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Do you like to investigate how things work? 你对太空好奇吗, 能源, 运输, 医学, 结构设计, 技术, 气候与环境, 金融事务, 运动甚至是游戏? Physics plays an integral role in nearly every major career path. 以A开头ssociate of Science degree from Genesee Community College in Liberal Arts Natural Science with a concentration in Physics you will have taken the first step toward any of these diverse career paths.

GCC的物理课程, 化学 and mathematics will provide the skills and knowledge needed to investigate and understand the laws of the universe and is the route to many different dynamic professions. Successful completion of an associate in science degree allows you to continue your studies as a third year student in any SUNY four-year college or university or transfer to a private institution.

为什么GCC?

19:1 – As a ratio, that is the average number of students in class to each GCC faculty member. That means small classes and plenty of one-on-one instruction. GCC also offers free tutoring to help students individually in areas of specific need. 另外, state-of-the-art 技术 has always been a priority at GCC – from the science labs to the new Food Processing Technology lab, the outdoor Nature Trail to the dozens of online databases at the library.  There are also smart classrooms and WiFi connections across all campus locations, 还有26个开放式计算机实验室.

Finally, GCC is friendly and prides itself on being flexible and accessible. Classes are offered day and night at seven campus locations, and each semester more than 100 courses are offered online. There are also nine different academic sessions in a year, allowing you to create a course schedule that accommodates employment or family care responsibilities.

 

学位类型

Associate In Science: Physics Concentration (AS)

AS项目学习成果(PLO)

Upon successful completion of the Liberal Arts & 科学:自然科学,硕士.S. 学生将能够:

  1. Apply quantitative skills to solve scientific problems.
  2. Produce results or findings scientific investigations or experimentation, documenting as appropriate.
  3. 分析和解释科学数据.
  4. Design solutions to scientific problems, based upon carefully planned and executed processes.
  5. Explain the foundational theories and principles of at least one of the major fields of the natural sciences (biology, 化学, 物理).

物理浓度

  1. Apply a variety of physics principles to scientific problems (mechanics, 热力学, 电磁, 波与光学, 相对论, 量子力学, 等.).
  2. Use advanced quantitative skills to solve physics problems (calculus, 向量运算, 微分方程, 线性代数, 等.).

Download the 2024-2025 Curriculum Worksheet f或者一个S [PDF]

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职业前景

在纽约州, the average annual wage for an occupation in physics is $72,入门级工人390美元,152美元,经验丰富的工人210美元. Among the many careers that can begin with a foundation in physics from GCC:

  • 航空工程师
  • 空中交通管制员
  • 分析师(多个领域)
  • 架构师
  • 天文学家
  • 音频工程师
  • 土木工程师
  • 气候学家
  • 临床科学家
  • 钻井工程师
  • 电气工程师
  • 能源 & 实用程序管理器
  • 能源评估员
  • 能源顾问
  • 能源工程师
  • 工程地质学家
  • 环境安全工程师
  • 地球物理学家
  • 危险废物评估员
  • 水文学家
  • 实验室助理
  • 激光工程师
  • 机械工程师
  • 采矿工程师
  • 核工程师
  • 石油经纪人
  • 光学工程师
  • 石油工程师
  • 物理科学技术员
  • 管道专业
  • 教授/老师
  • 研究员
  • 可持续性的官
  • 系统工程师
  • 测试工程师

联系 职业服务 了解更多信息.

转移的机会

Starting at GCC saves many students and their families thousands of dollars in tuition. 以A开头.S. 或者一个.A. degree you will be able to seamlessly transfer within the SUNY network of 64 college and universities as well as to many 4-year private institutions. GCC的.S. 和一个.A. programs were developed as part of the SUNY seamless transfer initiative allowing students to complete the first two years of a bachelor’s degree as a freshman and a sophomore at a community college, then seamlessly transfer to a SUNY four-year institution to earn a bachelor’s degree. Please reference the SUNY Transfer Pathways for degree programs to learn about any campus specific requirements. 访问 the SUNY Core 当然仪 to plan out the courses you should complete to transfer to a 4-year SUNY School.

If you are planning to transfer to a 4-year private institution you should work with our 传输服务 office to learn about possible articulation agreements and pathways that exist for many or our degree programs. 一些GCC A.A.S. programs also have transfer opportunities.

Transfer opportunities include, but are not limited to:

  • Canisius大学
  • 霍顿学院
  • 尼亚加拉大学
  • 罗伯茨卫斯理学院
  • St. 约翰费希尔学院
  • 纽约州立大学布洛克波特分校
  • 纽约州立大学ESF学院
  • 纽约州立大学Geneseo分校
  • 纽约州立大学布法罗分校

To learn more about these opportunities and agreements contact the 接送服务办事处, we are more than happy to work with you and answer any questions you may have on building your own personalized transfer plan.