物理学哲学博士

完成物理学领域的博士学位后，学生将能够：展示物理学和天文学基础领域的高级知识，并精通所选的子领域。具有进行物理和天文学独立研究并成为所选职业的领导者所需的技能。具有识别，制定和解决物理和天文学中遇到的具有挑战性的科学和技术问题的能力。精通阅读科学文献以及科学成果的口头和书面交流。对他们学科中的知识做出原始而重大的贡献。获得博士学位 在莱斯大学的物理与天文学系，学生可以完成某些课程工作，展示他们从事高级研究的能力，并展示他们对该学科的知识。每个学生必须完成至少八门认可的研究生课程，即口头博士学位。候选人资格
Upon completing the PhD degree in the field of Physics, students will be able to: Demonstrate advanced knowledge in foundational areas of physics and astronomy, and a mastery of their selected subfield. Have the skills necessary to conduct independent research in physics and astronomy and become leaders in their chosen careers. Have the ability to identify, formulate, and solve challenging scientific and technical problems as encountered in physics and astronomy. Be proficient in reading the scientific literature and in oral and written communication of scientific results. Make an original and significant contribution to knowledge in their discipline. To obtain a Ph.D. in the Physics and Astronomy Department at Rice, students complete certain course work, demonstrate their ability to engage in advanced research and demonstrate their knowledge of the discipline. Each student must complete at least eight approved graduate courses, an oral Ph.D. candidacy exam, write and defend a research proposal, and complete the teaching practicum. The degree is conferred upon successful public defense of a Ph.D. research thesis. Unlike many similar programs around the country, our graduate program offers a great deal of flexibility. Students may choose from a wide variety of research topics and take courses that are most suited to their interests, while still obtaining the fundamentals needed by any scientist in their chosen subdiscipline. Our graduate students become involved in research as soon as possible, always by the end of their first year in the program. There is no foreign language requirement, and no comprehensive written qualifying exam on coursework. To complete the Ph.D. degree a candidate must write a doctoral thesis and publicly defend it in the final oral examination. The committee that administers the final oral examination for the Ph.D. is composed of two faculty members or Faculty Fellows from the department, and an additional Rice faculty member from outside the Physics and Astronomy department.