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Graduate Program in Physics

 

Graduate Program   Degree Programs   Admission Requirements   Financial Support   Course Offerings

 

Graduate credit is given for courses offered at the 500- and 600-level.  Courses at the 500-level are designed for students requiring advanced undergraduate material that they have not covered, prior to entering 600-level course work.  Twelve semester hours of work at the 600-level or above must be completed. 

 

For all official information and course descriptions, please consult the Miami Bulletin.

  

Schedule of Graduate Courses

Course Name Course Number(s) Offered
Molecular and Cellular Biophysics PHY 521 Spring semester, even years
Materials Physics PHY 523 Fall semester, even years
Nano Science Technology PHY 527 Spring
Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics PHY 537 Fall
Optics and Laser Physics PHY 541 Spring semester, even years
Spectroscopy PHY 542 Spring semester, odd years
Classical Mechanics PHY 551 Fall
Electromagnetic Theory PHY 561 Spring
Seismology PHY 567 Spring
Advanced Electronics PHY 571 Fall semester, odd years
Gravitation and Space Time PHY 581 Spring 2012 new course
Special Topics PHY 620 offered infrequently
Solid State Physics PHY 623  Fall semester, odd years
Adv. Kinetic Theory & Statistical Mechanics PHY 642 Spring semester, even years
Quantum and Nonlinear Optics PHY 651 Spring (alternates w/ PHY 691)
Electromagnetism PHY 671 Spring semester, odd years
Advanced Mathematical Physics PHY 681 offered infrequently
Modern Quantum Physics PHY 691 Fall
Modern Quantum Physics II PHY 692 Spring (alternates w/ PHY 651)