The following program of study meets the Department of Physics requirements and is suggested for students coming from a physics background or students wishing to earn additional physics hours while completing the optics courses.

The OPT (PH) degree program is thesis based and comprises a minimum of 27 hours of coursework plus a minimum of 6 hours of thesis research.

The OPT (PH) program meets the Department of Physics requirements and is suggested for students coming from a physics background or students wishing to earn additional physics hours while completing the optics courses.

The curriculum has been designed such that little or no prior graduate work in physics is required. The OPT degree program does not prepare the student for taking the Physics Comprehensive Exam or the OSE Preliminary Exam for entrance into either Ph.D. program.

Requirements for students seeking the OPT degree through the Electrical Engineering department, the OPT (EE), may be significantly different from those given here.