Applied Physics, M.S.

The program course outline and graduation requirements for this catalog year are listed below.  The department website provides an overview of the program, including admission requirements, faculty biographies, learning outcomes, and careers: https://www.southernct.edu/academics/physics/programs.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS - 36 CREDITS

'B' or better average required.

Core Courses (18 Credits)
PHY 507 – Applied Physics Graduate Seminar
PHY 512 – Methods of Theoretical Physics I 
CHE 520 – Advanced Physical chemistry I
CSC 541 – Digital Image Processing 

Select two from: 
MBA 502 – Statistical Decision Making
MBA 504 – Organizational Behavior 
MBA 505 – Marketing Management 
MBA 506 – Financial and Managerial Accounting 

Choose One Track (6 Credits)

Materials Science/Nano Track
PHY 519 – Nanotech I: Fundamentals of Nanoscience
PHY 521 – Nanotech II: Characterization of Nanomaterials 

Optics/Optical Instrumentation Track
PHY 530 – Optics and Detector Physics 
PHY 531 – Interferometric Methods in Imaging and Precision Measurement 

Elective Courses (6 Credits)
PHY 513 – Methods of Theoretical Physics II
PHY 522 – Nanoscale Fabrication and Synthesis 
PHY 523 – Nanotech IV-Nanosystems Laboratory 
CSC 551 – Pattern Recognition 
CSC 561 – Scientific Visualization 
CHE 532 – Advanced Inorganic Chemistry 
MBA 502 – Statistical Decision Making 
MBA 504 – Organizational Behavior 
MBA 505 – Marketing Management 
MBA 506 – Financial and Managerial Accounting 
MBA 507 – Legal and Ethical Issues in Business and Management 
MBA 510 – Project Management 
MBA 512 – Strategic Factors in Marketing 
MBA 515 – International Entrepreneurship 
MBA 537 – Product Management 
MBA 538 – Marketing Analysis and Measurement 
MBA 548 – Business Process Excellence 

Capstone (6 Credits)
Select Thesis or Special Project

Master's Thesis
PHY 590 – Thesis Research I
PHY 591 – Thesis Research II

Special Project
PHY 580 – Special Project 
May in some cases be completed with a host company where the student will complete the work and be overseen by an on-campus adviser.