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Physics Dept.
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Physics Department Course Catalog

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All Courses
# Name Offered Credits GenEd
100 Conceptual Physics Fall 3 PS
103 Conceptual Physics Laboratory Spring
105 Weather & Our Atmosphere Fall 3 PS
114 Theory of Sound with Applications to Speech and Hearing Science Spring 3 PS
115 Physics of Music Spring 3 PS
116 Relativity Fall 3 PS
117 Nuclear Engergy Spring 3 PS
120 The Big Bang to Black Holes Fall 3 PS
125 Seeing the Light Fall 3 PS
131 Introductory Physics I Both 3 PS
132 Introductory Physics II Both 3 PS
133 Introductory Physics Lab I Both 1
134 Introductory Physics Laboratory II Fall 1
139 Introduction to Physics Fall 3 PS
151 General Physics I Both 3 PS
152 General Physics II Both 3 PS
153 General Physics Laboratory I Both 1
154 General Physics Laboratory II Both 1
171 Physics I Both 3 PS
173 Physics I Lab Fall
181 Physics I - Mechanics Fall 3 PS
182 Physics II - Electricity & Magnetics Spring 3
183 Physics I Lab (Mechanics) Fall 1
184 Physics II Lab (Electricity & Magnetics) Spring 1
185 Freshman Colloquium Fall 1
186 Freshman Colloquium Spring 1
190 Energy and Society Spring 3 PS
190Q Einstein's Dice Occasional 3 PS
195 Seminar Spring
196 Independent Study Both 1-3
197 Special Topics Fall
230 Techniques Lab Fall
261 General Physics III Spring 3
262 General Physics Laboratory III Spring 1
281 Introduction to Computational Physics Fall 3
282 Techniques of Theoretical Physics Spring 3
283 Physics III Fall
284 Modern Physics I Spring 3
285 Sophomore Lab Spring
286 Sophomore Laboratory II Spring 2
287 Physics III - Thermodynamics (previously Physics 172) Fall 4 PS
289 Physics III Lab - Thermodynamics (previously Physics 174) Fall 1 PS
290 Introduction to Computational Physics Fall
295 Seminar Fall
296 Independent Study Both 1-3
298 (name) Fall
381 Writing in Physics Fall 3
391 Seminar Fall
392 Seminar Fall
396 Independent Study Occasional 1-3
421 Mechanics Fall 3
422 Electricity and Magnetism II Spring 3
423 Statistical Physics Fall 3
424 Quantum Mechanics Fall 3
440 Intermediate Laboratory A Fall
441 Intermediate Laboratory B Both 2
490N Intro to Nanotechnology and Nanomanufacturing Spring 3
496 Independent Study Both 1-3
498 (name) Fall
499 Honors Thesis Both 1-5
529 Radiation Physics (non-lab) Fall
530 Radiation Physics (with lab) Spring 4
531 Electronics for Scientists I Fall 4
532 Electronics for Scientists II Spring 4
553 Optics (with lab) Spring 4
554 Optics (non-lab) Fall
556 Nuclei and Elementary Particles Spring 3
558 Solid State Physics Spring 4
562 Advanced Electricity and Magnetism Fall 3
564 Introductory Advanced Quantum Mechanics Fall 3
568 General Relativity Fall
596 Independent Study Both 1-6
597 Conceptual Physics for Science Teachers Fall
601 Classical Mechanics Fall 3
602 Statistical Physics Spring 3
605 Methods of Mathematical Physics Fall 4
606 Classical Electrodynamics I Fall 4
614 Intermediate Quantum Mechanics I Spring 3
615 Intermediate Quantum Mechanics II Fall 3
690E Ethics for Scientists and Engineers Occasional 2
691 Seminar: Physics Colloquium Fall 1
695 Graduate Research Seminar Fall
696 Independent Study Both variable
699 Master's Thesis Fall 6
714 Introductory High Energy Physics Spring 3
715 Introductory Solid State Physics Spring 3
716 Introduction to Superfluidity and Superconductivity Spring 3
719 Nuclear Physics Fall 3
723 Topics In Mathematical Physics Occasional 3
724 Group Theory In Quantum Mechanics Fall 3
790 Nanostructure Physics Fall
796 Independent Study Fall
811 Field Theory I 3
813 High Energy Physics Occasional 3
816 Solid State Physics Occasional 3
817 Advanced Statistical Physics Occasional 3
820 Nuclear Theory Fall 3
821 General Relativity Occasional 3
850 Advanced Topics: Biophysics Fall 3
851 Special Topics In Nuclear Physics Occasional 3
852 Special Topics In High Energy Physics Occasional 3
853 Special Topics: Solid State Physics Occasional 3
860 Monte Carlo Techniques Both 1-3
890 Advanced Theoretical Physics Spring 3
890A Advanced Theoretical Physics Fall 3
896 Independent Study Fall
899 Doctoral Dissertation Both 18

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