(1-credit course, unbilled)

Independent senior research, under departmental approval and supervision, including literature search, design and construction of experiment, theory, or calculation, and analysis, culminating in a bachelor’s thesis. The project may be one suggested by the instructor or one proposed by the student and approved by the instructor. Students must successfully complete PHY 441 in order to be eligible to enroll in PHY 442. PHY 442 satisfies the capstone requirement for the Physics major.