Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
Dec 2006
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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #63.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
The recent report of the Joint AAPT/APS Task Force on Graduate Education in Pysics reported that the traditional graduate physics curriculum consists of a “core” of required courses that includes Classical Electrodynamics, Quantum Mechanics, Classical Mechanics, and Statistical Mechanics. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some graduate physics departments have changed or eliminated these requirements, or made other changes such as the elimination or “watering down” of the comprehensive exam. It also has been argued that physics departments need to modernize the curriculum, noting that the traditional core has not changed for 50 years.
A panel consisting of Prof. Ken Heller (University of Minnesota), Prof. Michael Paessler (North Carolina State) and Minesh Bacrania (LLNL) as the chair of the APS Forum on Graduate Student Affairs representing the graduate students will discuss the future of the core curriculum.
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