<p>It is a rather small department; most upper division courses are offered only once per year instead of every semester. Also, it does not appear to have the capacity to offer the second semester upper division E&M and quantum mechanics courses, or various upper division physics elective courses (e.g. atomic physics, solid state physics, plasma physics, astrophysics) that larger physics departments offer.</p>
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