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Recommended Course Sequence (Plan A):
(Note:there is a special course sequence for the Teaching Certificate track which is
found separately in this handbook)
| First year | |
| Fall | Spring |
| Core course 1 |
Core course 2 |
| Graduate Seminar (PHY 791 or 591) |
Ind. Dir. Study or Readings(PHY 793 or PHY 795) |
| Elective | Graduate Seminar |
| Ind. Dir. Study or readings (PHY 793 or 795) | |
| Second year | |
| Fall | Spring |
| Core course 3 | Core course 4 |
| Masters Thesis (PHY 799) | Masters Thesis (PHY 799) |
| Graduate Seminar |
Graduate Seminar |
| Elective(s) |
Elective(s) |
- Each core course (PHY 611, PHY 621, PHY 631, PHY 641) is offered every other year.
- PHY 793/795/797 serves as an introduction to research with a faculty member.
- Electives can be any 500- , 600-, or 700-level physics course, or appropriate courses from another department that are directly related to your thesis research.
- Teaching Fellows are limited to a total of 18 cr. hrs. per year (Fall+Spring+Summer).
- Plan B students substitute Ind. Dir. Research (PHY 797, 3 cr. hrs.) for the two Masters Thesis courses; a formal report on the research is required.