs and Internships
- SURF at CalTech
- REU Programs
- Los Alamos National Laboratory Computational Physics Workshop
- Perimeter Institute START Program
- Sandia Labs Internship
- Air Force Research Lab Internship
- Lee Teng Internship in Accelerator Physics at Fermilab
- Harvard SEAS REU
- Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI)
- RISE Germany
- NASA JPL Internship
- MIT Lincoln Labs Summer Research Program
- Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab College Summer Intern Program
- Lockheed Martin Student Internship
- NASA Academy
- Kupcinet-Getz International Summer School
- Santa Fe Institute Undergraduate Complexity Research
- NSA Director’s Summer Program
Cornell-Sponsored Events, Scholarships and Opportunities
- Rawlings Cornell Presidential Research Scholars
- W.E Cornell
- Cornell Mathematical Contest in Modelling
Awards
- Stirling A. Colgate Award - Physics (Cornell)
- Albert Silverman Memorial Award (Cornell)
- Douglas Fitchen Memorial Award (Cornell)
- NCWIT Collegiate Award
External Scholarships
- Goldwater Scholarship
- Adobe Research Women in Tech Scholarship
- Palantir Women in Tech scholarship
- Palantir Global Impact Scholarship
- Generation Google Scholarship
- Lockheed Martin STEM Scholarship
Related Undergraduate Fellowships
- Brooke Owens Fellowship
- Civic Digital Fellowship
- D.E Shaw Fellowships
- Science and Technology Policy Fellowship at the Institute for Defense Analyses
- HackNY Fellowship
Graduate Fellowships
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF-GRFP)
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NSDEG)
- Department of Energy – Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (CSGF)
- Department of Energy – Stewardship Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE-SSGF)
- NASA Fellowships
- Hertz Fellowship
- Ford Foundation Fellowships
- GEM Fellowships
- Soros Fellowships for New Americans
- American Association of University Women Fellowships
Graduate Fellowships for Study Abroad
- Churchill Scholarship - Master’s degrees in STEM fields at the University of Cambridge. One-year award covers all tuition and fees, plus living, travel, and research allowances.
- Gates Cambridge Scholarship - For study at the University of Cambridge. 1-4 years of graduate study, including tuition and fees, twelve-month allowance, and round-trip airfare.
- Fulbright - Study, research, or teaching of English abroad. One-year award, typically covering round-trip transportation, language or orientation courses, tuition, book and research allowances, and living expenses.
- Marshall scholarship - For study at any British university. Full tuition, fees, living allowance, and various expenses for 2-3 years.
- Rhodes Scholarship - For study at Oxford University. 2-3 years of full tuition, fees, living allowance, and travel expenses.