| BS
Degree
Requirements
Students must complete 43 credit hours, including:
• PHYS 170/170L,
272/272L, 274/274L, 310, 311, 350, 400, 430, 450, 480, and 480L
• One course from PHYS 440, 481, or 490
• Two courses from PHYS 305, 475, or 481L
• CHEM 171/171L
• MATH 205, 206, 231, 232, and 311
Upon approval of a physics department adviser and
chair, the PHYS 170 through 272L requirements may be satisfied by PHYS
151 through 152L; and requirements for PHYS 450, 480L, 481 (or 440 or
490), and 481L may be modified so as to accom-modate special emphasis or
interdisciplinary programs for which the major in physics is
appropriate.
Minor
Requirements
• PHYS 151 and 152
(plus labs) or PHYS 170 and 272 (plus labs)
• PHYS 274 (lab not necessary)
• 15 additional upper division credit hours, including PHYS
310, 350, and 480
• Grade of C or better in the above courses
Upon recommendation of a physics department adviser
and chair, requirements for PHYS 310, 350, and 480 may be modified if an
equivalent course is taken in another department.
Graduate Study
This program offers opportunities for study and
research leading to the MS and PhD degrees in physics. The staff and
facilities are especially aimed toward experimental and theoretical work
in elementary particles, electronic structure of solids, liquid
crystals, composite materials, low-temperature physics, scanning
tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, and surface science.
Intended candidates for the MS or PhD in physics must
present a minimum of 35 undergraduate credit hours in physics, including
atomic and nuclear physics, electromagnetism, mechanics, quantum
mechanics, and thermodynamics. Courses in general chemistry and
differential equations are also required. Official scores of the GRE
General Test and the subject test in physics must be submitted prior to
admission.
At least one year of experience as a teaching
assistant is required of all MS or PhD candidates. All graduate students
are required to attend the weekly departmental seminar.
Master’s Degree
Students wishing to terminate their formal education
with the MS degree generally select Plan A (thesis) so as to gain some
research experience, as well as formal class work. These students are
prepared to enter teaching positions at the community college level or
industrial and civil service positions at the junior scientist and
engineer level.
Students planning advanced graduate work generally
complete the Plan B (non-thesis) or Plan C (examination) requirements
for the MS degree. At this point most of their formal class work has
been completed and further work consists mainly of seminars, directed
research, and the dissertation.
Requirements
For the MS Plan A, students must complete 30 credit
hours of course work, including (a) a minimum of 18 credit hours of
physics courses numbered 600 to 798, including PHYS 610, 650, 670, and
690; (b) minimum of 6 credit hours of thesis; and (c) approved
electives, which may be selected from PHYS 699 for a maximum of 2 credit
hours and courses in mathematics, chemistry, meteorology, engineering,
and philosophy. Other courses can be included on a case-by-case basis at
the discretion of the department chair. A final oral examination covers
the thesis and related areas and completes the Plan A requirements.
For the MS Plan B, students must complete 30 credit
hours of course work, including (a) a minimum of 18 credit hours of
physics courses numbered 600 to 798, including PHYS 610, 650, 670, and
690; and (b) approved electives, as in Plan A. A written qualifying
examination completes the Plan B requirements.
For the MS Plan C, only the minimum residency
requirement must be satisfied. Admission to Plan C requires the approval
of the physics graduate program advisory committee. A written qualifying
examination and a final oral examination complete the requirements for
Plan C.
Doctoral Degree
The PhD degree is essentially a research degree.
Students complete an original and significant piece of research and are
at the forefront of one area of physics. Students are expected to enter
the academic world in a teaching and research capacity or industrial and
government research laboratories as senior scientists.
Requirements
To be admitted to the PhD program, students must
perform satisfactorily on a written qualifying examination followed by
an oral comprehensive examination. The qualifying examination must be
taken during the students’ first five semesters as regular classified
graduate students. Students who fail to perform satisfactorily on the
written or oral examinations may repeat them the following year.
Students who fail twice cannot continue in the graduate program.
In addition to the courses required for the MS degree,
students are responsible for the material covered in PHYS 651 and 671. A
scholarly dissertation must be written, and a final oral examination in
defense of the dissertation completes the requirements for the PhD.
Political Science
College of Social Sciences
Social Science 640
2424 Maile Way
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8357
Fax: (808) 956-6877
E-mail: polisci@hawaii.edu
Web: www2.soc.hawaii.edu/pols/
Faculty
*K. Ferguson, PhD (Chair)--feminist theory, political
theory, organizational theory
*B. Aquino, PhD--Southeast Asian and Philippine politics, women and
politics
*D. Bwy, PhD--political theory, methodology
*R. Chadwick, PhD--international relations, global modeling, methodology
*J. A. Dator, PhD--political futures, media, Asian politics
J. Goldberg-Hiller, PhD--American politics, judicial politics, public
policy
*M. Haas, PhD--Asian politics, development, international relations,
methodology, peace studies
*M. Henningsen, PhD--political theory, European politics,
genocide/Holocaust
*H. S. Kariel, PhD--political theory, media
*G. Kent, PhD--international relations, development, food and nutrition,
children, pedagogy
*S. Krishna, PhD--comparative politics, international political economy,
South Asia
*Y. Kuroda, PhD--comparative politics, Japan/West Asia political
socialization
*O. Lee, PhD--Chinese politics, international relations, American
politics
*N. Milner, PhD--law and politics, public policy, conflict studies
*D. E. Neubauer, PhD--public policy, political economy, health politics
*L. Nitz, PhD--political economy, public policy, methodology
*I. S. Rohter, PhD--political ecology, Hawai‘i politics, green
politics
*G. Schubert, PhD--political behavior, political theory, politics and
the life sciences
*M. J. Shapiro, PhD--political theory, media, politics of culture
N. Soguk, PhD--international relations, international organizations,
migration, human rights, Middle East
*C. M. Stephenson, PhD--international organization, security,
environment, peace studies
*D. S. Suh, PhD--comparative politics, comparative communism, Korean
politics
*P. Turnbull, PhD--politics of Hawai‘i, American politics, cultural
politics
*J. Wilson, PhD--political philosophy, American politics
*K. Zhou, PhD--comparative politics, Chinese politics, women and
development
Affiliate Graduate Faculty
C. Morrison, PhD--Southeast Asian international relations
*Graduate Faculty
Degrees Offered: BA in political science, MA in
political science, PhD in political science |