Master's:
Thirty-six credits of graduate courses including four credits of PHY 6730 (Quantum Mechanics), one credit of PHY 6940 (Seminar), 23 credits of additional 5000–6000-level courses approved by the department, eight credits of research, including a thesis or a critical essay. No foreign language requirements.

Doctorate:
Biomedical Sciences-Medical Physics: Eighty semester hours of graduate credit including at least 20 hours of dissertation research, grade point average of 3.0 or higher, three full-time equivalent semesters (at least eight credits/semester) in residence, qualifying examination, and dissertation.

Applied and Computational Physics: Eighty semester hours of graduate credit including at least 30 hours of dissertation research, grade point average of 3.0 or higher, three full-time equivalent semesters (at least eight credits/semester) in residence, qualifying examination, and dissertation.

Faculty and students gather each Thursday for a weekly physics colloquium, bringing speakers from Oakland University and beyond to discuss cutting-edge research. The department also has an active Society of Physics Students, who have their own space in Hannah Hall to hold events and just hang out.