Astrophysics graduate students have nominally the same course requirements as other graduate students in the FSU physics department. After the first year physics core, astrophysics options have been added to the specialization courses to be taken in years 2-3. Graduate students without a background in astronomy or astrophysics at the undergraduate level may need to take or `sit in on' the undergraduate astrophysics courses to fill in the gaps in their astrophysics background.

1. First year Physics Core
   • PHY 5246: Theoretical Dynamics
   • PHY 5524: Statistical Mechanics
   • PHY 5346: Electrodynamics A
   • PHY 5347: Electrodynamics B
   • PHY 5645: Quantum Mechanics A
   • PHY 5646: Quantum Mechanics B
2. Take one of the following:
   • PHY 5667: Quantum Field Theory A
   • PHY 5670: Quantum Many-Body Physics
3. Take two of the following:
   • PHZ 5305: Nuclear Physics I
   • PHZ 5354: High Energy Physics I
   • PHZ 5491: Condensed Matter Physics I
   • PHZ 5715: Biophysics I
   • PHZ 5315: Nuclear Astrophysics or AST 5416: Cosmology and Structure Formation
4. Take one of the following:
   • PHZ 5307: Nuclear Physics II
   • PHZ 5355: High Energy Physics II
   • PHZ 5392: Condensed Matter Physics II
   • PHY 5669: Quantum Field Theory B
   • PHZ 5716: Biophysics II
   • AST 5245: Radiative Processes
5. Take one of the following:
   • PHY 5667: Quantum Field Theory B
   • PHY 5846C: Techniques in Experimental Physics
   • PHY 6937: Materials Characterization
   • PHY 6938: Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena
   • AST 5342: Hydrodynamics and Plasma for Astrophysics
   • AST 5760: Computational Astrophysics or AST 5765: Advanced Analysis Techniques