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COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
- GRADUATE
www.as.miami.edu
Degree Programs
All graduate students in physics must plan their entire program
with the advice and approval of a departmental advisor.
The program of graduate studies in physics emphasizes research
work, but also includes teaching experience as an essential
element. Research and thesis opportunities are at present
available in the fields of astrophysics and cosmology, atmospheric
and ocean optics, complexity, condensed matter physics, elementary
particle theory, plasma physics.
In addition to the general requirements for graduate degrees,
the Physics Department makes the following specific requirements
A. Submission of scores on the Graduate Record Examination
(Aptitude Test and Advanced Test in Physics) with the application
for admission.
B. A minimum of 24 physics course credits at the 500-600
level are required for the PhD.
C. The following specific courses, or their equivalent,
are required for the PhD degree: PHY 540, 560, 561, 623,
650, 651, 670, 671. Also required: three additional physics
lecture courses at the 500 or 600 level.
D. For the M.S. degree no more than three credits for reading
courses may be counted, and no more than two credits of
seminars. Up to six credits may be earned in thesis work
for this degree.
E. The physics department offers a comprehensive graduate
examination each year. A passing grade at an appropriate
level is required for either the M.S. or the Ph.D. A student
is required to take the exam each year and is allowed two
attempts toward a passing grade.
F. Courses taken outside the department should be relevant
to the students program and approved by the graduate advisor.
G. Students are required to participate in research at the
earliest opportunity. Specifically, upon passing the written
graduate examination and before the end of the following
semester, the student is required to select a faculty member
who consents to serve as the students Ph.D. thesis advisor.
Student and thesis advisor are to form, in a timely fashion,
a dissertation committee to review an oral presentation
of the student’s initial research activities and future
plans. Should a student need to select a new thesis advisor,
this selection must be made without delay, and the review
process must be repeated.
H. Renewal of financial support from the department is contingent,
each semester, upon satisfactory performance of teaching
duties and research activities, and upon timely progress
towards completion of all requirements for the Ph.D. degree.
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