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Requirements for Specializing in Astrophysics
Graduate students specializing in astrophysics are subject to the same minimum requirements with respect to "core" curriculum and examinations as other graduate students in physics.
Masters level students are required to take two semesters of Astrophysics Seminar, and at the Ph.D. level students are required to take four semesters of Astrophysics Seminar. Typically, these are taken in the second and third years of graduate study.
At the Master's level, the astrophysics program will also include certain electives in astrophysics and the thesis research will be on an astrophysical topic.
At the Ph.D. level, advanced electives in astrophysics, physics and mathematics are also to be taken, and the candidacy examination will emphasize topics in astrophysics. As with the Master's thesis, the Ph.D. thesis research will be on an astrophysical topic.
Certain of the electives may be from the Department's offerings at the senior undergraduate level. In all cases, advanced physics and astrophysics electives will be selected with the help of the student's advisor.
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