MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PHYSICS-OPTIONS
A. PREPARATION FOR DOCTORAL WORK
Many students enroll in the M.S. program in physics in order to test their ability to do doctoral work in the field. In this respect, the course work and research experiences that are offered at Bowling Green provide an excellent opportunity to do this. Any student wishing to pursue a doctoral degree upon receiving the Master of Science degree here is strongly advised to enroll in the Plan I (thesis) option. It has been the experience of many M.S. graduates of this program that the experience gained in completing the thesis research is invaluable in their future doctoral program.
A sample two-year doctoral preparation program leading to the M. S. degree is given below:
Fall Semester
PHYS 601 Techniques of Experimental Physics 3 PHYS 602 Advanced Classical Mechanics 3 PHYS 606 Techniques of Computational Physics 3 PHYS 528 Microcomputer Interfacing 3 OR MATS 501 Survey of Materials Science 3 OR PHYS 684 Readings Course in Topic of Interest 3 PHYS 681 Research Seminar 2 ______ 14
Spring Semester
PHYS 603 Advanced Electrodynamics 3 PHYS 605 Advanced Quantum Mechanics 3 PHYS 684 Readings Course in Topic of Interest 3 OR MATS 502 Survey of Materials Science II 3 PHYS 699 Thesis Research 1 PHYS 681 Research Seminar 2 ______ 12* Recommended for students wishing to pursue an experimental thesis
Summer Semester
PHYS 610 Advanced Solid State Physics or CS elect. 3 PHYS 699 Thesis Research 9-12 _____ 12
SECOND YEAR
Fall Semester
PHYS 604 Statistical Mechanics 3 PHYS 681 Research Seminar 2 PHYS 699 Thesis Research & elective 7 ______ 12
Spring Semester
PHYS 681 Research Seminar 2 PHYS 699 Thesis Research & elective 10 _____ 12
Robert I. Boughton
Chair, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Director, Center for Materials Science
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403
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