PHYS 499
Senior Thesis
Credit: 3 hours.
This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a
Advanced Composition course.Guidance in the writing of a senior thesis involving independent research (usually performed during the summer prior to the fall term). Additional activities include oral presentations of research and outside journal articles, proposal writing and reviewing, poster presentation, preparation of graduate school applications, and discussion of physics frontiers with outside experts. No graduate credit. Prerequisite: PHYS 496; completion of appropriate research activity.