CSUSB physics alums have successfully transitioned to graduate school at institutions such as Arizona, Maryland, UCLA, UCSB, UCI, UCM, and/or been hired at companies such as Tokyo Electron, Lockheed Martin, NASA Armstrong, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Kelly Space, Millennium Space Systems/Boeing, and local school districts. The Department of Physics and Astronomy currently offers B.A. and B.S. degrees in Physics, with minors in astronomy and applied physics, and is in the planning stages for an interdisciplinary M.S. degree in Materials Science, which is associated with the NSF CREST-funded Center for Advanced Functional Materials ( https://www.csusb.edu/center-advanced-functional-materials) and expected to begin in Fall 2025.