Entrance Requirements

Students seeking admission to the graduate program in Physics must, under normal circumstances, meet the basic requirements of Graduate Studies specified on page 22 of this Catalogue. In addition the following are required:

1. A combined (V + Q) GRE score of 1000,

2. At least three letters of recommendation that discuss your suitability for graduate study.

In order to receive the degree, all graduate students are required to take a comprehensive examination based on the course work in graduate studies. The nature of this examination, which may be written and/or oral will be determined by the Physics faculty in consultation with the student's thesis director and must be successfully completed at least one semester prior to the anticipated date of graduation. In addition, an oral presentation of the thesis to the Physics faculty in seminar format is required and the thesis must be defended before the faculty committee assigned the responsibility for each individual student's graduate program.

Master of Science, Plans I and III - Not available in Physics.

Master of Science, Plan II. This degree plan requires a minimum of thirty-seven semester hours, thirty-one of which must be in courses numbered 500 or above. Physics 513, 563, 564, 568, 571, 698 and 699 are required. No more than two of these courses may be taken as conference courses. The remaining courses are selected from Physics 561, 562, 567, 569 and those senior level courses open to graduate students. The choice of physics electives will be made by the student with the consent and approval of the graduate advisor and department chair and will depend largely on the area of research which the student elects.

Master of Education, Plan II. This degree program is designed to provide additional study in a teaching field for the professional secondary school teacher and is initiated in the College of Education and Applied Science. Students may elect from 12 to 24 semester hours in Physics on this 36-semester-hour program. A thesis is not required. Course requirements are adjusted to meet individual student needs by the graduate advisor and department chair. Further information is provided in this catalogue under Teacher Education and Professional Certification Programs.