物理学理学硕士课程为学生提供了学习各种基础物理学领域课程的机会，例如力学：经典，量子，统计和流体，电动力学，生物物理学，等离子体物理学和磁流体力学，固态物理学，光学：非线性，生物光子学，激光，数学和计算物理。学生将有机会选择由UTSA物理系教授和西南研究所空间科学与工程系的核心科学家教授的特殊主题课程，涵盖生物物理和生物医学物理学，空间物理学和天体物理学领域的各个主题，包括日球物理学，磁层物理学，行星科学，计算流体力学，宇宙学和太空天气。其他专题课程将包括理论物理学，包括广义相对论，宇宙学，高级凝聚态物理
The Master of Science in Physics offers a rigorous academic curriculum aimed at creating well-rounded and outstanding graduates who will become leaders in their field.<br>UTSA's Department of Physics and Astronomy offers the 5th largest graduate program of Physics in Texas. This joint program offers graduate students the opportunity to work one-on-one with their advisors in the UTSA Physics faculty and other core scientists from the Southwest Research Institute Space Science and Engineering Division.<br>The Master of Science (M.S.) in Physics and the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Physics programs offer opportunities for advanced study and research designed to prepare students for roles in industry, government, research institutions, or educational institutions.<br>Graduate students will be able to choose from several areas of specialization in experimental and theoretical physics, including condensed matter, advanced materials, nanomaterials, biophysics, laser spectroscopy, astrophysics, theoretical particle physics, cosmology, mathematical physics, and computational physics. The graduate program includes a partnership with the Space Science and Engineering Division of the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) which, through the appointment of selected Adjoint Faculty, provides research opportunities in Space Physics, including space weather, ionospheric-thermospheric-mesospheric physics, plasmaspheric physics, magnetospheric physics, heliospheric physics, cometary and planetary science, space physics instrumentation, and computational space physics.