MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED PHYSICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

The program's goal is to provide its graduates with the scientific background and technical tools to:

1. Advance an experimental technique, extend the application of a theory or produce new data or observations
2. Design, build and evaluate a system of measurement, instrumentation, computers and/or software
3. Present logically and clearly the results of their own scientific investigation
4. Understand and critically evaluate other scientists' work

The Master of Science in Applied Physics and Computer Science is built around a core of physics and computer science courses that are the foundation of the three areas of concentration: computer science, computer systems engineering and instrumentation and applied physics. Students may elect a thesis option or a non-thesis option.
The CNU master's program offers students with a bachelor's degree a significant step in their maturing as scientists. The department offers many opportunities to its graduate students because of its location in the heart of high-tech Hampton Roads and its ties with area national labs and newly developing companies. They include:

• Participation in funded research at both the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and the NASA Langley Research Center-each within a 15-minute drive of the campus
• Research in solid state materials, digital signal processing, high speed data acquisition, artificial intelligence, the design of smart sensors, application-specific integrated circuits, modeling and simulation and pattern recognition
• Solving the problems of industry at the Applied Research Center (ARC)-a new state-of-the-art research consortium for four area universities
• Working in well-equipped laboratories both on campus and at the ARC
• Creating papers and presentations for national conferences and publications
• Team-based learning in small classes taught at the cutting edge of their disciplines

Computer Science Concentration
Computer Systems Engineering and Instrumentation Concentration
Applied Physics Concentration