Programs are structured in accordance with the student's background and professional objectives. For students preparing to teach in their program of study at the pre-college or junior college level, programs will normally include 513 and a thesis related to the teaching of the subject matter. A graduate minor in physics consists of a minimum of nine semester hours of physics. A full-time machinist is employed in the department. 720 computer is available on campus for data processing and theoretical investigations.
Several microcomputers are available in the department.
Both experimental and theoretical research are being conducted in the areas of molecular spectroscopy, solid state physics, low temperature physics, liquid structure, infrared studies, and astronomy. A limited number of graduate assistantships are awarded each year in the department. For information and applications contact the chair of the department. Physics Unless otherwise indicated, courses are three semester hours credit. Introductory Quantum Mechanics - Debroglie wave, Schroedinger formulation, step and barrier potentials, perturbation theory, harmonic oscillator, annihilation and creation operations, commutation relations, representations.