The Physics Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara has 58 faculty members.[1] It offers academic programs leading to the B.A., B.S., and Ph.D. degrees.
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As of 2011, the department counts three Nobel Prize winners among its faculty: David Gross (2004, Physics), Alan J. Heeger (2000, Chemistry), and Walter Kohn (1998, Chemistry).[2][3] Herbert Kroemer, who won the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics[2] is a member of the Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Departments at UC Santa Barbara. The department's faculty includes 13 members of the National Academy of Sciences: Guenter Ahlers, David Awschalom, David Gross, James Hartle, Alan Heeger, Gary Horowitz, Walter Kohn, James Langer, Stanton Peale, Joseph Polchinski, Douglas Scalapino, Boris Shraiman, and Michael Witherell.[4] Awschalom and Heeger are also members of the National Academy of Engineering.[5]
The standard program, which is in the College of Letters and Science (L&S), leads to either a B.A. or B.S. degree. The B.S. program is for those aiming for a career in physics, while the B.A. is a more flexible program allowing more courses from other areas. Within the B.S. program there are three possible schedules of courses - a standard track, an advanced track, and an honors track - leading to a degree in four years. These tracks include increasingly more electives and undergraduate research.[6]
The graduate program was ranked sixth among physics program in the 2011 study by the National Research Council.[7] The faculty members conduct research in Astrophysics and Cosmology, Biophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, High Energy Physics, Gravity and Relativity, and Mathematical Physics.[8]
Physics professor David Gross is Director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP),[9] and its permanent members are also faculty of the Physics Department. David Awschalom, professor in the physics department, is Director of the California NanoSystems Institute at UC Santa Barbara,[10] and several members of the physics faculty carry out their research program within CNSI. The Institute for Terahertz Science and Technology [11] is the research home for many other faculty members in the physics department.
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