{"id":11765,"date":"2019-11-05T10:51:28","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T15:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/?page_id=11765"},"modified":"2025-05-15T12:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:09:27","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/academics\/ph-d-in-physics\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ph.D. in Physics<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Ph.D. Physics\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-ph-d-physics\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-11786\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11786\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/academics\/ph-d-in-physics\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-11783\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11783\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/academics\/ph-d-in-physics\/admission\/\">Admission<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-11780\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11780\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/academics\/ph-d-in-physics\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-12592\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-12592\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/academics\/ph-d-in-physics\/graduate-faqs\/\">FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout right  \">\n<a class=\"cl-button  block-level prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/academics\/course-descriptions\/\" title=\"\">course descriptions<\/a>\n\n<a class=\"cl-button  block-level\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/academics\/graduate-student-learning-outcomes\/\" title=\"\">graduate student learning outcomes<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Requirements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 72 course credits including 33 credits of required core physics courses in an approved individualized program of study. 42 credits must be earned at URI with full-time residence for at least two semesters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Core Courses<\/strong> (Required for all students)<br>PHY510: Mathematical Methods of Physics I<br>PHY520: Classical Dynamics<br>PHY525: Statistical Physics I<br>PHY530: Electromagnetism I<br>PHY570: Quantum Mechanics I<br>PHY580: Condensed Matter Physics I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Physics track<\/strong><br>In addition to the core courses, students in the Physics track will be required to take: PHY610: Mathematical Methods of Physics II<br>PHY630: Electromagnetism II<br>PHY670: Quantum Mechanics II<br>PHY680: Condensed Matter Physics II<br>PHY625: Statistical Physics II <strong>or<\/strong> PHY 626: Statistical Physics III<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Applied Physics track<\/strong><br>In addition to the core courses, students in the Applied Physics track will be required to take: <br>PHY540: Modern Biological Physics<br>PHY560: Experimental Methods<br>PHY625: Statistical Physics II <strong>or<\/strong> PHY 626: Statistical Physics III<br>PHY630: Electromagnetism II <strong>or<\/strong> PHY670: Quantum Mechanics II<br>PHY610: Mathematical Methods of Physics II <strong>or<\/strong> PHY680: Condensed Matter Physics II<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Qualifying examination<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comprehensive examination<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doctoral dissertation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oral defense of dissertation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minimum grade of C for any course credit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minimum grade average of B<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These requirements must be completed within 7 years of entrance into the program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>M.S. degree is not a prerequisite. The dissertation may be written in absentia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A well-prepared student entering with a B.S. degree in Physics should be able to complete the Ph. D. degree program in five years or less.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ph.D. in Physics Curriculum Requirements A total of 72 course credits including 33 credits of required core physics courses in an approved individualized program of study. 42 credits must be earned at URI with full-time residence for at least two semesters Core Courses (Required for all students)PHY510: Mathematical Methods of Physics IPHY520: Classical DynamicsPHY525: Statistical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":2482,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-11765","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11765"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12587,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11765\/revisions\/12587"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}