Physics
该系提供全面的学习和电子游戏正规平台项目，可获得哲学博士学位.D.), with an interim Master of Science. Students may also obtain a Master of Science in Teaching (M.S.T.) in conjunction with the Lynch School of Education and Human Development. Courses emphasize a strong foundation in the basic principles of physics, 准备学生在指导老师的指导下进行高级电子游戏正规平台. 电子游戏正规平台生不仅被鼓励与他们的电子游戏正规平台顾问密切合作, but also to draw upon the experience of the entire faculty and other graduate students. Our students are trained primarily to carry out independent research at the Ph.D. level, and our graduates have gone on to successful careers in many areas.
Doctoral Program
学生通过博士综合考试和电子游戏正规平台计划考试(RPE)后，由教师推荐进入博士课程。. Upon the student's passing performance of the RPE, the student and their advisor, in consultation with the Chairperson, shall establish a doctoral thesis committee consisting of the student’s advisor, who will chair the committee, and at least three additional tenure-track or tenured faculty members, with at least two from the physics department.
Requirements
Twelve courses are required for the doctorate degree. 这些课程包括涵盖经典物理和量子物理基础领域的七门课程, a graduate seminar, 加上四个额外的分布课程在不同的领域，从部门的电子游戏正规平台生选修课或从其他电子游戏正规平台生部门与主席的批准选择. 在这四门选修课中，我们强烈推荐两门凝聚态物理课程.
Some teaching or equivalent educational experience is required. 担任助教至少一年或担任适当的教学职务，即可满足上述要求. 每个学生都安排了最适合他们整体学习计划的教学计划.
Comprehensive Examination
The comprehensive examination is a written exam that covers all of physics that a physics graduate student can be expected to know at the end of one year of formal course work in the curriculum; however, it will stress classical mechanics, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, and statistical physics. The examination is prepared and administered by a faculty committee, appointed by the Chairperson, 考试结果经本系全体教员同意，由本委员会评定.
The examination is offered twice a year, the week before the beginning of each semester. 学生必须通过两门考试中的一门，才能在第二年结束前继续电子游戏正规平台生课程. 第一次考试不及格的学生必须在下次考试时再试一次. 第一次尝试通常是在学生的第二个秋季学期开始前一周进行的秋季考试. If unsuccessful, the second try would be a spring exam, one week before the beginning of their second spring semester. With approval, 特别准备充分和合格的学生可以通过提前一周到达参加秋季考试或在第一年参加春季考试来首次尝试考试. 选择这样做的学生，如果第一次尝试没有通过，必须在下个学期开始之前参加综合考试.
Research Proposal Examination
Within one year of passing the comprehensive examination, a student shall take the Research Proposal Exam (RPE). 口试的目的是让学生理解某一电子游戏正规平台领域的电子游戏正规平台成果，并确定一个电子游戏正规平台项目，解决该领域一个或多个开放性的重要问题. The RPE will be a 40-minute, public presentation followed by 20 minutes of questions by the exam committee in private. 提案应包括学生如何提出解决开放性问题的详细解释，最好包括初步结果. RPE的主题将由电子游戏正规平台生的电子游戏正规平台顾问选择，不一定是学生的最终论文主题. 这些问题不会局限于RPE主题，但也会要求学生展示一定的广度. 考试将由学生的博士论文指导老师准备的委员会进行评估，该委员会将由至少两名额外的系教员组成. The student will have at most two opportunities to pass this exam. 第一次考试未通过的考生必须在6个月内进行第二次考试. Students will not advance to Ph.D. candidacy without passing the RPE, 并在两次不成功后，将不会获得部门的额外助教支援.
Thesis Defense
Upon the student's passing performance of the RPE, the student and their advisor, in consultation with the Chairperson, shall establish a doctoral thesis committee consisting of at least four members, including the student’s advisor, who will chair the committee, and at least three additional tenure-track or tenured faculty members, with at least two of these from the physics department, in addition to the chairperson. 委员会将阅读和评估完成的论文，并举行公开会议，论文答辩在口头考试. 论文经博士论文委员会口头审查后，在正式标题页上批注后，论文被接受.
Admissions Information
对合格学生的经济支持以助教的形式提供. Research assistantships are also available during the summer and academic year, depending on the research area and the extent of current funding. 请查看我们的网站了解与GRE能力倾向测试和高级测试相关的要求. Students whose native language is not English must provide evidence of English proficiency.
General Information
Waivers of departmental requirements, if not in violation of graduate school requirements, 可由电子游戏正规平台生事务委员会的建议及主席的批准而授予.
Research Information
物理系是一个以电子游戏正规平台为导向的系，其教师在实验和理论领域都有参与. The department is one of the strongest in materials and optics research, of both fundamental and applied topics. 一些当前感兴趣的领域是超导的凝聚态物理领域, photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, nanomaterials, plasmonics, plasmas, topological states, quantum information science, 2D atomic crystals, and other strongly correlated electron systems. Cutting-edge research facilities are available to our graduate students, including: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM); thin film growth; Raman and Infrared microscopy; thermal and electrical conductivity at low temperatures and in the presence of high magnetic field; Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM/A-NSOM); x-ray; NMR; materials/nano-materials; (Clean Room) preparation laboratories; graduate and undergraduate computational facilities; and access to the University computing system.
The Department of Physics is constantly enhancing and supplementing these facilities. In addition, the Department has developed strong ties to many outside facilities, including Los Alamos National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, the Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (ICAM), Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Naval Research Laboratory, and the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. 电子游戏软件参与波士顿地区电子游戏正规平台生院联盟，使学生能够交叉注册波士顿大学的电子游戏正规平台生课程, Brandeis University, and Tufts University. 希望获得更详细信息的学生可以写信给物理系或访问 mackinbridges.net/physics.