Courses

 

Physics 100  200  300 400  500 600 700  

Astronomy  100 200 300 400 500 700

The following color codes denote the semester when the given course is offered or is planned to be offered:

Fall2001

 Spring  2001 Summer 2001 later or TBA

100-level courses

Course description  Web Schedule 
PHYS 101 Light and Sound in Our World * TBA
PHYS 102 Sports Physics * TBA
PHYS 103 Principles and Development of Modern Physics I  * Fall 2001
PHYS 104 Principles and Development of Modern Physics II  * Spring 2001
PHYS 121 Uses of Physics * TBA
PHYS 122 Inside Relativity *  Fall 2001
PHYS 123 Inside the Quantum World *  Fall 2001
PHYS 124 Experimental Explorations in Physics  * TBA
PHYS 160 University Physics I  * Fall 2001
Spring 2001

 

200-level courses

Course name  WEB Offered in
PHYS 225 Problems in Physics I   * TBA
PHYS 243  College Physics I   * Fall 2001
PHYS 244 College Physics Lab I   * Fall 2001
PHYS 245 College Physics II   *  Spring 2001
PHYS 246 (College Physics Lab II   * Spring 2001
PHYS 251 Introduction to Computer Techniques in Physics   * Fall 2001
PHYS 260  University Physics II   * Fall 2001
Spring 2001
PHYS 261  University Physics II Laboratory   * Fall 2001
Spring 2001
PHYS 262 University Physics III   * Fall2001
Spring 2001
PHYS 263  University Physics III Laboratory  Web page  Fall 2001
Spring 2001
PHYS 265 Advanced University Physics II Laboratory   * Fall 2001
Spring 2001
PHYS 266 Introduction to Thermodynamics   * Fall 2001
Spring 2001

 

300-level courses

Course name   WEB Offered in
PHYS 303 Classical Mechanics   * Fall 2002
PHYS 305 Electromagnetic Theory   * Fall 2001
PHYS 306 Wave Motion   * Fall 2001
PHYS 307 Thermal Physics   * Spring 2001
PHYS 308 Modern Physics with Applications  Web page  Spring 2001
PHYS 310 Physics of Semiconductor Materials and Processing   * TBA
PHYS 311, 312 Mathematical Methods in Physics and Engineering   * TBA
PHYS 326 Problems in Physics II   * TBA
PHYS 328/ASTR 328 Introduction to Astrophysics   * Fall 2001
PHYS 390 Topics in Physics   * Spring2001

400-Level Courses

Course name

Web

Offered in
PHYS 402 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics   *

Fall 2001
PHYS 407 Senior Laboratory in Modern Physics   *

Fall 2001
PHYS 408 Senior Research   * Fall 2001
Spring 2001
PHYS 409 Physics Internship   * Fall 2001
Spring 2001
PHYS 416 Special Topics in Modern Physics   *

Fall 2001
PHYS 417 Geophysics   *

TBA
PHYS 428 Relativity and Cosmology   *

TBA

 

    500-Level Courses

Course Name

Web

 Offered in
PHYS 502 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Physics   *

Fall 2001
PHYS 510 Computational Physics I   *

Spring 2001
PHYS 512 Solid State Physics and Applications   *

Spring 2002
PHYS 513  Applied Electromagnetic Theory   *

Fall 2002
PHYS 533 Modern Instrumentation   *

Fall 2001
PHYS 540 Nuclear and Particle Physics   *

TBA 
PHYS 575 Atmospheric Physics I   * Fall 2001
PHYS 590 Selected Topics in Physics   * Spring 2001 

                                                   

600-Level Courses

Course Names Web Offered in
PHYS 600 Special Topics in Physics * TBA
PHYS 611 Electro-optics  *  TBA
PHYS 612 Physics of Modern Imaging   * TBA
PHYS 613 Computational Physics II   *

Fall 2001
PHYS 620 Continuum Mechanics   *

Fall 2001
PHYS 676 Atmospheric Physics   *  Spring 2001 

  700-Level Courses            

Course Name Web Offered in
PHYS 701 Theoretical Physics  * Fall 2002
PHYS 705 Classical Mechanics  * Fall 2001 
PHYS 711 Statistical Mechanics   * Spring 2001 
PHYS 722 Electromagnetic Theory   * TBA 
PHYS 728 Simulation of Large-Scale Physical Systems   * Spring 2001
PHYS 732 Quantum Mechanics   * Spring 2001 
PHYS 736 Computational Quantum Mechanics   * Spring 2002
PHYS 780 Topics in Computational Physics   * TBA
PHYS 796 Directed Reading and Research   * continuous
PHYS 798 Research Project   * continuous
PHYS 799 Master's Thesis   * continuous

Astronomy Courses

100-level Courses

Course Name Web Offered in
ASTR 103 Astronomy * Fall 2001
Spring 2001
ASTR 111 Introduction to Modern Astronomy I * Fall 2001
ASTR 112 Introduction to Modern Astronomy Lab I * Fall 2001
ASTR 113 Introduction to Modern Astronomy II * Spring 2001
ASTR 114 Introduction to Modern Astronomy Lab II * Spring 2001 

200-Level Courses   

Course Name Web Offered in
ASTR 228 Foundations of Cosmological Thought *

TBA 

 

300-Level Courses

Course Name Web Offered in
ASTR 328 Introduction to Astrophysics *

Fall 2001
ASTR 390 Topics in Astronomy *  TBA

 400-Level Courses      

Course Name Web Offered in
ASTR  428 Relativity and Cosmology *  TBA 

500-Level Courses

Course Name Web Offered in
ASTR 530 Astrophysics *

Fall 2001
ASTR 533 Space Instrumentation and Exploration *  TBA 

700-Level Courses

Course Name Web Offered in
ASTR 761 N-Body Methods and Particle Simulations * Fall  2001 
ASTR 764 Computational Astrophysics * Spring 2001
ASTR 765 High-Energy and Accretion Astrophysics * TBA
ASTR 766 Relativity and Cosmology * TBA
ASTR 769 Topics in Space Sciences *

Fall 2001
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