Master's:
30 graduate credit hours in approved program including six required hours; Master's exam required; thesis option; no residence or language requirement.

Doctorate:
Up to 36 hours of coursework is required (may be reduced by graduate coursework done elsewhere) plus 18 hours of thesis coursework; comprehensive and topical exams, dissertation, and dissertation exam required; one-year residency; no language exam required.
See http://www.phys.cwru.edu/grad/phd.php.

Other degrees:
Thesis:
Thesis may be written in absentia.

The Physics Department is congenial, supportive, and interactive at all levels. The department sponsors a weekly tea, a departmental colloquium, and weekly seminars in both condensed matter physics and particle astrophysics, along with a cosmology theory coffee hour. Faculty and students working in different topical areas interact frequently both within and outside the department. The vast majority of faculty and student offices and labs are located within a tight 100-meter radius of the main department office. The CWRU Physics Under-Represented Minority Student group (PURMS) regularly hosts women and under-represented minority speakers in the department and is active in community outreach. Many of our graduate students pursue outside interests including science education, intramural athletics, the arts and music, and numerous Cleveland area cultural and social amenities. The Department of Physics and the Physics Graduate Student Association are working actively with each other and with the University to continuously improve the academic, social, and cultural environments for all of our graduate students. The Department is actively committed to working toward the long-term success of every admitted students in the Ph.D. program.