PhD Coursework

30 course work hours required with a "B-" or better in each course:

27 hours—Physics 5000+
3 hours—Suitable grad-level course(s) (You may take a Physics graduate course to satisfy the requirement).

30 hours of dissertation credit.

1 dissertation hour = full time for pre-comps students.
5 hours of dissertation or course work = full time for post-comps students.
10 dissertation hour/semester limit.
No more than 10 dissertation hours taken before Comps III can count toward the 30.
    (The semester comps III is taken does not count against the 10-hour limit.)

• Full time status requirements:

  Pre-comps—5 credit hours or 1⁺ hours of doctoral dissertation.
  Post-comps—5 credit hours.

• Successful completion of five of the six courses below ("B-" or better) will fulfill Comps I:

  Quantum Mechanics (Physics 5250-5260)
  Electromagnetic Theory (Physics 7310-7320)
  Statistical Mechanics (Physics 7230)
  and Theoretical Mechanics (Physics 5210).