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The basic course requirements for each degree program are listed below.
The basic requirements for the M.A. Degree are four graduate level courses (from among 521 Mechanics, 751 and 752 Quantum Mechanics, 742 and 743 Electricity and Magnetism, and 831 Statistical Mechanics) and four departmental electives*. A coherent course schedule for this degree must be approved by the Physics Department Graduate Program Committee.
The course work required for the M.S. degree includes six departmental “core” courses (Physics 521, 751, 742, 752, 831, 743) and two departmental electives*. The following is a typical course schedule.
| 1st Semester | PHYS 521 Theoretical Mechanics | 2nd Semester | PHYS 743 Electricity and Magnetism 2 | |||
| PHYS 751 Quantum Mechanics 1 | PHYS 752 Quantum Mechanics 2 | |||||
| PHYS 742 Electricity and Magnetism 1 | PHYS 831 Statistical Mechanics 1 | |||||
| Elective and/or Department Research Talks (901) and/or Seminar (951, 961, 971, 981) | Elective and/or Department Research Talks (901) and/or Seminar (951, 961, 971, 981) | |||||
| 15 Total Hours | 15 Total Hours | |||||
| 3rd Semester | Electives (6 hours) | 4th Semester | PHYS 898 Non-topical research (15 hours) | |||
| PHYS 898 Non-topical research (6 hours) | ||||||
| Seminar (Physics 951, 961, 971, 981) | ||||||
| 15 Total Hours | 15 Total Hours |
* Electives and Advanced Courses
Electives include all 500, 700, and 800 level courses, except for the core classes and independent study/research classes. A current list of electives by area is given below.
| a. Solid-state physics: | 562, 582+, 861, 862+, 882+ | ||
| b. Nuclear, particle, and high energy physics: | 572, 871, 872+, 875, 876+ | ||
| c. Atomic, molecular, and optical physics: | 822, 826+, 842, 888+ | ||
| d. Gravitational Physics: | 524 | ||
| e. Molecular Biophysics: | 547+ | ||
| f. Experimental Physics: | 519, 531, 532 | ||
| g. Theoretical Physics: | 725+, 832+, 853, 854 | ||
| h. Computational Physics: | 553, 554, 845 |
+ These courses are offered on a demand basis.
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