文理学院的物理与天文学系提供通常会获得博士学位的研究和研究课程。学位。硕士学位可以授予终极学位，也可以授予博士学位的学生。学位。为对物理研究仪器感兴趣的人提供科学仪器科学硕士学位课程。专业发展学院的教学硕士课程可供寻求在高中物理教学的学生使用。学生可以在医学物理学，化学物理，大气和气候建模，材料科学以及冷泉港实验室等课程中找到石尼克分校系或相关学科中未找到的各个物理领域的机会。
The Department of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences offers courses of study and research that normally lead to the Ph.D. degree. The M.A degree is awarded either as a terminal degree, or to students on the way to the Ph.D. degree. The Master of Science in Scientific Instrumentation program is provided for those interested in instrumentation for physical research. A Master of Arts in Teaching program, from the School of Professional Development, is available for students seeking to teach physics in high schools. Students may find opportunities in various areas of physics not found in the department or in related disciplines at Stony Brook in such programs as Medical Physics, Chemical Physics, Atmospheric and Climate Modeling, Materials Science and at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. This is a two year Master of Science Program in which students focus on the study of modern research instrumentation.