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。全体教师参与了丰富的本科，研究生和专业发展课程的教学，其中包括许多当前感兴趣的特殊课程。研究生必须完成一年的教学。将课程要求保持在
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. The entire faculty participates in teaching a rich curriculum of undergraduate, graduate, and professional development courses, including many courses on special topics of current interest. Graduate students must fulfill one year of teaching. Course requirements are kept at a minimum to allow the student to set up a flexible program. Students are encouraged to participate in research as early as possible and to begin their thesis research no later than the beginning of their third year. The typical length of time to the Ph.D. is four to six years, whereas the Master's in Scientific Instrumentation is a two-year program that involves a thesis project in instrumentation design or development, and the work for an M.A. degree can be completed in two semesters and one Summer.