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Full details are presented in the Department of Physics and Astronomy Graduate Student Handbook
Contact the Graduate Registrar for further details.
Graduate Advising Guidelines & Expectations
Entering PhD students are expected to enroll in Physics 256 (Instruction in Teaching for Graduate Students) fall and winter term, which is taken in addition to three regular course credits.
A student will be admitted to PhD candidacy upon:
Physics Students:
The core competency requirement is satisfied by earning a grade of HP or P in the following courses: P90 Intermediate Quantum Mechanics; P101 Classical Mechanics; P104 Statistical Mechanics; and P105 Electromagnetic Theory I.
Students must achieve thesis proposal certification by the end of the fall term of their fourth year, in order to remain in good standing. The Department will admit students who successfully complete these requirements to PhD candidacy.
Astronomy students:
Students must achieve thesis proposal certification by the end of the fall term of their fourth year, in order to remain in good standing. The department will admit students who successfully complete these requirements to PhD candidacy.
The candidate will receive the PhD degree upon:
It is expected that most students will receive the PhD degree by the end of the fifth year of graduate study.