Physics Department

Physics Departmental Mission

The Physics Department at Seattle Pacific University seeks to prepare our students to use the history and ideas of physics and their analytical, computational, and research skills to engage the culture, the Creation, their minds, and the minds of others.

News & Announcements

  • Friend and Follow

    The Physics Department is now on Facebook (search for "SPU Physics") and Twitter (@SPU_Physics).

  • SPU Physics to Study Learning and Teaching of Energy

    The Physics Department received a five-year $3.7 M National Science Foundation grant to investigate student thinking about energy from childhood through college and to study how teachers learn to assess student thinking while they teach. This grant is now funding SPU's Energy Project.


Seattle Pacific University Physics Department: 206-281-2000 Otto Miller Hall 3307 Third Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119-1997