Foundational Skills
Each student will achieve a mastery of physics at a level required for their chosen profession. They will choose a research project and prepare for it by completing relevant graduate-level courses.
Research Skills
Each student will pursue research of significance, and report these results orally and in writing.
Communication and Professional Preparation
Each student will join and participate in an appropriate professional society and communicate their research both orally and in writing to this society and other relevant local and national groups.
Ethics
Each student will learn and follow the principles of ethics in science.