Students learn how to study the magnetic and electric phenomena which occur in outer space, in the upper atmosphere of planets, and on the sun.

In the field, space physicists use ground-based instruments, balloons, rockets, satellites, and deep space probes to study these phenomena. Students graduate prepared for careers in space-related professions or to pursue advanced studies in diverse areas of science and engineering.

The Bachelor of Science in Space Physics is designed to produce graduates who want to pursue careers in space-related professions or who want to pursue advanced studies in diverse areas of science and engineering.

This program supports the University?s purpose ?to provide a comprehensive education to prepare graduates for productive careers and responsible citizenship with special emphasis on the needs of aviation, aerospace engineering, and related fields.?

As defined by NASA, ?Space Physics is the scientific study of magnetic and electric phenomena that occur in outer space, in the upper atmosphere of planets, and on the Sun.

Space physicists use ground-based instruments, balloons, rockets, satellites, and deep space probes to study these phenomena where they occur.?

Examples of such studies include space shuttle aurora observations, ground-based solar studies, ground-based ionospheric studies, balloon flights to the edge of the atmosphere, and sounding rocket flights into near space.