Academic Programs

Graduate Course Descriptions: Physics

Sample MS Physics Program

The Department of Physics offers two programs of graduate study leading either to the Master of Science or to the Master of Science in Teaching degrees. The program leading to the Master of Science degree is a research master's program with a required thesis and prepares graduates for employment in private or government laboratories or for further graduate work. The Master of Science in Teaching program is designed to enable high school physics teachers to upgrade their knowledge of physics by providing a thorough treatment of those areas of physics that form the basis of our modern knowledge.
In addition to these degree programs, the Selected Graduate Studies format may be used to develop an individual interdisciplinary course of study. It has been used, for example, to provide an electro-optics option through a combination of engineering and physics courses.

Chris Grayson inspecting the beam line on the ion implanter.