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FIRST YEAR - COURSES: Both terms of Ph242ab Physics
Seminar should be taken during the first two terms of graduate study.
However, you may postpone if extenuating circumstances make it necessary
that one or both terms be taken in the second year.
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FIRST YEAR - EXAMS: Both written candidacy
exams, CP & QM -- see The Basic Physics Requirement -- must
be attempted by the end of the first year. New students may take
exams in October of the first year or the summer following the first academic year in June/July to satisfy this requirement.
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SECOND YEAR - EXAMS: Written exams must be successfully
completed by the end of the second year.
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SECOND YEAR - COURSES: The Advanced Physics Requirements must be completed by the end of the second year.
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THIRD YEAR: The Oral Candidacy Exam
should be taken by the end of the third year. Beyond the third year, students
must petition the Dean of Graduate Studies for excessive registration candidacy,
and provide a timetable signed by the advisor for completing the oral exam.
Written exams and basic course requirements must be successfully completed
prior to the scheduling of the oral exam. Once the oral exam is passed,
the student is admitted into Ph.D. candidacy.
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FIFTH YEAR: The Institute expects
graduate students to complete their program of study by the end of the
fifth year. Students beyond the fifth year must petition the Dean of Graduate
Studies for excessive registration and provide a timetable for completion
of the thesis requirement. All that's left is to write a fabulous thesis!
NOTE: You must register for at least 36
units every term. After the first year or two, when your course units are
all associated with research, you will typically register for 36 units
of experimental (Ph 172) or theoretical (Ph173) research. After passing
the oral candidacy exam, you will typically register for 36 units of
thesis research (Ph 300) in subsequent terms. Please refer to Departmental
Policies Pertaining to Graduate Students for detailed information
concerning requirements.
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