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<blockquote data-quote="freyar" data-source="post: 5222208" data-attributes="member: 40227"><p>You've already gotten some good advice here, I think.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As the_orc_within says, you're definitely looking at grad school if you want to go into college-level teaching or research. For community college teaching and some research positions you can stop with a MS degree, but a 4 year college professor and most research positions will require a PhD. </p><p></p><p>I'm not sure myself whether taking your introductory classes at a community college or university would be better. Probably you should do whatever will be more comfortable and help you learn more, since it seems like you can get it paid for. You should definitely make calculus your first course along with a calculus-based intro physics course (they're usually designed with calculus as a co-requisite rather than pre-req).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is extremely important advice. I've seen some good students have trouble with grad school applications because they didn't have research experience. The good news for you is that, with your programming experience, you may be able to contribute to some projects right away.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is all true. As I said before, you're most likely looking at grad school. And if you decide you want to be a university professor, probably several years of postdoctoral research. But there are a lot of research jobs available in industry for people with a background in experimental physics (including most of astrophysics).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It definitely can be. The problem-solving mindset is the important commonality; I've known several people to start in engineering and end up in physics. More directly, some experimental fields really do involve computing and electronic engineering (and even some theoretical physics does too).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think the message here is to keep an open mind about what you want to do. As you get into the coursework, physics and astronomy may or may not turn out to be what you enjoy. And it's also true that interdisciplinary work is becoming more and more important. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's possible that you wouldn't actually need a BA or BS in physics, as long as you take the classes and can get good recommendation letters (and a decent GRE score), depending on where you want to go for graduate school. UIUC has a good graduate program in physics, so you might try asking a professor there whether you'd need the actual degree to get into the PhD program at UIUC.</p><p></p><p>In any case, I hope you find learning physics and astronomy a rewarding experience! I sure did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="freyar, post: 5222208, member: 40227"] You've already gotten some good advice here, I think. As the_orc_within says, you're definitely looking at grad school if you want to go into college-level teaching or research. For community college teaching and some research positions you can stop with a MS degree, but a 4 year college professor and most research positions will require a PhD. I'm not sure myself whether taking your introductory classes at a community college or university would be better. Probably you should do whatever will be more comfortable and help you learn more, since it seems like you can get it paid for. You should definitely make calculus your first course along with a calculus-based intro physics course (they're usually designed with calculus as a co-requisite rather than pre-req). This is extremely important advice. I've seen some good students have trouble with grad school applications because they didn't have research experience. The good news for you is that, with your programming experience, you may be able to contribute to some projects right away. This is all true. As I said before, you're most likely looking at grad school. And if you decide you want to be a university professor, probably several years of postdoctoral research. But there are a lot of research jobs available in industry for people with a background in experimental physics (including most of astrophysics). It definitely can be. The problem-solving mindset is the important commonality; I've known several people to start in engineering and end up in physics. More directly, some experimental fields really do involve computing and electronic engineering (and even some theoretical physics does too). I think the message here is to keep an open mind about what you want to do. As you get into the coursework, physics and astronomy may or may not turn out to be what you enjoy. And it's also true that interdisciplinary work is becoming more and more important. It's possible that you wouldn't actually need a BA or BS in physics, as long as you take the classes and can get good recommendation letters (and a decent GRE score), depending on where you want to go for graduate school. UIUC has a good graduate program in physics, so you might try asking a professor there whether you'd need the actual degree to get into the PhD program at UIUC. In any case, I hope you find learning physics and astronomy a rewarding experience! I sure did. [/QUOTE]
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