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Program
Requirements
Physics,
MA
Campus
Location:
Main Campus
Full-time/Part-time
Status
Students are required to complete the degree program through classes offered before and after 4:30 p.m.
General
Program Requirements:
Number of Didactic credits
required beyond the Baccalaureate:
24
Required Courses:
Physics 401, 402, 411, 421, 422, 431, and remaining courses will be identified in consultation with the graduate advisor and are subject to the approval of the Graduate Program Committee.
Internship:
False
Language Examination:
False
Culminating
Events:
Culminating Exam
Comprehensive Exam Description - The MA Comprehensive Examination tests the student's mastery of undergraduate physics and the subject matter corresponding to three semesters of full-time Graduate Study. Primarily, the examination provides an assessment of the student's ability to apply physical principles to the analysis of concrete problems. It consists of a three-part written examination and a one-hour oral examination.Comprehensive Exam Subject - General subject areas covered by the examination include classical mechanics, classical electromagnetic theory, quantum mechanics, optics, thermodynamics and statistical physics, and mathematical physics.Comprehensive Exam Complete - Students are required to take the M.A. Comprehensive Examination no later than after completion of two years of full-time graduate study. In the event of failure, the exam (which is given in January and August) may be retaken once or twice but must be passed by the end of the student's third year of graduate study. Otherwise, the student will be dropped from the graduate program.Comprehensive Exam Write - An Examination Committee, appointed by the Department Chair and made up of about 8 members of the Graduate Faculty, writes the examination.Comprehensive Exam Grade - The committee members who write the questions also evaluate the answers, scoring each answer on the basis of 10 points and awarding partial credit where appropriate.Comprehensive Exam Pass - After the student takes the M.A. Comprhensive Examination, the department makes a decision based on the student's performance on the examination as well as the student's overall graduate record as to whether the student is qualified to receive the M.A. degree.Comprehensive Exam Schedule - The M.A. Comprehensive Examination is given twice a year, in January and August. Students must register with the Graduate Secretary who will notify them of the registration deadline. The examination has three written parts, given on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of the specified week. Each part runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is proctored by a faculty member. After the results of the written examination have been evaluated, each student is given a one-hour oral examination by a committee made up of several members of the Graduate Faculty.
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