Physics Department Course Catalog

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#	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
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
896	Independent Study	Fall
899	Doctoral Dissertation	Both	18

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