• Williams College is proud of its strong undergraduate program in physics. The Department of Physics offers a wide variety of courses ranging from introductory surveys to advanced tutorial courses.  In the tutorials, students meet two at a time with the professor and work on challenging problems.  Graduating students tell us that our tutorials are among the best courses they have taken at Williams.
  • Students become confident and versatile problem-solvers who use physical intuition together with analytic and quantitative skills to study, model and understand the world around us. They develop laboratory skills throughout our curriculum via hands-on experiences with diverse experimental techniques and tools. They learn various approaches to data analysis and become comfortable using computational methods to analyze and solve problems.
  • Students develop a solid grasp of core concepts and applications of classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics, and statistical physics. They learn how physics and other disciplines have impacted and continue to impact each other and society.
  • Students become effective, clear communicators in written and oral work, capable of explaining complex quantitative issues in broadly accessible terms.