Educational Policies Committee

Document Type

Program Proposal

Publication Date

1-24-2014

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1

Last Page

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Abstract

Recently the Physics Department completed a review of its graduate programs. Currently, Physics M.S. students can elect to complete either the Plan A (30 credits, including 6-15 credits of research), Plan B (30 credits, including 3 credits associated with a required report), or Plan C (33 credits, all course work).

In the review of the Physics graduate program it was found that the Plan C option is not substantially different from the Plan B option. Furthermore, the Plan C option does not comprise any research component, which is a highly desirable aspect of any postgraduate academic degree. Therefore, the department requests elimination of the Plan C (course work only) option from the Physics degree program.

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