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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 5210 Mechanics, 7610 and 7610 Quantum Mechanics, 7420 and 7430 Electricity and Magnetism, and 8310 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 5210, 7610, 7420, 7620, 8310, 7430) and two departmental electives*. The following is a typical course schedule.
| 1st Semester | PHYS 5210 Theoretical Mechanics | 2nd Semester | PHYS 7430 Electricity and Magnetism 2 | |||
| PHYS 7610 Quantum Mechanics 1 | PHYS 7620 Quantum Mechanics 2 | |||||
| PHYS 7420 Electricity and Magnetism 1 | PHYS 8310 Statistical Mechanics 1 | |||||
| Elective and/or Department Research Talks (9010) and/or Seminar (9410, 9610, 9710, 9810) | Elective and/or Department Research Talks (9010) and/or Seminar (9410, 9610, 9710, 9810) | |||||
| 15 Total Hours | 15 Total Hours | |||||
| 3rd Semester | Electives (6 hours) | 4th Semester | PHYS 8999 Non-topical research (15 hours) | |||
| PHYS 8999 Non-topical research (6 hours) | ||||||
| Seminar (Physics 9410, 9610, 9710, 9810) | ||||||
| 15 Total Hours | 15 Total Hours |
* Electives and Advanced Courses
Electives include all 5000, 7000, and 8000 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: | 5620, 5820+, 8610, 8620+, 8820+ | ||
| b. Nuclear, particle, and high energy physics: | 5720, 8710, 8720+, 8750, 8760+ | ||
| c. Atomic, molecular, and optical physics: | 8220, 8260+, 8420, 8880+ | ||
| d. Gravitational Physics: | 5240 | ||
| e. Molecular Biophysics: | 5470+ | ||
| f. Experimental Physics: | 5190, 5310, 5320 | ||
| g. Theoretical Physics: | 7250+, 8320+, 8630, 8640 | ||
| h. Computational Physics: | 5630, 5640, 8450 |
+ These courses are offered on a demand basis.
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