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:


FIRST YEAR

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
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                                                           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
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                                                           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
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                                                           12

SECOND YEAR

Fall Semester

PHYS	604	Statistical Mechanics			    3
PHYS    681     Research Seminar                            2
PHYS    699     Thesis Research & elective                  7
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                                                           12

Spring Semester

PHYS     681    Research Seminar                            2
PHYS     699    Thesis Research & elective                 10
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                                                           12


Please refer to the Physics and Astronomy Courses for more complete descriptions of courses.

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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