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Spring 2026

ASTR264

(ASTR26400) Descriptive Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies

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Offering:

Spring, Class 2, lab. 2, cr. 3 Not available to students with credit in ASTR 364.

Instructors:

AUSTIN, ROBERT

Prerequisites:

N\A


ASTR364

(ASTR36400) Intermediate Astronomy II

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Offering:

Spring, Class 3, Cr. 3

Instructors:

VAN'T HOFF, MEREL

Prerequisites:

MA 162, PHYS 220, or consent of instructor.


ASTR/PHYS 560

(ASTR56000) Stellar Evolution

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Offering:

Spring, 3 credits

Instructors:

POLIN, ABIGAIL

Prerequisites:

Graduate status or PHYS 342 or PHYS 344


ASTR/PHYS 562

(ASTR56200) Introduction to High Energy Astrophysics

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Offering:

Typically offered Fall and Spring, Cr. 3

Instructors:

LEE, KYOUNG-SOO

Prerequisites:

Graduate status or PHYS 342 or PHYS 344


PHYS172

(PHYS17200) Modern Mechanics

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Offering:

Summer, Fall, Spring, Credits 4

Instructors:

REBELLO, NOBEL | KLEHFOTH, MARK | PUSHKAR, YULIA | REBELLO, CARINA | ZHOU, QI

Prerequisites:

Corequisite: MA 161.


PHYS214

(PHYS21400) The Nature of Physics

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Offering:

Fall,Spring, Class 3, cr. 3

Instructors:

AUSTIN, ROBERT

Prerequisites:

N\A


PHYS220

(PHYS22000) General Physics

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Offering:

Fall, Spring, and Summer, Class 3, Lab 2, cr. 4

Instructors:

NELSON, LUCIA | NOLTE, DAVID | REBELLO, CARINA | ROUTE, MATTHEW

Prerequisites:

College algebra and trigonometry


PHYS221

(PHYS22100) General Physics

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Offering:

Fall, Spring and Summer, Class 3, lab. 2, cr. 4

Instructors:

NELSON, LUCIA | LIU, MIAOYUAN | ROUTE, MATTHEW

Prerequisites:

PHYS 220


PHYS230

(PHYS23000) Physical Science For Elementary Education

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Offering:

Fall, cr. 3

Instructors:

REBELLO, NOBEL

Prerequisites:

N\A


PHYS233

(PHYS23300) Physics For Life Sciences I

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Offering:

Fall, Spring, Summer; 4 Credits

Instructors:

ARNOLD, IAN

Prerequisites:

N\A


PHYS234

(PHYS23400) Physics For Life Sciences II

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Offering:

Fall, Spring, Summer; 4 Credits

Instructors:

ARNOLD, IAN

Prerequisites:

N\A


PHYS235

(PHYS23500) Seminar In Careers In Physics (was 290A)

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Offering:

Fall Spring. 1 Credit

Instructors:

ARNOLD, IAN

Prerequisites:

Permission of instructor required.


PHYS241

(PHYS24100) Electricity and Optics

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Offering:

Fall, Spring and Summer, Class 4, cr. 3

Instructors:

URBA, LAURA

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 172. Corequisite MA 162.


PHYS241D

(PHYS24100) Electricity and Optics

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Offering:

TBD

Instructors:

PYRAK-NOLTE, LAURA

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 172.
Corequisite: MA 162.


PHYS272

(PHYS27200) Electric And Magnetic Interactions

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Offering:

Fall, Spring, and Summer, 4 Credits

Instructors:

PETERSON, JOHN | GERBER, JEFFREY | URBA, LAURA | XIA, QING

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 172.
Corequisite: MA 162.


PHYS272H

(PHYS27200) Electric And Magnetic Interactions - Honors

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Offering:

Spring, Credits 4

Instructors:

ZENG, YIHANG

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 172H; Corequisite: MA 162. Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in satisfying course pre- and co-requisites.


PHYS307

(PHYS30700) Mathematical Methods Of Physics II

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Offering:

Typically offered Fall Spring. 3.000 Credit hours

Instructors:

CAFFEE, MARC

Prerequisites:

PHYS 272(H) or (PHYS 241+PHYS252) Co-requisite: Calc III (such as MA 261)


PHYS324

(PHYS32400) Research In Big Data II

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Offering:

Fall, Spring, Summer. cr. 3

Instructors:

MILISAVLJEVIC, DANNY

Prerequisites:

N\A


PHYS330

(PHYS33000) Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism

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Offering:

Fall Cr. 3

Instructors:

XIE, WEI

Prerequisites:

PHYS 272H and MA 261


PHYS340

(PHYS34000) Modern Physics Laboratory (was 342L)

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Offering:

1.000 Credit Hour

Instructors:

NELSON, LUCIA | BANERJEE, ARNAB

Prerequisites:

PHYS 272(H), or 241


PHYS342

(PHYS34200) Modern Physics

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Offering:

Fall, Spring, Class 3, cr. 3

Instructors:

LIANG, QIYU

Prerequisites:

PHYS 241 or 272(H)


PHYS349

(PHYS34900) Introduction To Quantum Computing

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Offering:

Spring

Instructors:

HOOD, JONATHAN

Prerequisites:

PHYS 342 or PHYS 344


PHYS360

(PHYS36000) Quantum Mechanics

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Offering:

Spring, Class 3, Cr. 3

Instructors:

DURBIN, STEPHEN

Prerequisites:

PHYS 344 and (310 or 330)


PHYS422

(PHYS42200) Waves and Oscillation

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Offering:

Spring, 3 Credit Hours

Instructors:

ROKHINSON, LEONID

Prerequisites:

272H or 241


PHYS450

(PHYS45000) Optics Laboratory I (Honors)

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Offering:

Fall and Spring, Class 1, Lab. 3, Cr. 2

Instructors:

HIRISAVE SHIVARAM, NIRANJAN

Prerequisites:

Corequisite: PHYS 422; Admission by special permission.


PHYS515

(PHYS51500) Thermal and Statistical Physics

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Offering:

Spring (starting in Spring 2011), Class 3, cr. 3

Instructors:

RITCHIE, KENNETH

Prerequisites:

PHYS 310 and 344. Coreq. 360 and 330


PHYS526

(PHYS52600) Quantum Computing (was 570C)

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Offering:

3.000 Credit Hours

Instructors:

CARLSON, ERICA

Prerequisites:

PHYS 360 or 460 or 550


PHYS536

(PHYS53600) Electronic Techniques for Research

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Offering:

Spring, Class 3, lab. 3, cr. 4

Instructors:

JONES, TIMOTHY

Prerequisites:

PHYS 272, 272H


PHYS545

(PHYS54500) Solid-State Physics

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Offering:

Sem. 1, 2. Class 3, Cr. 3

Instructors:

MALIS, OANA

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 416 or equivalent and PHYS 460 or equivalent. Consent of instructor may be used in satisfying course pre- and co-requisites.


PHYS/ASTR 560

(PHYS56000) Stellar Evolution

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Offering:

Spring, 3 credits

Instructors:

POLIN, ABIGAIL

Prerequisites:

Prerequisites: Graduate status or PHYS 342 or PHYS 344


PHYS/ASTR 562

(PHYS56200) Introduction to High Energy Astrophysics

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Offering:

Typically offered Fall and Spring. 3 credits

Instructors:

LEE, KYOUNG-SOO

Prerequisites:

Graduate status or PHYS 342 or PHYS 344


PHYS565

(PHYS56500) Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics II

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Offering:

Spring, cr. 3

Instructors:

NEUMEISTER, NORBERT

Prerequisites:

PHYS 360, PHYS 460, PHYS 550, PHYS 564


PHYS580

(PHYS58000) Computational Physics

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Offering:

Spring (starting in Spring 2011). cr. 3

Instructors:

HUNG, CHEN-LUNG

Prerequisites:

A physics background in mechanics at the level of PHYS 310 or 410, and quantum mechanics at the level of PHYS 342 (or higher) is required. A practical programming experience is highly desirable though formal computer science course such as CS 150 (Fortran) or CS 180 (C) can be tolerated as substitutes.


PHYS601

(PHYS60100) Methods of Theoretical Physics II

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Offering:

Sem. 1, 2, 3. Class 3, Cr. 3

Instructors:

GIANNIOS, DIMITRIOS

Prerequisites:

PHYS 600 or equivalent.


PHYS603

(PHYS60300) Methods Of Theoretical Physics III B

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Offering:

Fall, Credits 3

Instructors:

KHLEBNIKOV, SERGEI

Prerequisites:

PHYS 60100


PHYS617

(PHYS61700) Statistical Mechanics

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Offering:

Spring, Class 3, cr. 3

Instructors:

KRUCZENSKI, LUIS

Prerequisites:

PHYS-600 or equivalent


PHYS631

(PHYS63100) Advanced Theory of Electricity and Magnetism

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Offering:

Spring, Class 3, cr. 3

Instructors:

GREENE, CHRISTOPHER

Prerequisites:

PHYS 630 or equivalent.


PHYS646

(PHYS64600) Electron Theory of Solids II

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Offering:

Spring, Class 3, cr. 3.

Instructors:

NIE, LAIMEI

Prerequisites:

PHYS 645


PHYS661

(PHYS66100) Quantum Mechanics II

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Offering:

Fall, Spring, Class 3, cr. 3

Instructors:

VAYRYNEN, JUKKA

Prerequisites:

PHYS 601, PHYS 630, and PHYS 660, or equivalent.


PHYS663

(PHYS66300) Quantum Field Theory II

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Offering:

Sem. 1, 2; cr. 3

Instructors:

LASHKARI, NIMA

Prerequisites:

PHYS 662. Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in satisfying course pre- and co-requisites


PHYS675

(PHYS67500) General Relativity

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Offering:

Fall, Credits 3

Instructors:

DUFFELL, PAUL

Prerequisites:

PHYS 600, 610, 630.


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