Special courses in material science and acousto-electronics were designed for this program which began during the 1970s. One of the specialties in the MS program is musical acoustics. A good number of students go on to work at Argonne and Fermi National Laboratories.
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1,637 physics master's degrees were awarded in 2004, 25% of which were awarded to women