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Physics and Astronomy Courses — Spring 2012

CourseTitleInstructor email(s)
ASTR264Descriptive Astronomy: Stars and Galaxiesdhemphil@purdue.edu - tmoffett@purdue.edu
ASTR364Intermediate Astronomy IIcui@purdue.edu
ASTR560Stellar Evolutionmlister@purdue.edu
ASTR562Introduction to High Energy Astrophysicspeters11@purdue.edu
PHYS149Mechanics, Heat, and Wave Motionschrnbrg@purdue.edu
PHYS172Modern Mechanicsmolnar@purdue.edu - leonid@purdue.edu - omalis@purdue.edu - garfinke@purdue.edu
PHYS214The Nature of Physicswxie@purdue.edu
PHYS215Physics For Elementary Education haugan@purdue.edu
PHYS218General Physicskoltick@purdue.edu
PHYS219General Physicsgutay@purdue.edu
PHYS220General Physicsnlifton@purdue.edu - ypushkar@purdue.edu
PHYS221General Physics tmoffett@purdue.edu - bortolet@purdue.edu
PHYS222Mechanics Laboratorylewicki@purdue.edu
PHYS235Seminar In Careers In Physics (was 290A)giordano@purdue.edu - thomazj@purdue.edu
PHYS241Electricity and Opticsyekim@purdue.edu - ljpn@purdue.edu
PHYS242Introduction To Heat And Thermal Physics (was 290D)reifenbr@purdue.edu
PHYS252Electricity and Optics Laboratoryreifenbr@purdue.edu
PHYS272Electric And Magnetic Interactionsjnistor@purdue.edu - hirsch@purdue.edu
PHYS272HElectric And Magnetic Interactions - Honorshirsch@purdue.edu
PHYS290MService Learning Outreachjones105@purdue.edu
PHYS307Mathematical Methods Of Physics IImcaffee@purdue.edu
PHYS340Modern Physics Laboratory (was 342L)fqwang@purdue.edu
PHYS342Modern Physicsnolte@purdue.edu
PHYS360Quantum Mechanicsdurbin@purdue.edu
PHYS411Physical Mechanics II (Honors)hisao@purdue.edu
PHYS422Waves and Oscillationfinley@purdue.edu
PHYS430Electricity and Magnetism I (Honors) pmuzikar@purdue.edu
PHYS450Optics Laboratory I (Honors)akr@purdue.edu
PHYS461Quantum Mechanics II (Honors)neumeist@purdue.edu
PHYS515Thermal and Statistical Physicsyongchen@purdue.edu
PHYS536Electronic Techniques for Researchgcsathy@purdue.edu
PHYS545Solid-State Physicsakr@purdue.edu
PHYS560Stellar Evolutionmlister@purdue.edu
PHYS565Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics IIjones105@purdue.edu
PHYS570AComputational Biomolecular Physicsjhrodrig@purdue.edu
PHYS570RNonlinear Dynamics, Chaos and Networksmmanfra@purdue.edu
PHYS580Computational Physicsbatodd@purdue.edu
PHYS593Advanced Physics Laboratory (Honors)TBD
PHYS601Methods of Theoretical Physics IIephraim@purdue.edu
PHYS617Statistical Mechanicslyutikov@purdue.edu
PHYS630Advanced Theory Of Electricity And Magnetismewcarlson@purdue.edu
PHYS631Advanced Theory of Electricity and Magnetismkpritchie@purdue.edu
PHYS646Electron Theory of Solids IIgfg@purdue.edu
PHYS660Quantum Mechanics Iloves@purdue.edu
PHYS661Quantum Mechanics IImarkru@purdue.edu
PHYS662Quantum Field Theory Iclarkt@purdue.edu
PHYS664Quantum Theory Of Many-Body Systemsyuli@purdue.edu
PHYS675General Relativityskhleb@purdue.edu
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