Degree Requirements:

(See general College requirements in ‘Graduate Regulations ’.)

The candidate must complete a program of courses required by the Department. This program depends on the candidate’s preparation and special interests, but, in addition to the master’s level courses, will include:

• PHYS 611 - Classical Electricity and Magnetism-II 
• PHYS 721 - Field Theory and Relativistic Quantum Mechanics 
•  An additional semester of Colloquium
• And either Teaching or Research

The candidate must pass examinations that test familiarity with the principal fields of physics. Details of procedure will vary. It is required that the candidate pass the qualifying examination and demonstrate competence in several advanced topics courses. The candidate must perform research, which is an original and substantial contribution. The dissertation must be approved by a faculty committee and successfully defended in a public oral examination. Students have seven (7) years from the term of admission to the graduate program for the completion of all M.S./Ph.D. degree requirements. Extensions to this limit are considered according to the extension policy as outlined in the section entitled ‘Graduate Regulations ’.