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J. B., JR.; CONNOLLY, J. W. D.; DUFTY, J. W.; DUNNAM, F. E.;
FLOWERS, J. W.; GREEN, A. E. S.; HANSON, H. P.; HOOPER, C. F., JR.; ISLER,
R. C.; LEBO, G. R.; L6WDIN, P.-O.; MICHA, D. A.; MUGA, M. L.; NEVIS, A. H.;
OHRN, N. Y.; OMER, G. C., JR.; PARKINSON, M. T.; PEPINSKY, R.; PETERSON,
L. R.; PRASAD, S. S.; ROSENSHEIN, J. S.; SLATER, J. C.; SMITH, A. G.;
SWANSON, D. C. (emeritus); THOMAS, B. S.; TRICKEY, S. B.; VAN RINSVELT,
H. A.; WARD, G. D.; WELLER, H. R.; WILLIAMS, D. T.
Graduate Coordinator: K. R. ALLEN
 An undergraduate major in physics, or its equivalent, is prerequisite to
undertaking a graduate program in physics. For the Master of Science
degree, the student must have passed two academic years or the equivalent of a
college-level foreign language (ordinarily French or German or Russian, but
another language may be approved by his Supervisory Committee), or he
must attain a score at or above the national 35th percentile on an approved
ETS foreign language examination.
 Some students will elect to complete the work for the Master of Science
degree before continuing work for the Doctor of Philosophy, while others will
work directly for the latter degree.
 A reading knowledge of one of the three languages named above, as evi-
denced by a score at or above the 50th percentile on an approved ETS
foreign language examination, or a functional knowledge of one of them,
is required of the candidate for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

COURSES FOR ADVANCED UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATES
PS 500-INTERMEDIATE DYNAMICS. 3 credits
PS 510-ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS. 3 credits
PS 515-ELECTRONICS 1. 3 credits
PS 516-ELECTRONICS 2. 3 credits
PS 520-FUNDAMENTALS OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS 2. 3 credits
PS 530-CLASSICAL AND MODERN OPTICS. 4 credits
PS 541-MODERN PHYSICS 3. 3 credits
PS 542-OPTICAL SPECTRA. 3 credits
PS 550-INTRODUCTORY SOLID STATE PHYSICS. 3 credits
PS 560-NUCLEAR PHYSICS. 3 credits
PS 566-LABORATORY TECHNIQUES IN NUCLEAR PHYSICS 2. 2 credits
PS 570--INTRODUCTION TO PARTICLE PHYSICS. 3 credits
PS 590-INDIVIDUAL WORK. 3 to 5 credits
 GRADUATE COURSES
PS 601-CLASSICAL MECHANICS. 3 credits
 Review of Lagrangian mechanics; special relativity, Hamiltonian mechanics,
 canonical transformations, Hamilton-Jacobi theory, action angle variables, the me-
 chanics of continuous media.
 PS 605-SPECIAL RELATIVITY. 3 credits
 Introduction to Einstein's special theory of relativity, employing tensor analysis;
 general invariance and the background of the general theory of relativity.