马塞诸斯州大学波士顿

Build out your toolkit to pursue quantitative problems 和 prepare for advanced study in physics.

马塞诸斯州大学波士顿's Applied Physics Master’s Program is built around the idea that physics is an approach to thinking about 和 solving problems rather than a specific set of skills. Our goal is to train students in this approach 和 give them a general toolbox of techniques that will allow them to pursue quantitative problems, regardless of the specific fields in which they find themselves. 为此目的, the curriculum for the program is a balance of theoretical 和 experimental courses, simultaneously sharpening students' underst和ing of phenomena, the theoretical models that explain them, 测量 that illuminate them, 和, 最重要的是, 现象之间的联系, 测量, 还有模型.

This generalist approach serves a broad spectrum of student needs. As a result, we seek students from a range of backgrounds. Some of our students come to us straight out of undergraduate physics programs, unsatisfied with their bachelor's level underst和ing but not necessarily ready to commit to the five to ten years of a PhD program. Others come from the Massachusetts technical community where they have found that their further professional advancement is hindered by their lack of a post graduate degree, experiencing the so-called parchment ceiling. Many foreign students use our program to normalize their training to American academic st和ards on their way to PhDs, bridging between the academic systems of their home countries 和 that of the United States. We also serve students who are moving between fields: students who having trained in one discipline 和 wish to transition to physics.

Our goal as a program is to provide an opportunity to the full range of students for whom a master’s degree in applied physics is an essential step along their path to a fulfilling career.

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