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Academic Program :: MS in Applied Physics and Computer Science
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| MASTER OF SCIENCE IN APPLIED PHYSICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE (Catalog in pdf ) |
The program's goal is to provide its graduates with the scientific background and technical tools to:
- Advance an experimental technique, extend the application of a theory or produce new data or observations
- Design, build and evaluate a system of measurement, instrumentation, computers and/or software
- Present logically and clearly the results of their own scientific investigation
- 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
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| Computer Science Concentration |
| Computer Systems Engineering and Instrumentation Concentration |
| Applied Physics Concentration |
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