该学位课程包含针对传统物理学课程的标准集中课程，重点关注天体物理学，凝聚态理论，动力学系统/生物物理学，高能物理学，材料物理学，空间科学，以及结合物理，数学，通过与学位论文委员会的合作，标准浓度的学生可以选择专门研究诸如物理学，原子分子和光学物理学，凝聚态实验，凝聚态理论，动力学系统/生物物理，高能等重点领域。物理，材料物理学，空间科学或其他根据他或她的特定兴趣而定。工程物理专业的学生可以选择专门研究应用力学（流体和固体）或其他应用和工程物理领域。在第一学年结束时，所有学生都应与一名指导老师配对，以指导他
The degree program contains a Standard Concentration for traditional physics programs that focus on Astrophysics, Condensed Matter Theory, Dynamical Systems/Biological Physics, High Energy Physics, Materials Physics, Space Sciences, and an Engineering Physics Concentration that combines the disciplines of physics, mathematics, and engineering.By working with the dissertation committee, a student in the Standard Concentration may choose to specialize in an emphasis area such as Astrophysics, Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, Condensed Matter Experiment, Condensed Matter Theory, Dynamical Systems/Biological Physics, High Energy Physics, Materials Physics, Space Sciences, or others according to his or her particular interests. A student in the Engineering Physics Concentration may choose to specialize in Applied Mechanics (Fluids and Solids), or other applied and engineering physics areas. By the end of their first year, all students should pair with a faculty advisor who will guide them toward doctoral candidacy.The mission of the Physics PhD program offered by the Department of Physics and Astronomy is to train the next generation of research physicists in academia, industry, and government. Graduates of the program will have learned to carry out independent and innovative scientific research in physics and/or astronomy.Our faculty members are dynamic, well-known in their fields, highly productive in research, and student-oriented. Students within our program will have opportunities to pursue research in many cutting-edge fields in applied physics, astrophysics, atomic physics, atmospheric and ionospheric physics, biological physics (including neuroscience and biomedical physics), condensed matter physics, elementary particle physics, materials science, nonlinear dynamics, nuclear physics, planetary science, and space weather & plasma astrophysics.