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2010-2011 General Catalog 
    
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Physics, PhD


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In addition to the general requirements, a total of nine courses (27 credits) are required for all PhD students.

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The State of Matter requirement can be fulfilled by taking any one of PHYS 6330  (Plasma Physics I), PHYS 6530  (Solid State Physics I), or PHYS 6930  (Quantum Field Theory I). These courses must be completed no more than one year after PhD qualification. Each student is required to pass PHYS 5800  (Physics Colloquium) for four consecutive semesters, beginning with the first semester after matriculation. The student must also take an oral candidacy examination, consisting of a presentation made by the student, then followed by questions from departmental faculty. The presentation and questions will be based upon a research topic set by the student’s supervisory committee. The candidacy oral examination will normally occur no later than the fifth semester after the student begins graduate coursework. The student will have at least two months to prepare for the examination.

The student must also complete a research dissertation and give an oral defense of the dissertation. Furthermore, the PhD candidate is expected to give two colloquia to the department. The first of these will normally be given at the time of submission of the research proposal, with the other given at the time the dissertation is completed.

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