Program RequirementsAfter 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 Credit Hours: (3)PHYS 7200 - Quantum Mechanics I Credit Hours: (3)PHYS 7300 - Electrodynamics Credit Hours: (3)PHYS 7520 - Statistical Mechanics Credit Hours: (3)Satisfactory completion of an oral comprehensive exam typically given during the final thesis oral presentation.General Physics Concentration, non-thesis option (33 credit hours)(Physics Program core requirement: 9 credit hours, Concentration requirement: 6 credit hours, Additional courses: 18 credit hours)General Physics Concentration requirement (6 credit hours):Must take two courses from the following list:PHYS 6021 - Applied Radiation Physics Credit Hours: (3)PHYS 6040 - Medical Physics Credit Hours: (3)PHYS 6050 - Astrophysics I Credit Hours: (3)PHYS 6051 - Astrophysics II Credit Hours: (3)PHYS 6110 - Nuclear and Particle Physics Credit Hours: (3)PHYS 6222 - Environmental Physics Credit Hours: (3)PHYS 6230 - Electronics Credit Hours: (4)Sufficient additional courses to satisfy a minimum of 33 semester hoursSufficient additional courses to satisfy a minimum of 33 semester hours, in which 9 may be in a collateral field of study. These courses must be approved by the graduate advisor. 23 semester hours must be taken in courses numbered 7000 or above.Complete a survey ofComplete a survey of an area of current research in fundamental or applied physics and make an oral and written presentation based on this survey before a faculty committee. The subject of this survey must be approved by the departmental graduate committee at least one semester prior to graduation.

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