The Intermediate Development Education (IDE) Graduate Engineering Physics Program
is a twelve month program for IDE students attending AFIT leading to a Master
of Science degree. Students normally enter as a class in June and graduate a
year later. The Department of Engineering Physics offers an engineering physics specialty under this program in the area of space weather. The
specialty provides the student with the graduate level foundation in engineering
physics necessary to understand and critically evaluate emerging technology.
Mastery will be demonstrated in a report and presentation summarizing the results
of the capstone engineering design study.
Admission Requirements:
Students entering these programs will have an undergraduate
degree in physics, engineering, meteorology, astronomy or chemistry. The basic
requirements for admission are an overall undergraduate grade point average,
GPA, of at least a B (3.00), a GPA on all mathematics courses of at least a
B (3.00); GRE scores of at least 500 on the verbal test and 600 on the quantitative
test. Waivers of some of these requirements can be granted on an individual
basis by the Department of Engineering Physics.
Curriculum:
Programs are four quarters in length. The first two quarters of each program
stress foundational physics and mathematics. During the remaining two quarters
the student concentrates on applied and specialized courses and pursues a design
study
Program Requirements
Core: 12 hours , PHYS 601, PHYS 635, PHYS 640
Math: 4 hours , MATH 511 or MATH 508
Space Weather Courses: 12 hours, PHYS 650, CHEM 675, PHYS 775
Design Study: 5 hours, PHYS 790
Other approved courses to meet minimum 48 hour requirement
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