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Fall 2026

ASTR263

(ASTR26300) Descriptive Astronomy: The Solar System

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Offering:

Sem. 1 Class, 2 lab. 2, cr. 3

Instructors:

Austin, Robert Andreas

Prerequisites:

Not available to students with credit in ASTR 363.

PHYS104

(PHYS10400) First Year Physics Seminar

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Offering:

Fall, 1 credit

Instructors:

Mckenna, Maria Theresa

Prerequisites:

N\A

PHYS172

(PHYS17200) Modern Mechanics

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Offering:

Summer, Fall, Spring, Credits 4

Instructors:

Klehfoth, Mark G | Rebello, Nobel Sanjay | Ellison, Tyler | Van't Hoff, Merel | Low-Nam, Shalini T | | Lyutikov, Maxim Y

Prerequisites:

Corequisite: MA 161.

PHYS172H

(PHYS17200) Modern Mechanics - Honors

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Offering:

Summer, Fall, Spring, Credits 4

Instructors:

Banerjee, Arnab

Prerequisites:

Corequisite: MA 161.

PHYS172PIN

(PHYS17200) Modern Mechanics

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Offering:

Fall, cr. 4

Instructors:

Rebello, Carina Marie

Prerequisites:

Corequisite: MA 161.

PHYS214

(PHYS21400) The Nature of Physics

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Offering:

Fall,Spring, Class 3, cr. 3

Instructors:

Austin, Robert Andreas

Prerequisites:

N\A

PHYS220

(PHYS22000) General Physics

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Offering:

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

Instructors:

Route, Matthew P. | Rebello, Carina Marie | Liu, Jing

Prerequisites:

College algebra and trigonometry

PHYS220PIN

(PHYS22000) General Physics

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Offering:

Fall, cr. 4

Instructors:

Gerber, Jeffrey Miles | Rebello, Carina Marie

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:

Du, Shengwang | Zhou, Qi | Urba, Laura Gabriela

Prerequisites:

PHYS 220

PHYS230

(PHYS23000) Physical Science For Elementary Education

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Offering:

Fall, cr. 3

Instructors:

Rebello, Nobel Sanjay

Prerequisites:

N\A

PHYS233

(PHYS23300) Physics For Life Sciences I

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Offering:

Fall, Spring, Summer; 4 Credits

Instructors:

Arnold, Ian A

Prerequisites:

N\A

PHYS234

(PHYS23400) Physics For Life Sciences II

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Offering:

Fall, Spring, Summer; 4 Credits

Instructors:

Arnold, Ian A

Prerequisites:

N\A

PHYS241

(PHYS24100) Electricity and Optics

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Offering:

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

Instructors:

Milisavljevic, Danny | Alaeian, Hadiseh | Pyrak-Nolte, Laura J

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 172. Corequisite MA 162.

PHYS241D

(PHYS24100) Electricity and Optics

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Offering:

TBD

Instructors:

Pyrak-Nolte, Laura J

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 172.
Corequisite: MA 162.

PHYS241PIN

(PHYS24100) Electricity and Optics

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Offering:

Fall, cr. 3

Instructors:

Rebello, Carina Marie

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:

Jones, Timothy Matthew | Route, Matthew P. | Urba, Laura Gabriela

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 172.
Corequisite: MA 162.

PHYS272PIN

(PHYS27200) Electric And Magnetic Interactions

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Offering:

Fall, cr. 4

Instructors:

Gerber, Jeffrey Miles

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 172. Corequisite: MA 162.

PHYS306

(PHYS30600) Mathematical Methods of Physics I

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Offering:

Typically Offered: Fall/Spring - Credits: 3

Instructors:

Giannios, Dimitrios

Prerequisites:

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

PHYS310

(PHYS31000) Intermediate Mechanics

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Offering:

Fall, Class 4, cr. 4

Instructors:

Nolte, David D

Prerequisites:

PHYS 272H and MA 261

PHYS322

(PHYS32200) Optics

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Offering:

Fall, Class 3, cr. 3

Instructors:

Liang, Qiyu

Prerequisites:

PHYS 251, 271, or equivalent.

PHYS323

(PHYS32300) Research With Big Data I

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Offering:

Fall, Spring, Summer. cr. 3

Instructors:

Jung, Andreas

Prerequisites:

N\A

PHYS330

(PHYS33000) Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism

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Offering:

Fall Cr. 3

Instructors:

Malis, Oana

Prerequisites:

PHYS 272H and MA 261

PHYS340

(PHYS34000) Modern Physics Laboratory (was 342L)

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Offering:

1.000 Credit Hour

Instructors:

Savikhin, Sergei F

Prerequisites:

PHYS 272(H), or 241

PHYS34202

(PHYS34202) Introduction To Quantum Science

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Offering:

Fall, cr. 3

Instructors:

Carlson, Erica

Prerequisites:

N\A

PHYS344

(PHYS34400) Introduction to Quantum Science

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Offering:

Fall 4.000 Credit Hours

Instructors:

Durbin, Stephen M

Prerequisites:

272H or 241

PHYS370

(PHYS37000) Special Topics in Physics

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Offering:

Fall, Spring, Summer 1.00 - 4.000 Credit Hours

Instructors:

Duffell, Paul Cole

Prerequisites:

N\A

PHYS41610

(PHYS41610) Thermal And Statistical Physics Honors

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Offering:

Fall, cr. 4

Instructors:

Robicheaux, Francis J

Prerequisites:

N\A

PHYS431

(PHYS43100) Electricity And Magnetism II (Honors)

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Offering:

Fall (starting in Fall 2010), Class 2, Cr. 2

Instructors:

Rokhinson, Leonid P

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 430. Admission by special permission.

PHYS450

(PHYS45000) Optics Laboratory I (Honors)

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Offering:

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

Instructors:

Shivaram, Niranjan Hirisave

Prerequisites:

Corequisite: PHYS 422; Admission by special permission.

PHYS461

(PHYS46100) Quantum Mechanics II (Honors)

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Offering:

Spring (starting in Spring 2010), Class 3, cr. 3.

Instructors:

Zeng, Yihang

Prerequisites:

PHYS 460. 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 P

Prerequisites:

PHYS 310 and 344. Coreq. 360 and 330

PHYS550

(PHYS55000) Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

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Offering:

Fall, Class 3, cr. 3

Instructors:

Kaufmann, Erika Birgit

Prerequisites:

PHYS 342 or PHYS 344, PHYS 310 or PHYS 410. Not available for students with credit in PHYS 360 or 460.

PHYS556

(PHYS55600) Introductory Nuclear Physics

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Offering:

Spring, Fall 3 Credits

Instructors:

Xie, Wei

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 550.

PHYS/ASTR 561

(PHYS56100) Galaxies and Large Scale Structure

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Offering:

Fall, Spring CR: 3.0

Instructors:

Lee, Kyoungsoo

Prerequisites:

Graduate status or PHYS 342 or PHYS 344

PHYS/ASTR 563

(PHYS56300) Astroparticle Physics

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Offering:

Fall, Spring CR: 3.0

Instructors:

Peterson, John R

Prerequisites:

Graduate status or PHYS 342 or PHYS 344

PHYS564

(PHYS56400) Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics I

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Offering:

Sem. 1, Class 3, cr. 3.

Instructors:

Neumeister, Norbert

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 360 or 460 or 550.

PHYS/ASTR 567

(PHYS56700) Observational Techniques In Astronomy

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Offering:

3 Credits; typically offered Fall semester

Instructors:

Polin, Abigail

Prerequisites:

PHYS342 or PHYS344

PHYS570AI

(PHYS57000) Selected Topics In Physics

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Offering:

Fall, Spring, Summer. cr. 3

Instructors:

Liu, Miaoyuan

Prerequisites:

N\A

PHYS570E

(PHYS57000) Introduction to Biophysics

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Offering:

3 credits

Instructors:

Pushkar, Yulia Nikolaevna

Prerequisites:

N\A

PHYS570IS

(PHYS57000IS) Selected Topics In Physics

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Offering:

Fall, cr. 3

Instructors:

Vayrynen, Jukka Ilmari

Prerequisites:

N\A

PHYS570PP

(PHYS57000PP) Selected Topics In Physics

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Offering:

Fall, cr. 3

Instructors:

Rebello, Nobel Sanjay

Prerequisites:

N\A

PHYS570TH

(PHYS57000TH) Selected Topics In Physics

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Offering:

Fall, cr. 3

Instructors:

Kruczenski, Luis Martin

Prerequisites:

N\A

PHYS570UCP

(PHYS57000UCP) Selected Topics In Physics

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Offering:

Fall, cr. 3

Instructors:

Hung, Chen-Lung

Prerequisites:

N\A

PHYS580

(PHYS58000) Computational Physics

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Offering:

Spring (starting in Spring 2011). cr. 3

Instructors:

Wang, Fuqiang

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.

PHYS600

(PHYS60000) Methods of Theoretical Physics I

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Offering:

Fall, Summer, Cr. 3

Instructors:

Lyanda-Geller, Yuli

Prerequisites:

None

PHYS605

(PHYS60500) Pedagogical Methods for Physics Graduate Students (was 670A)

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Offering:

Fall, Class 2, cr. 2.

Instructors:

Rebello, Nobel Sanjay

Prerequisites:

None

PHYS610

(PHYS61000) Advanced Theoretical Mechanics

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Offering:

Spring, Class 3, cr. 3

Instructors:

Khlebnikov, Sergei

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 510 or equivalent.

PHYS630

(PHYS63000) Advanced Theory Of Electricity And Magnetism

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Offering:

Fall, Spring cr 3.00

Instructors:

Greene, Christopher H

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 530, PHYS 600 or equivalent.

PHYS645

(PHYS64500) Electron Theory of Solids I

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Offering:

Fall, Class 3, cr. 3.

Instructors:

Nie, Laimei

Prerequisites:

PHYS 601, PHYS 545, and PHYS 661, or equivalent.

PHYS660

(PHYS66000) Quantum Mechanics I

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Offering:

Fall, Spring, Class 3, cr. 3.

Instructors:

Eiles, Matthew T

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 530, PHYS 550, PHYS 600, and PHYS 610, or equivalent; Corequisite: PHYS 601.

PHYS662

(PHYS66200) Quantum Field Theory I

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Offering:

Spring, Credits 3.0

Instructors:

Lashkari, Nima

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 661.

PHYS664

(PHYS66400) Quantum Theory Of Many-Body Systems

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Offering:

Fall, Spring Credits 3

Instructors:

Chamon, Claudio

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: PHYS 617, 660, 661; PHYS 645 and 646 are recommended. Authorized equivalent courses or consent of instructor may be used in satisfying course pre- and co-requisites.

PHYS696

(PHYS69600) Grad Research Seminar

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Offering:

Sem. 1, 2, 3.

Instructors:

Csathy, Gabor A | Ritchie, Kenneth P

Prerequisites:

N\A

SCI301

(SCI30100) Intro STEM Teach

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Offering:

Fall, cr. 1

Instructors:

Powers, Elizabeth A

Prerequisites:

N\A

SCI302

(SCI30200) STEM Teaching I

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Offering:

Fall, cr. 3

Instructors:

Powers, Elizabeth A

Prerequisites:

N\A

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