{"id":10948,"date":"2020-02-24T11:40:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T16:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencescosmaincms.cm.ucf.edu\/physics\/physics\/?page_id=10948"},"modified":"2026-04-21T09:42:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:42:48","slug":"physics-main","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/","title":{"rendered":"Physics Main"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<nav class=\"sections-menu-wrapper\" aria-label=\"Page section navigation\" style=\"min-height: 60px;\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"navbar navbar-toggleable-md navbar-light bg-primary sections-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"navbar-toggler collapsed ml-auto\" type=\"button\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-target=\"#sections-menu\" aria-controls=\"#sections-menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"navbar-toggler-text\">Skip to Section<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"navbar-toggler-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"navbar-collapse collapse\" id=\"sections-menu\" data-autoselect=\"true\" data-selector=\".auto-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"nav navbar-nav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\n\t\t\t<section id=\"mission\" class=\"ucf-section ucf-section-home-mission auto-section mb-0\" data-section-link-title=\"Mission\" aria-label=\"Mission\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-secondary mb-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"lead\">The mission of the UCF Department of Physics is to provide the highest quality education, research, outreach, and service in physics to the people of the state of Florida, the nation, and the world.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn-primary\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/mission\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tRead More\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<section id=\"explore\" class=\"ucf-section ucf-section-home-explore auto-section mb-0\" data-section-link-title=\"Explore the Universe\" aria-label=\"Explore the Universe\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/07\/Intro-to-Astronomy-Webb-x360.jpg'); background-size: cover; background-position: 50% 25%;margin-bottom:0; min-height:356px;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" col-12 col-xl-5\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"text-inverse\" style=\"text-align: center; border: 3px solid #ffffff; line-height: 1; padding-top: 1.5rem; padding-bottom: 1.5rem;\"><span style=\"font-size: 3.25rem; font-weight: 300;\">Explore the<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 3.8rem; letter-spacing: 0.34rem;\">Universe<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\t\t\t<a class=\"btn btn-primary btn-block\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/introductory-astronomy\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tIntroductory Astronomy, AST2002\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<section id=\"bridge\" class=\"ucf-section ucf-section-home-bridge auto-section mb-0\" data-section-link-title=\"Bridge Program\" aria-label=\"Bridge Program\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jumbotron jumbotron-fluid bg-inverse mb-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"background: url('https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Students-talking-outside-grayscale.jpg') no-repeat fixed top left;background-size:cover;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"h1 text-inverse text-uppercase font-condensed\">UCF Physics Bridge Program<\/h2>\n<p>UCF\u2019s Physics Department became an APS Bridge Program site in 2015 with the goal to expand access to Physics PhD programs. 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