MS Programs of Study
Concentration in Optics
First Year
Fall Courses
Choose one:
- Optional Electives
Spring Courses
Choose one:
Residency requirement: 2 units (1 year on campus)
Second Year
Fall Courses
- Optional Electives
- Project
Spring Courses
- Optional Electives
- Project
- AEP 7530 : Special Topics in Applied Physics
Optional Electives
Possible Electives (not inclusive):
- AEP 3560 : Intermediate Electrodynamics
- AEP 3620 : Intermediate Quantum Mechanics
- AEP 3630 : Electronic Circuits
- AEP 4400 : Quantum and Nonlinear Optics
- AEP 4500 : Introductory Solid State Physics
- AEP 5500 : Applied Solid State Physics
- AEP 5570 : Applied Electrodynamics
- ECE 4320 : MicroElectro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) (also MAE 4320)
- ECE 4330 : Microwave Theory, Devices, and Applications
- ECE 4370 : Fiber and Integrated Optics
- ECE 5310 : Quantum Optics for Photonics and Optoelectronics
- ECE 5350 : Semiconductor Physics
- BME 6260 : Biomedical Optics, Imaging, and Spectroscopy
- PHYS 6572 : Quantum Mechanics I
Student must maintain C average (2.0) or better to remain in good academic standing.
Concentration in Nanotechnologies
First Year
Fall Courses
Choose one:
- Optional Electives
Spring Courses
Choose one:
- Nano Lab : AEP 6620 or MSE 5490
- AEP 7530 : Special Topics in Applied Physics
Residency requirement: 2 units (1 year on campus)
Second Year
Fall Courses
- Optional Electives
- Project
Spring Courses
- Optional Electives
- Project
- AEP 6540 : Special Topics in Applied Physics
Optional Electives
Possible Electives (not inclusive):
- AEP 3560 : Intermediate Electrodynamics
- AEP 3620 : Intermediate Quantum Mechanics
- AEP 3630 : Electronic Circuits
- AEP 4500 : Introductory Solid State Physics
- AEP 5500 : Applied Solid State Physics
- AEP 5570 : Applied Electrodynamics
- AEP 6620 : Micro/Nano-fabrication and Processing
- AEP 6630 : Nanobiotechnology (also BIOG 6630, MSE 5630)
- MAE 4320 : MicroElectro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) (also ECE 4320)
- MAE 5240 : Physics of Micro- and Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics
- ECE 5360 : Nanofabrication of Semiconductor Devices (also MSE 5410)
- ECE 5370 : Nanoscale Devices, Circuits, and Physics
- PHYS 6572 : Quantum Mechanics I
Student must maintain C average (2.0) or better to remain in good academic standing.
Concentration in Biotechnologies
First Year
Fall Courses
Choose one:
- Optional Elective
- AEP 7530 : Special topics in Applied Physics
Spring Courses:
Choose one:
- AEP 5100 : Optics Lab
Residency requirement: 2 units (1 year on campus)
Second Year
Fall Courses
- Optional Electives
- Project
Spring Courses
- Optional Electives
- Project
- AEP 7530 Special Topics in Applied Physics
Optional Electives
Possible Electives (not inclusive):
- BIOMG 3300-3320 Principles of Biochemistry
- AEP 5710 : Biophysical Methods Advanced Laboratory
- AEP 6630 : Nanobiotechnology (also BIOG 6630, MSE 5630)
- BIOMG 6310 : Protein Structure, Dynamics, and Function
- BIOMG 7380 : Macromolecular Crystallography (also CHEM 7880)
- BME 6260 : Biomedical Optics, Imaging, and Spectroscopy
Student must maintain C average (2.0) or better to remain in good academic standing.
*Changes to your curriculum may cause you not to graduate. Please consult with your Advisor before making any changes to your curriculum. Original curriculum must be returned to Kelli Hulslander.
