====== Physics Graduate Handbook ======

**__[[:graduate_handbook:introduction|Introduction]]__**\\ 
    * The First Year
    * The Second Year
    * The Third and Later Years
    * Tuition and Related Issues
    * Departmental Activities
    * Finding a Job
    * The University Community
    * Table 1.1: Outline of Physics Program Requirements 


**__[[:graduate_handbook:for_new_students|For New Students]]__**\\ 
    * Orientation
    * Courses
    * Table 2.1: Sample schedules
    * Table 2.2:Some Courses Taken By First Year Students
    * The Graduate Written Examination
    * Getting Started in Research 


**__[[:graduate_handbook:after_the_first_year|After the First Year]]__**\\ 
    * The Committee and the Degree Program
    * Table 3.1: Physics Courses by Sub-field
    * Some Typical Course Programs
    * The Preliminary Oral Examination
    * The Thesis and Its Defense 


**__[[:graduate_handbook:m.s._degree_requirements|M.S. Degree Requirements]]__**\\ 
    * Plan A: M.S. Degree With Thesis
    * Plan B: M.S. Without Thesis
    * Combining the M.S. and the Ph.D. 


**__[[:graduate_handbook:the_ph.d._requirements|The Ph.D. Degree Requirements]]__**\\ 


**__[[:graduate_handbook:minor_requirements|Minor Requirements]]__**\\


**__[[:graduate_handbook:physics_graduate_policies|Physics Graduate Policies]]__**\\ 
    * Financial Aid Policy
    * Tuition and Summer Registration Policy
    * Graduate Written Examination Policy
    * Assignment of M.S. and Ph.D. Committees
    * Preliminary Oral Examination
    * Grading Policy
    * Criteria for Registration Warnings and Holds