2024-2025 College Catalog

PHYS 489 Physics Pre-Senior Thesis

This course is intended for senior Physics majors in the process of organizing and beginning their thesis research projects. This course requires independent guided research with one one-hour meeting per week or the equivalent. Student achievement will be evaluated by: 1) weekly progress on the research and by 2) the quality/content of a draft of the project introduction (featuring the problem and purpose of study, physics background, previous study and methods sections), as well as an initial project bibliography.

Credits

1

Prerequisite

Permission from the faculty project advisor required.