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Learning Outcomes

Upon graduation, NYU Abu Dhabi students who major in Physics will have acquired the following skills and abilities:

  1. Demonstrate advanced theoretical knowledge of the fundamental physical concepts believed to govern the behavior of everything in the universe, as well as the basic mathematical tools needed to understand and communicate physics, plus how they relate to basic biology and chemistry (Knowledge).
  2. Demonstrate knowledge of one or more contemporary advanced research topics in Physics (Knowledge, Role in Context).
  3. Assess problems in physics and mathematics making use of scaling relations, symmetries, dimensional analysis, and estimation, and eventually get to an analytical or numerical solution using mathematical tools or computer calculations (Knowledge, Skill).
  4. Operate research-grade experimental equipment. They will be able to get data out of the equipment and analyze their significance using error theory and statistical tools. They will learn how to work in a collaborative environment (Skill, Autonomy, Responsibility, Self-development).
  5. Scientific communication. Graduates who major in this program will be able to communicate their (or others’) findings in oral (public presentation) and written (peer-reviewed journals) form (Self-development).
  6. Critically analyze and fruitfully discuss a scientific topic in physics(Knowledge, Skill, Autonomy, Responsibility, Self-development).