Typical Graduate Program
The following table shows the course sequence for a typical graduate study program. The course numbers refer to numbers in the GW Bulletin. Descriptions of these courses can also be found in the Graduate Courses Bulletin.
The number of credit hours is in parentheses.
| Semester 1 | 6120 (4) Advanced Mechanics |
6110 (4) Mathematical Methods |
6130 (1) Computational Physics I |
6590 Colloquium |
| Semester 2 | 6210 (4) Electrodynamics |
6220 (4) Quantum Mechanics I |
6230 (1) Computational Physics II |
6590 Colloquium |
| Semester 3 | 6310 (4) Statistical Mechanics |
6320 (4) Quantum Mechanics II |
6330 (1) Computational Physics III |
6590 Colloquium |
| Semester 4 | 6610 Nuclear+Particle I (3) or 6620 Bio I (3) or 6630 Astro I (3) |
81X0 Selected Topics in Astro/Bio/Nuclear Physics (3) |
6510 (3) Phys. Comm. |
6590 Colloquium |
| Semester 5 | 6710 Nuclear+Particle II (3) or 6720 Bio II (3) or 6730 Astro II (3) |
8998 Adv. Reading and Research (3) |
Elective | 6590 Colloquium |
| Ph. D. Thesis Proposal | ||||
| Semester 6 | 8999 Thesis Research | Elective | Elective | 6590 Colloquium |
| Ph. D. Thesis Research (under CCAS 940 registration) | ||||
| Ph. D. Thesis Defense | ||||
