The level of preparation for students entering the graduate program is as follows: Marion, Mechanics; Reitz, Milford and Christy, Electricity and Magnetism; Jenkins and White, Optics; Zemansky, Thermodynamics; Tipler, Atomic Physics. Entering graduate students should have completed the equivalents of physics courses: PHYS-175 (Thermodynamics, 1 - semester), PHYS-176 (Optics, 1 semester), PHYS-178/179 (Electricity and Magnetism - 2 semesters), PHYS-182/183 (Physical Mechanics - 2 semesters), PHYS-190/191 (Quantum Physics - 2 semesters), PHYS-192/193 (Introduction to Mathematical Physics - 2 semesters), PHYS-194/195 (Experimental Physics - 2 semesters), and PHYS-196 (Senior Thesis).
The level of preparation for students entering the graduate
program is as follows: Marion, Mechanics; Reitz, Milford and
Christy, Electricity and Magnetism; Jenkins and White, Optics;
Zemansky, Thermodynamics; Tipler, Atomic Physics. Entering graduate
students should have completed the equivalents of physics courses:
PHYS-175 (Thermodynamics, 1 - semester), PHYS-176 (Optics, 1
semester), PHYS-178/179 (Electricity and Magnetism - 2 semesters),
PHYS-182/183 (Physical Mechanics - 2 semesters), PHYS-190/191
(Quantum Physics - 2 semesters), PHYS-192/193 (Introduction to
Mathematical Physics - 2 semesters), PHYS-194/195 (Experimental
Physics - 2 semesters), and PHYS-196 (Senior Thesis).
