Physics
About the Program
Master of Science: 45.0 quarter credits
Doctor of Philosophy: 90.0 quarter credits
The Department of Physics offers opportunities for students to study with leading researchers in astrophysics, biophysics, nonlinear dynamics, particle physics, and solid state physics, as well as to participate in international collaborations. Coursework for the MS and PhD degrees includes advanced training in core areas of physics and in the topics of current research. PhD students begin research early in the program, commencing thesis work in their second year of study.
To learn more about the graduate program in Physics visit http://www.physics.drexel.edu/.
Admission Requirements
For admission to the graduate programs, a bachelor's degree in an approved program is required with a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0/4.0 specified. The GRE general and physics subject tests are required for financial aid. Students from non-English speaking countries are required to demonstrate proficiency in English via the TOEFL exam. Minimum acceptable score for admission is 550, (80 IBT, 213 CBT) but opportunities for financial aid are greater for TOEFL scores near or above 600 (100 IBT, 250 CBT). Teaching assistants educated in non-English speaking countries must complete a special English program.
Visit the Graduate Admissions website for more information about requirements and deadlines, as well as instructions for applying online.
Master of Science in Physics
Students who wish to complete only the master's degree are welcomed, and will find that the learning environment will allow them to broaden their professional understanding by exploring current topics and trends of physics in an interdisciplinary setting.
There are no thesis, language, or special examination requirements for the master's degree.
The degree requires 45.0 graduate credits, with at least 30.0 credits from the following:
| PHYS 501 | Mathematical Physics I | 3.0 |
| PHYS 502 | Mathematical Physics II | 3.0 |
| PHYS 506 | Dynamics I | 3.0 |
| PHYS 511 | Electromagnetic Theory I | 3.0 |
| PHYS 512 | Electromagnetic Theory II | 3.0 |
| PHYS 516 | Quantum Mechanics I | 3.0 |
| PHYS 517 | Quantum Mechanics II | 3.0 |
| PHYS 518 | Quantum Mechanics III | 3.0 |
| PHYS 521 | Statistical Mechanics I | 3.0 |
| PHYS 522 | Statistical Mechanics II | 3.0 |
PhD in Physics
90.0 quarter credits
The Department of Physics offers opportunities for students to study with leading researchers in astrophysics, biophysics, nonlinear dynamics, particle physics, and solid state physics, as well as to participate in international collaborations. Coursework for the PhD degree includes advanced training in core areas of physics and topics of current research. PhD students begin research early in the program, commencing thesis work in their second year of study.
The usual schedule for physics graduate students consists of two years of coursework, qualifying exams, and research training, followed by dissertation research. All PhD students follow a common set of ten core courses during their first two years of study. In addition to these core courses, students also take four special topics courses.
PhD students Admitted with Post-Master's Status
Students who are admitted for PhD study with “post-masters” status must take 15 credits of graduate coursework with a minimum GPA of 3.0 to become doctoral candidates. Courses are to be chosen in consultation with the Director of Graduate Studies. Post-masters students are expected to pass the written and oral qualifying exams by the end of the Spring quarter of their first year of study. Ordinarily, this means taking the written qualifying exam in September before the start of classes. To be prepared for the oral exam, post-masters students should begin research as soon as possible.
Program Requirements
Doctoral candidates are required to complete a minimum of 45.0 credits of coursework and research work beyond the master’s requirement of 45.0 credits while maintaining a minimum of 3.0 GPA.
| Core Courses | ||
| First Year | ||
| PHYS 501 | Mathematical Physics I | 3.0 |
| PHYS 506 | Dynamics I | 3.0 |
| PHYS 502 | Mathematical Physics II | 3.0 |
| PHYS 516 | Quantum Mechanics I | 3.0 |
| PHYS 521 | Statistical Mechanics I | 3.0 |
| PHYS 517 | Quantum Mechanics II | 3.0 |
| Second Year | ||
| PHYS 522 | Statistical Mechanics II | 3.0 |
| PHYS 518 | Quantum Mechanics III | 3.0 |
| PHYS 511 | Electromagnetic Theory I | 3.0 |
| PHYS 512 | Electromagnetic Theory II | 3.0 |
| Select four of the following: | 12.0 | |
| Galactic Dynamics | ||
| Cosmology | ||
| Biophysics | ||
| Nanoscience | ||
| Computational Biophysics | ||
| Single Molecule Methods | ||
| Nonlinear Dynamics | ||
| Nuclear and Particle Physics | ||
| Solid State Physics I | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Total Credits | 42.0 | |
Research Training
Students begin research in the first year with two small projects. In the spring quarter, this project culminates in a talk presented to the other students and Director of Graduate Studies. In the summer quarter, the project requires a written report to the research advisor. Research during the second year is toward the oral qualifying exam, described below.
Candidacy Examination
PhD candidates must pass a Candidacy Examination, which consist of two parts: written and oral:
- The written portion of the qualifying examination is given twice a year, during the week before the fall quarter begins and during the first week of classes of the winter term. Students must pass the written qualifying examination no later than the winter quarter of their second year. At most two attempts may be made at passing the exam. The qualifying examination covers four general areas at the advanced undergraduate level: classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics, and statistical physics.
- The oral portion of the qualifying exam is based on original research performed by the student, which consists in an oral presentation and a written report of no less than 15 pages, submitted to the examination committee and the Director of Graduate Studies at least one week prior to the exam. Immediately after the public presentation, the Examination Committee will privately conduct an oral examination. This exam must be passed by the end of the second year of study.
Dissertation Defense
This dissertation defense includes a final public presentation and defense of the dissertation. The dissertation must be submitted to the Examination Committee at least two weeks prior to the oral defense. The oral presentation involves a public 45-60 minute presentation by the candidate followed by an unspecified period during which the Examination Committee will ask questions. All doctoral dissertations, in addition to originality and scholarly content, must conform to University format requirements.
Plan of Study (PhD)
The following sample plan of study contains the required courses for full-time PhD students entering without a previous Master’s degree. Post-master's students should consult the Director of Graduate Studies.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| PHYS 501 | Mathematical Physics I | 3.0 |
| PHYS 506 | Dynamics I | 3.0 |
| Special Topics Course* | 3.0 | |
| Term Credits | 9.0 | |
| Winter | ||
| PHYS 502 | Mathematical Physics II | 3.0 |
| PHYS 516 | Quantum Mechanics I | 3.0 |
| Special Topics Course* | 3.0 | |
| Term Credits | 9.0 | |
| Spring | ||
| PHYS 521 | Statistical Mechanics I | 3.0 |
| PHYS 517 | Quantum Mechanics II | 3.0 |
| Term Credits | 6.0 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| PHYS 522 | Statistical Mechanics II | 3.0 |
| PHYS 518 | Quantum Mechanics III | 3.0 |
| Special Topics Course* | 3.0 | |
| Term Credits | 9.0 | |
| Winter | ||
| PHYS 511 | Electromagnetic Theory I | 3.0 |
| Special Topics Course* | 3.0 | |
| Term Credits | 6.0 | |
| Spring | ||
| PHYS 512 | Electromagnetic Theory II | 3.0 |
| PHYS 997 | Research | 1.0-12.0 |
| Term Credits | 4.0-15.0 | |
| Total Credit: 43.0-54.0 | ||
| * | Special topics courses are an introduction to current topics of experimental and theoretical interest. They are offered in alternate years. |
Academic Year 2013/2014 (odd)
| Fall | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| PHYS 531 | Galactic Dynamics | 3.0 |
| PHYS 561 | Biophysics | 3.0 |
| Term Credits | 6.0 | |
| Winter | ||
| PHYS 532 | Cosmology | 3.0 |
| PHYS 562 | Computational Biophysics | 3.0 |
| Term Credits | 6.0 | |
| Spring | ||
| PHYS 563 | Single Molecule Methods | 3.0 |
| PHYS 750 (Quantum Field Theory) | Special Topics | 3.0 |
| Term Credits | 6.0 | |
| Total Credit: 18.0 | ||
Academic Year 2013/2013 (even)
| Fall | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| PHYS 626 | Solid State Physics I | 3.0 |
| PHYS 576 | Nuclear and Particle Physics | 3.0 |
| Term Credits | 6.0 | |
| Winter | ||
| PHYS 553 | Nanoscience | 3.0 |
| PHYS 571 | Nonlinear Dynamics | 3.0 |
| Term Credits | 6.0 | |
| Spring | ||
| To be announced | ||
| Term Credits | 0.0 | |
| Total Credit: 12.0 | ||
Additional information for graduate students is available at the Department of Physics.
Facilities
Astrophysics Facilities
- Numerical Astrophysics Facility, primarily networked LINUX workstations emphasizes theoretical and numerical studies of stars, star clusters, the early universe, galaxy distributions, cosmology modeling and gravitational lensing. Large file server provides access to Sloan Digital Sky Survey data. The facility also employs special purpose high performance computers, such as the Gravity Pipeline Engine (GRAPE), a new Beowulf cluster (128 processors, 128G RAM, 2TB RAID disk), and a system using Graphics Processing Units to achieve computational speeds of up to trillion floating point operations per second.
- The Joseph R. Lynch Observatory houses a 16 inch MEAD Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope equipped with SBIG CCD camera. Drexel is a participant in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, which operates a 2.5m telescope at Apache Point, NM, and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope to be built in Chile (first light 2020).
Biophysics Facilities
- Modulated excitation kinetics laboratory uses frequency domain techniques to follow internal dynamics of biological molecules.
- Energy Materials Research Laboratory including Variable Temperature UHV Scanning Probe Microscope, installed in STC-50 rated acoustic chamber.
- Spatially resolved kinetics laboratory uses simultaneously resolved spatio-temporal data at microscopic resolution to follow biological self-assembly processes, such as polymerization of sickly hemoglobin.
- Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) facility to study the structure and interaction of macromolecule via imaging, and to investigate the mechanical and kinetic properties of individual protein molecules via nanomanipulation.
- Computational Biophysics facility including two Beowulf clusters (44-node dual-core Xeon, 43-note dual quad-core Xeon [344 cores]), 24TB RAID disk server, and ten Linux workstations connected through a gigabit network (3).
- Preparative laboratory provides facilities for biological sample purification and characterization.
Condensed Matter Facilities
- Ultra-low temperature laboratory has a dilution refrigerator, 3He and 4He cryostats and microwave sources to study quantum phenomena in nano and microscale devices, superconducting qubits, nanostructures and quantum fluids and solids.
- Magnetic material laboratory conducts research on amorphous magnetic thin films, fiber optical sensors.
- Surface science laboratory has scanning probe microscopy to study surface structure interfaces at the atomic level.
Particle Physics Facilities
- Detector development laboratory provides experimental support for an international research program in nonaccelerator particle and nuclear physics performing tests of invariance principles and conservation laws, and neutrino oscillations.
General Support Facilities
- Include an electronics shop capable of custom design and fabrication of electronics and computer components, and a machine shop to assist in the design, construction, and repair of mechanical components.
Courses
PHYS 501 Mathematical Physics I 3.0 Credits
Covers various topics in mathematical physics and their numerical implementations, including calculus of residues and further applications of complex variables; vector spaces, Fourier series, and generalized functions; integral transforms; theory and application of ordinary and partial differential equations; special functions; boundary value and initial value problems; Green's function theory and applications; and integral equations.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 502 Mathematical Physics II 3.0 Credits
Continues PHYS 501.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 503 Mathematical Physics III 3.0 Credits
Calculus of residues and further applications of complex variables; vector spaces, Fourier series and generalized functions; integral transforms; theory and application of ordinary and partial differential equations; special functions; boundary value and initial value problems; Green's function theory and applications; integral equations; group theory; nonlinear dynamics.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 506 Dynamics I 3.0 Credits
Covers Lagrangian-Hamiltonian formulations, variational principles, particle kinematics and dynamics, and small oscillations and normal modes.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 507 Dynamics II 3.0 Credits
Lagrangian-Hamiltonian formulations; variational principles; particle kinematics and dynamics; small oscillations and normal modes; Navier-Stokes equations; statistical description of turbulent flows; thermodynamics and energetics of ideal gases; computational fluid dynamics; viscous and compressible flows; boundary-layer flows; hydrodynamic perturbation and stability theory; nonlinear dynamics.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 508 Dynamics III 3.0 Credits
Lagrangian-Hamiltonian formulations; variational principles; particle kinematics and dynamics; small oscillations and normal modes; Navier-Stokes equations; statistical description of turbulent flows; thermodynamics and energetics of ideal gases; computational fluid dynamics; viscous and compressible flows; boundary-layer flows; hydrodynamic perturbation and stability theory; nonlinear dynamics.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 511 Electromagnetic Theory I 3.0 Credits
Covers electrostatics, magnetostatics, electromagnetic waves, boundary value problems of electromagnetic theory, theory of Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction, classical electrodynamics, special relativity, waveguides, and radiation theory.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 512 Electromagnetic Theory II 3.0 Credits
Continues PHYS 511.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 513 Electromagnetic Theory III 3.0 Credits
Electrostatics; magnetostatics; electromagnetic waves; boundary value problems of electromagnetic theory; theory of Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction; classical electrodynamics; special relativity; waveguides; radiation theory; plasmas.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 516 Quantum Mechanics I 3.0 Credits
Covers axioms of quantum mechanics and the basic mathematical tools, one-dimensional Schrodinger equation, spin and general two-level systems, harmonic oscillator, general theory of angular momentum, hydrogen atom, elements of atomic spectroscopy, quantum theory of scattering, electron spin, addition of angular momenta, stationary and time-dependent perturbation theory, fine and hyperfine structure of the hydrogen atom, interaction of light and matter, and Dirac Equation.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 517 Quantum Mechanics II 3.0 Credits
Continues PHYS 516.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 518 Quantum Mechanics III 3.0 Credits
Continues PHYS 517.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 521 Statistical Mechanics I 3.0 Credits
Covers thermodynamics; probability theory; Gibbs-Boltzmann formulation; relation between density of states and entropy; partition functions; ensembles; Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac, phonon, photon, and electron systems; and phase transitions.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 522 Statistical Mechanics II 3.0 Credits
Continues PHYS 521.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 523 Statistical Mechanics III 3.0 Credits
Thermodynamics; probability theory; Gibbs-Boltzmann formulation; relation between density of states and entropy; partition functions; ensembles; Maxwell-Boltzmann, Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac, phonon, photon, and electron systems; phase transitions.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 531 Galactic Dynamics 3.0 Credits
Covers dynamical problems in astrophysics, including the two-body problem, galactic stability, globular clusters, spiral arms, and galactic collisions. Computational methods such as calculation of grid-based and particle-based potentials will also be discussed and applied.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 532 Cosmology 3.0 Credits
Covers cosmological models, age and distance scales in the universe, the hot big bang, primordial nucleosynthesis, inflation, baryonic and non-baryonic matter, galaxy formation and evolution, dynamics of structure formation, statistics of cosmological density fields, and cosmic background fluctuations.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 541 Atmospheric Physics I 3.0 Credits
Chemical composition, transformation and evolution; radiation spectra, absorption, scattering and heat transfer; thermodynamics and cloud and precipitation microphysics; surface fluxes, thermal structure and energy balance; optics and acoustics: observational methods and remote-sensing techniques.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 542 Atmospheric Physics II 3.0 Credits
Chemical composition, transformation and evolution; radiation spectra, absorption, scattering and heat transfer; thermodynamics and cloud and precipitation microphysics; surface fluxes, thermal structure and energy balance; optics and acoustics: observational methods and remote-sensing techniques.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 543 Atmospheric Physics III 3.0 Credits
Chemical composition, transformation and evolution; radiation spectra, absorption, scattering and heat transfer; thermodynamics and cloud and precipitation microphysics; surface fluxes, thermal structure and energy balance; optics and acoustics: observational methods and remote-sensing techniques.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 544 Large Scale Atmospheric Dynamics I 3.0 Credits
Theoretical thermodynamics and atmospheric energetics; flow on a rotating sphere; general circulation; barotropic and baroclinic instability; cyclonic circulations.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 545 Large Scale Atmospheric Dynamics II 3.0 Credits
Theoretical thermodynamics and atmospheric energetics; flow on a rotating sphere; general circulation; barotropic and baroclinic instability; cyclonic circulations.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 546 Large Scale Atmospheric Dynamics III 3.0 Credits
Theoretical thermodynamics and atmospheric energetics; flow on a rotating sphere; general circulation; barotropic and baroclinic instability; cyclonic circulations.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 547 Small Scale Atmospheric Dynamics I 3.0 Credits
Theory of turbulent flows and perturbation analysis of waves; boundary-layer processes, including diffusion; storm microphysics and dynamics.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 548 Small Scale Atmospheric Dynamics II 3.0 Credits
Theory of turbulent flows and perturbation analysis of waves; boundary-layer processes, including diffusion; storm microphysics and dynamics.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 549 Small Scale Atmospheric Dynamics III 3.0 Credits
Theory of turbulent flows and perturbation analysis of waves; boundary-layer processes, including diffusion; storm microphysics and dynamics.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 553 Nanoscience 3.0 Credits
Physical basis of nanoscale materials and systems including discussion of low-dimensional structures and their physical properties, the self-assembly of nanostructures, applications in various fields of science and technology, and techniques for fabrication and characterization on the nanoscale.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 561 Biophysics 3.0 Credits
A one-course introduction to Biophysics. Topics may include structure of biomolecules, protein stability, electron transfer, protein folding, protein substrates, allostery, and self-assembly. No biological background is assumed.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 562 Computational Biophysics 3.0 Credits
Covers mathematical applications of biological simulations. Using classical and statistical mechanics, we will cover topics including atomic scale simulations, statistical sampling, and models of molecular cellular systems and living processes.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 563 Single Molecule Methods 3.0 Credits
Covers the principles, operations and applications of the most commonly used single molecule methods in biophysics, including scanning probe microscopy and spectroscopy, optical trapping and fluorescence resonance energy transfer techniques.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 571 Nonlinear Dynamics 3.0 Credits
This course introduces the basic ideas of the new science of nonlinear dynamics and develops methods to carry out fundamental computations of fractal dimension, Lyapunov exponents, and topological invariants.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 576 Nuclear and Particle Physics 3.0 Credits
Covers the nucleus as a neutron-proton system, including stable and unstable nuclei, nuclear spectra and radioactive decay, fission and fusion, experimental methods, fundamental forces, the quark model of hadrons, electroweak unification, and unifying theories.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 601 Advanced Quantum Mechanics I 3.0 Credits
Relativistic one-particle quantum mechanics; Dirac theory radiation theory; free fields; interactions; quantum electrodynamics; introduction to elementary particle theory; quantum chromodynamics.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 602 Advanced Quantum Mechanics II 3.0 Credits
Relativistic one-particle quantum mechanics; Dirac theory radiation theory; free fields; interactions; quantum electrodynamics; introduction to elementary particle theory; quantum chromodynamics.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 603 Advanced Quantum Mechanics III 3.0 Credits
Relativistic one-particle quantum mechanics; Dirac theory radiation theory; free fields; interactions; quantum electrodynamics; introduction to elementary particle theory; quantum chromodynamics.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 626 Solid State Physics I 3.0 Credits
Crystal lattices; Bloch theorem; classical and quantum theory of lattice vibrations; phonons, electron states in solids; calculation of energy bands and Fermi surfaces; dynamics of electrons in metals; electron-electron interactions; plasmons; electron-phonon interactions; polarons; semiconductor and insulator crystals; transport properties of solids; thermal properties; optical properties; magnetism; magnons; superconductivity.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 627 Solid State Physics II 3.0 Credits
Crystal lattices; Bloch theorem; classical and quantum theory of lattice vibrations; phonons, electron states in solids; calculation of energy bands and Fermi surfaces; dynamics of electrons in metals; electron-electron interactions; plasmons; electron-phonon interactions; polarons; semiconductor and insulator crystals; transport properties of solids; thermal properties; optical properties; magnetism; magnons; superconductivity.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 628 Solid State Physics III 3.0 Credits
Crystal lattices; Bloch theorem; classical and quantum theory of lattice vibrations; phonons, electron states in solids; calculation of energy bands and Fermi surfaces; dynamics of electrons in metals; electron-electron interactions; plasmons; electron-phonon interactions; polarons; semiconductor and insulator crystals; transport properties of solids; thermal properties; optical properties; magnetism; magnons; superconductivity.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 631 Relativity Theory I 3.0 Credits
Covers particle and field dynamics in special relativity, tensor calculus for Riemannian space-time manifolds, Einstein's gravitational field equations and their principal solutions in general relativity, black holes, general relativistic variational principles, big bang cosmology, and quantization of general relativity.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 632 Relativity Theory II 3.0 Credits
Continues PHYS 631.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 633 Relativity Theory III 3.0 Credits
Continues PHYS 632.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 643 Physics of the Upper Atmosphere 3.0 Credits
Structure of the methods of probing the upper atmosphere; solar radiation; aurorae; cosmic rays, the ionosphere; geomagnetism, meteors.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 644 Atmospheric Numerical Prediction Techniques 3.0 Credits
Application of modern numerical methods to the prediction of atmospheric motions; initialization and assimilation methods; filtering, verification, and testing.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 645 Atmospheric Analysis Techniques 3.0 Credits
Covers analysis and interpretation of meteorological data, including statistical and objective techniques. Uses data sources including satellites, radars, and special observational networks. Includes evaluation of analysis techniques, and initialization and assimilation in numerical models.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 646 Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion 3.0 Credits
Introduction to mechanics of turbulence, structure of atmospheric turbulence and its role in diffusion of contaminants.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 676 Nuclear Physics I 3.0 Credits
Review of systematics of experimental phenomena; nuclear structure theory, including shell model, interacting-boson model, Hartree-Fock approaches, and collective models; intermediate energy theory and experiment, including electron, nucleon, and pion scattering and reactions; group theoretical approaches; interfaces of quark-meson-nucleon coexistence.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 677 Nuclear Physics II 3.0 Credits
Review of systematics of experimental phenomena; nuclear structure theory, including shell model, interacting-boson model, Hartree-Fock approaches, and collective models; intermediate energy theory and experiment, including electron, nucleon, and pion scattering and reactions; group theoretical approaches; interfaces of quark-meson-nucleon coexistence.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 678 Nuclear Physics III 3.0 Credits
Review of systematics of experimental phenomena; nuclear structure theory, including shell model, interacting-boson model, Hartree-Fock approaches, and collective models; intermediate energy theory and experiment, including electron, nucleon, and pion scattering and reactions; group theoretical approaches; interfaces of quark-meson-nucleon coexistence.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 699 Independent Study 1.0-6.0 Credit
Independent study in Physics under direction of a faculty member.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated 4 times for 12 credits
PHYS 750 Special Topics 0.5-9.0 Credits
Assignment of readings and study in current topics of experimental and theoretical interest.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
PHYS 865 Overview of Gradute Physics I 3.0 Credits
Methodology for efficient solution of Ph.D. candidacy exam-type problems; main quantitative theoretical relations and selected problems reviewed in mathematical physics, classical mechanics, electromagnetism, optics, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, statistical physics, and atomic physics.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 898 Master's Thesis 0.5-20.0 Credits
Master's thesis.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
PHYS 997 Research 1.0-12.0 Credit
Research.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
PHYS 998 Ph.D. Dissertation 1.0-12.0 Credit
Ph.D. dissertation.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
