NYU College of Arts & Science’s BA in Physics provides a rigorous core in physics with exposure to current research frontiers and opportunities for undergraduate research. The department emphasizes quantitative models that explain observations across scales of length, time, and energy, with faculty research spanning astrophysics, biophysics, cosmology, particle physics, gravitation, condensed matter, and statistical physics. The program supports different student goals, including technical courses for science majors and nontechnical offerings for broader audiences. An honors track involves a two-term (8-credit) research experience culminating in a thesis and public presentation, with a 3.65 GPA requirement in the major and overall.