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At
least one year of experience
as a teaching assistant is required
of all MS and Ph.D. candidates.
MS
Degree: Although several
plans are available for obtaining
an MS degree, most students
elect to take a program requiring
30 credit hours of course work,
including a minimum of 18 credits
from physics courses numbered
600 to 798, including 610, 650,
670 and 690. The remaining credits
are selected from approved courses
in mathematics, chemistry, meteorology,
engineering and philosophy.
Other courses may be selected
with the approval of the department
chair. Passing a written qualifying
examination completes the requirements
for this plan.
Ph.D.
Degree: To be admitted to
the Ph.D. program a student
must pass a written qualifying
examination as well as a subsequent
oral comprehensive examination.
The qualifying examination must
be taken during the student's
first five semesters as a regular
classified graduate student.
A student is only allowed to
attempt these examinations twice.
In addition to the courses required
for the MS degree the student
is responsible for the material
in PHYS 651 and 671. A scholarly
dissertation must be written.
A final oral Examination in
defense of the dissertation
completes the requirements for
the Ph.D.. The Ph.D. degree
is essentially a research degree.
It demonstrates that the student
has completed an original, significant
piece of research and is at
the forefront of one area of
physics. The student can then
enter the academic world in
a teaching and research capacity
or an industrial or government
research laboratory as a scientist.
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