The chairperson of the department will invite physics majors who
have shown considerable ability by the end of their junior year to
participate in the departmental honors program. Candidates for honors
either (1) take 01:750:495 and 496, and write an essay or conduct a
seminar on a project undertaken in the senior year, or (2) take two
terms of graduate courses normally included in the Ph.D. program. They
also take advanced courses in addition to the required courses of the
physics curriculum. Honors are awarded on the basis of the excellence
of the honors project (if applicable), general performance in physics
courses, and recommendations of the faculty.
More information about the undergraduate program is available at the department's web site.
