Plan of Study
A thesis track and a non-thesis track are available.  (30 credits for both tracks.)

required courses (for both):

• PHY 502: Electrodynamics
• PHY 505: Optical Instrumentation
• PHY 507: Quantum Mechanics I
• PHY 513: Solid State Physics for Optics
• PHY 515: Modern Optics Laboratory

Thesis Track: 6 credits of thesis research and at least 9 credits from the list below

Non-Thesis Track: at least 15 credits from the list below

Elective courses:

• PHY 603: Lasers I
• PHY 604: Lasers II
• PHY 606: Physical Optics
• PHY 607: Quantum Mechanics II
• PHY 608: Nonlinear Optics
• PHY 613: Statistical Mechanics
• PHY 620: Advanced Mathematical Methods for Physics
• PHY 623: Classical Mechanics
• PHY 628: Atomic Physics & Spectroscopy
• PHY 642: Quantum Optics
• PHY 648: Fiber Optics
• PHY 658: Laser Cooling & Trapping
• PHY 662: Radiation, Detection, and Noise