I am thinking about majoring in physics...

...What job oportunities are there for a physics major? I can only think of electrical engineering at the moment.

Or teaching...

...sorry to burst your bubble, but a person with an electrical engineering degree would get a job as an electrical engineer before a person with a physics degree.MajorSport

If you got a BS in electrical engineering and a MS in Physics you will have a VERY good chance in getting a job in research in both fields.

There are tons of jobs available for people with technical backgrounds. Most college degrees do not directly prepare you for work. College is not vocational school. However, people with strong science backgrounds are in high demand in the US. Businesses love them.

I think I'm going to be a math major, both pretty useless majors ;)Agent-Zero

I guess teaching is the main option. Good luck with that though, I heard the last time someone graduated in Physics in my University was two years ago. :lol:

[QUOTE="Agent-Zero"]I think I'm going to be a math major, both pretty useless majors ;)Trmpt

[QUOTE="ferrari2001"]I'm sorry but all the real jobs are in quantum physics, and quantum mechanics. The Space drives, lasers, time machines, and worm hole devices don't build themselves. STurn21

[QUOTE="Trmpt"][QUOTE="Agent-Zero"]I think I'm going to be a math major, both pretty useless majors ;)Marfoo

I think I'm going to be a math major, both pretty useless majors ;)Agent-Zero

Joke post I presume?

[QUOTE="Marfoo"][QUOTE="Trmpt"] :lol: How are EE and physics useless majors?Trmpt

I think I'm going to be a math major, both pretty useless majors ;)Agent-Zero

[QUOTE="Trmpt"][QUOTE="Marfoo"] He meant Physics and Math.Marfoo

my professor, who's a theoretical physicist worked for the military at Naval Underwater Research Department (N.U.R.D lol) so i guess the military is always looking for physicists.

Thanks for the responses OT. I'm only 15 though so I've got a long way to go. :P

Anyway, how about electrical engineering? Is it good for someone who is crazy about electricity (me)? Or is it only a high-paying job?

Also, what about psychology?

I am not quite sure about what work you could do with a BA but I think that an MA or PhD in the fieldwould let you focus more on research.

Thanks for the responses OT. I'm only 15 though so I've got a long way to go. :P

Anyway, how about electrical engineering? Is it good for someone who is crazy about electricity (me)? Or is it only a high-paying job?

Also, what about psychology?

[QUOTE="ghoklebutter"]

Thanks for the responses OT. I'm only 15 though so I've got a long way to go. :P

Anyway, how about electrical engineering? Is it good for someone who is crazy about electricity (me)? Or is it only a high-paying job?

Also, what about psychology?

Marfoo

That sounds so awesome. :o

I'm even excited about the Calculus part. :P

[QUOTE="Marfoo"][QUOTE="ghoklebutter"]

Thanks for the responses OT. I'm only 15 though so I've got a long way to go. :P

Anyway, how about electrical engineering? Is it good for someone who is crazy about electricity (me)? Or is it only a high-paying job?

Also, what about psychology?

That sounds so awesome. :o

I'm even excited about the Calculus part. :P

[QUOTE="Marfoo"][QUOTE="Trmpt"] :lol: How are EE and physics useless majors?Trmpt

...What job oportunities are there for a physics major? I can only think of electrical engineering at the moment.

ghoklebutter

If you want to be an electrical engineer, then you major in electrical engineering...not physics.

[QUOTE="Agent-Zero"]I think I'm going to be a math major, both pretty useless majors ;)Trmpt

Try finding an electrical engineer apprenticeship, you get paid, learn and work. :)

[QUOTE="Trmpt"][QUOTE="Agent-Zero"]I think I'm going to be a math major, both pretty useless majors ;)kemar7856

If you graduate with a BA in communications, you can get a job as a barista anywhere. ;)

Try finding an electrical engineer apprenticeship, you get paid, learn and work. :)

CBR600-RR

Yeah, some states also still have apprenticeship-grandfather clauses on the books, to become lawyers, as well.

[QUOTE="CBR600-RR"]

Try finding an electrical engineer apprenticeship, you get paid, learn and work. :)

StrawberryHill

Yeah, some states also still have apprenticeship-grandfather clauses on the books, to become lawyers, as well.

Apprenticeships are very popular here in the UK, there are always loads going. :P

[QUOTE="kemar7856"][QUOTE="Trmpt"] :lol: How are EE and physics useless majors?StrawberryHill

If you graduate with a BA in communications, you can get a job as a barista anywhere. ;)

[QUOTE="StrawberryHill"]

[QUOTE="CBR600-RR"]

Try finding an electrical engineer apprenticeship, you get paid, learn and work. :)

CBR600-RR

Yeah, some states also still have apprenticeship-grandfather clauses on the books, to become lawyers, as well.

Apprenticeships are very popular here in the UK, there are always loads going. :P

That's pretty great, actually. I hated college. I'd rather study on my own time and get on the job experience, at the same time...while getting paid. I'm an electrician by trade. I should see if there's an EE apprenticeship program in the state of the US that I live. I know there is one for lawyers here...my friend offered to take me on as an apprentice for that, but I would hate to be a lawyer. I'm better with numbers and plans than I am at bull *******. :)

[QUOTE="CBR600-RR"]

[QUOTE="StrawberryHill"]

Yeah, some states also still have apprenticeship-grandfather clauses on the books, to become lawyers, as well.

StrawberryHill

Apprenticeships are very popular here in the UK, there are always loads going. :P

That's pretty great, actually. I hated college. I'd rather study on my own time and get on the job experience, at the same time...while getting paid. I'm an electrician by trade. I should see if there's an EE apprenticeship program in the state of the US that I live. I know there is one for lawyers here...my friend offered to take me on as an apprentice for that, but I would hate to be a lawyer. I'm better with numbers and plans than I am at bull *******. :)

Yeah I wouldn't want to be a lawyer either, just seems to boring. I like jobs that are fun. :D

[QUOTE="StrawberryHill"]

[QUOTE="kemar7856"] true only majors I really dont know what they do are communication and like social work kemar7856

If you graduate with a BA in communications, you can get a job as a barista anywhere. ;)

No. I was just making a light, sarcastic joke...as in, even if you didn't learn very many useful skills studying communications in college, there will always be some coffee shop or restaurant that will hire you. :)

You can be a manager in a company, a teacher, researcher, you can go on the study engineering. etc.

[QUOTE="kemar7856"][QUOTE="StrawberryHill"]

If you graduate with a BA in communications, you can get a job as a barista anywhere. ;)

StrawberryHill

No. I was just making a light, sarcastic joke...as in, even if you didn't learn very many useful skills studying communications in college, there will always be some coffee shop or restaurant that will hire you. :)

Yeah dude, go for quantum physics if your up to it, then you can get a job just like, doing research

Well that depends on what type of physics you are going to be majoring in. Theoretical physics and astrophysics have very different jobs, but still under that 'physics' categorization.

Follow your heart.

There are plenty.

If you love physics and are passionate about it even when it isn't that great, you'll always be able to find something to do.

Ummmmm, physicist. You could try for places like NASA or be working with particle accelerators such as the LHC. You could be a professer or just work at a university. Any place that builds means of transportation (cars, planes, boats). There are many more too. But electrical engineer... not getting there with a physics degree... you get there with an engineering degree.

There are tons of jobs in physics.

You could become a physicist and work at a physics laboratory.

There are all kinds of physics laboratories doing and researching all kinds of things: astronomy, particle physics, electronics, solid-state physics, aerodynamics, magnetics, etc

You just have to look inside and ask yourself what you want out of life and then go for it.

Follow your heart, TC, do what you want with your life, you only get one of them anyway.

There are many more too. But electrical engineer... not getting there with a physics degree... you get there with an engineering degree.

gamer_10001

Im reading this book on nanotechnology and it tells of a professor that earned a BS, MS, and a PhD in mechanical engineering and teaches physics. So it would be completely possible for someone who has a physics degree to have a job that deals with some aspects of EE. In fact they need physicists' to do certain things.