The MS program is designed to prepare individuals for technical careers in industrial, governmental, and independent laboratories as well as for teaching positions at the community college level. It may also serve as an intermediate step for those who later elect to pursue more advanced study in applied physics, engineering physics, engineering, or a related area.
Graduate students will choose a research area of Applied Physics, Electronics Instrumentation or Astronomical Instrumentation and Observations.
The concentration in
Systems and Laboratory Automation is a more traditional MS program that contains thesis and non-thesis options. The other concentration, the P
rofessional Science Master’s in Instrumentation and Automation, is a professional science master’s program as described by the A. P. Sloan Foundation. In addition to 25-26 semester hours of required physics courses, the PSM concentration includes a required core of business and communications courses (12 semester hours). The PSM concentration does not have a thesis option, but requires a three semester hour internship.
Course Requirements for the Master of Science in Engineering Physics with a Professional Science Master’s Concentration in Instrumentation and Automation (113C)
- PHY 5002: Applied Physics Literature (1)
- PHY 5010: Applied Physics Colloquium (1)
- PHY 5020: Computational Methods in Physics and Engineering (3)
- PHY 5330: Digital Electronics (3)
- PHY 5510: Physics of Transducers (4)
- PHY 5635: Advanced Microprocessor Interfacing and Robotics (4)
- PHY 5735: Microcontrollers (3)
- PHY 5900: Internship (3)
- Choose one of the following courses:
- PHY 5435: Laboratory Automation (4)
- PHY 5520: Data Transmission and Signal Processing (3)
- 9 s.h. of graduate courses from Business chosen in consultation with the PSM advisor
- 3 s.h. of graduate courses from the Department of English on Technical Writing
