Physics - Materials Science Concentration, Thesis, (MS)

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MS Degree Program

Program Admission Requirements

Prospective students, in addition to meeting the requirements for admission to The Graduate School, are required to present as a prerequisite for admission a satisfactory record of undergraduate work in physics. Normally 21 credit hours of physics course work will be required, including classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, modern physics, quantum physics, and thermal physics, and 12 credit hours of calculus and differential equations. Students who are deficient in undergraduate work may be admitted on a conditional basis and would be allowed to take graduate courses only after fulfilling the undergraduate course deficiencies. Submission of general GRE score is strongly recommended for admission.

Program Requirements

After meeting the general degree requirements for admission to The Graduate School

After meeting the general degree requirements for admission to The Graduate School, students selecting Physics as a major will be assigned to the Department Graduate Committee, which must approve and direct their course of study.

Core requirements (9 credit hours)*:

Must take three of the four courses listed below:

PHYS 7100 - Classical Mechanics
PHYS 7200 - Quantum Mechanics I
PHYS 7300 - Electrodynamics
PHYS 7520 - Statistical Mechanics
Satisfactory completion of an oral comprehensive exam typically given during the final thesis oral presentation.

Materials Science Concentration, thesis program (30 credit hours)

(Physics Program requirement*: 9 credit hours, Concentration requirement: 6 credit hours, Thesis: 6 credit hours, Additional courses: 9 credit hours)

Materials Science Concentration requirement:

Must take two of the following courses:

Sufficient additional courses

Sufficient additional courses (in a collateral field of study with course numbers 6000 or above), including 6 semester hours in PHYS 7996 , Thesis, to satisfy a minimum of 30 semester hours. These courses must be approved by the graduate advisor.

PHYS 7996 - Thesis

The student must present

The student must present a research proposal to the graduate thesis committee at the end of the first semester of his/her study for the thesis approval.

The student must complete

The student must complete a research project, submit a written thesis describing the research, orally present and defend the thesis before a faculty committee. Students should familiarize themselves with the Thesis/Dissertation Preparation Guide before beginning to write.