Georgia Institute of Technology College of Sciences 4 courses 12 total credits
All PhD programs must incorporate a standard set of Requirements for the Doctoral Degree. The PhD degree in physics requires: Successful completion of a set of core physics courses; Successfully passing a Comprehensive Exam (consisting of a written Thesis Proposal and an oral Proposal Exam); Successful completion of a minimum of 2 lecture type physics graduate courses (numbered 6000-level or higher; not including the core courses); Successful completion of set of courses in a `minorβ subject; a written PhD thesis Students are admitted to candidacy when they have completed the first two steps above. The core physics courses required by the School are as follows: In some cases, courses taken to complete the Physics elective requirement (#3 above) may be used to satisfy the Institute requirement that every doctoral student earn 6 credit hours in a minor course of study in a scientific subfield different from the subfield of their PhD thesis research. Alternatively, these credit hours are earned in a school other than physics. Finally, each student must prepare a written dissertation that summarizes the PhD research and present a public, oral defense of the dissertation to a Thesis Exam Committee.
| Total Credits | 12 credits |
Core Physics Courses
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PHYS 6103 | Electromagnetism | 3 |
| PHYS 6105 | Quantum Mechanics I | 3 |
| PHYS 6107 | Statistical Mechanics I | 3 |
| PHYS 6106 | Quantum Mechanics II | 3 |
| Total Core Physics Courses | 12 credits | |
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