Physics
Associate of Science for Transfer
Program Details
The Associate in Science in Physics for Transfer degree provides students with a thorough overview of the field of physics. Students will have demonstrated sufficient understanding in the fields of mechanics, electricity and magnetism, thermodynamics, mechanical and electromagnetic waves, modern physics, the scientific method and mathematics to successfully transfer to a four-year institution with a major in physics.
Additional Requirements
Additional Information Link: http://catalog.napavalley.edu/areas-of-study/physics/physics-as-t/Physics Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2026-2027.
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, & English as a Second Language Instructors
Bachelor's degree, Master's degree
- Job growth: Declining
- Low salary: 47,330
- High salary: 104,670
- Average salary: 64580
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, & Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Doctoral degree, Master's degree
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 54,880
- High salary: 169,740
- Average salary: 97360
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
Doctoral degree, Master's degree
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 54,880
- High salary: 169,740
- Average salary: 97360
All Careers in Physics (10)
| Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, & Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 97,360 |
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| Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 97,360 |
| Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 97,360 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 97,360 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 97,360 |
| Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, & English as a Second Language Instructors | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Declining | 64,580 |
| Elementary School Teachers | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Declining | 64,580 |
| Middle School Teachers | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Declining | 64,580 |
| Special Education Teachers, Elementary School | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Declining | 64,580 |
| Tutors | Bachelor's degree, Master's degree | Declining | 64,580 |
Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Teaching: After earning an undergraduate or PhD physics degree, many physicists are employed in academic institutions, including instructors at the high school, community college, college, and university levels. In the latter, research and teaching are often combined.
- Development and Design: Work in this area utilizes both basic and applied research to improve existing products, processes and instruments, and to develop new ones.
- Management and Other Areas: Physicists can be found in a wide variety of areas such as research administration, university administration, science reporting, technical management and marketing, and in such fields as metallurgy, electronics, food processing and packaging, health and radiation safety, pollution control, computer technology, financial services and a broad and continually expanding array of other possibilities.
- Research: Basic research has as its goal the understanding of physical phenomena without a specific application in mind. Applied research leads to the solution of problems of national importance or of significant commercial value.