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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Total Enrollment	Wait List
11054	PHYS 53 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Handcrafting in the Nanoworld: Building Models and Manipulating Molecules	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	OTTO ZHOU	Chapman Hall-Rm 0235	1/3	Seats filled	1/3
Description: This seminar provides a general introduction to nanoscience and nanotechnology, focusing on recent advances in molecular electronics, nanomaterials, and biomedical research. Course activities include group model-building projects, presentations, and discussions of reading material. 3 units.
3886	PHYS 100 - 001 How Things Work	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf	Phillips Hall-Rm 0215	78/148	Seats filled	78/148	0/999
Description: Demystifying the working of objects such as CD players, microwave ovens, lasers, computers, roller coasters, rockets, light bulbs, automobiles, clocks, copy machines, X-ray and CAT-scan machines, and nuclear reactors. 4 units.
6660	PHYS 114 - 001 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	DUANE DEARDORFF	Stone Center-Rm 0103	242/288	Seats filled	242/288	8/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 129P or 130 or 231. Basic principles of physics, including forces, energy, oscillations, sound, diffusion, and heat transfer, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 114 in addition to PHYS 104, 116, or 118. 4 units.
6661	PHYS 114 - 002 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	DUANE DEARDORFF	Stone Center-Rm 0103	Seats filled	Seats filled	288/288	89/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 129P or 130 or 231. Basic principles of physics, including forces, energy, oscillations, sound, diffusion, and heat transfer, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 114 in addition to PHYS 104, 116, or 118. 4 units.
6662	PHYS 114 - 501 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 3:35PM - 5:25PM	DUANE DEARDORFF	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled	Seats filled	72/72	18/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 129P or 130 or 231. Basic principles of physics, including forces, energy, oscillations, sound, diffusion, and heat transfer, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 114 in addition to PHYS 104, 116, or 118. 0 units.
6663	PHYS 114 - 502 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 5:45PM - 7:35PM	DUANE DEARDORFF	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled	Seats filled	72/72	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 129P or 130 or 231. Basic principles of physics, including forces, energy, oscillations, sound, diffusion, and heat transfer, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 114 in addition to PHYS 104, 116, or 118. 0 units.
6664	PHYS 114 - 503 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:50AM	DUANE DEARDORFF	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled	Seats filled	72/72	3/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 129P or 130 or 231. Basic principles of physics, including forces, energy, oscillations, sound, diffusion, and heat transfer, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 114 in addition to PHYS 104, 116, or 118. 0 units.
6665	PHYS 114 - 504 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 10:00AM - 11:50AM	DUANE DEARDORFF	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled	Seats filled	72/72	19/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 129P or 130 or 231. Basic principles of physics, including forces, energy, oscillations, sound, diffusion, and heat transfer, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 114 in addition to PHYS 104, 116, or 118. 0 units.
6666	PHYS 114 - 505 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 12:00PM - 1:50PM	DUANE DEARDORFF	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled	Seats filled	72/72	25/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 129P or 130 or 231. Basic principles of physics, including forces, energy, oscillations, sound, diffusion, and heat transfer, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 114 in addition to PHYS 104, 116, or 118. 0 units.
6667	PHYS 114 - 506 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:50PM	DUANE DEARDORFF	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled	Seats filled	72/72	9/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 129P or 130 or 231. Basic principles of physics, including forces, energy, oscillations, sound, diffusion, and heat transfer, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 114 in addition to PHYS 104, 116, or 118. 0 units.
6668	PHYS 114 - 507 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 4:00PM - 5:50PM	DUANE DEARDORFF	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled	Seats filled	72/72	8/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 129P or 130 or 231. Basic principles of physics, including forces, energy, oscillations, sound, diffusion, and heat transfer, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 114 in addition to PHYS 104, 116, or 118. 0 units.
6669	PHYS 114 - 508 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 6:00PM - 7:50PM	DUANE DEARDORFF	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	26/72	Seats filled	26/72	1/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 129P or 130 or 231. Basic principles of physics, including forces, energy, oscillations, sound, diffusion, and heat transfer, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 114 in addition to PHYS 104, 116, or 118. 0 units.
6983	PHYS 115 - 001 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	Rene Lopez, Colin Wallace	Murphey Hall-Rm 0116	102/158	Seats filled	102/158	2/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 104, 114, 116, or 118. Basic principles of physics, including fluids, electricity, magnetism, optics, quantum physics, and nuclear physics, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 115 in addition to PHYS 105, 117, or 119. 4 units.
9419	PHYS 115 - 002 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Colin Wallace	Murphey Hall-Rm 0116	Seats filled	Seats filled	171/171	32/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 104, 114, 116, or 118. Basic principles of physics, including fluids, electricity, magnetism, optics, quantum physics, and nuclear physics, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 115 in addition to PHYS 105, 117, or 119. 4 units.
6984	PHYS 115 - 501 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 12:20PM - 2:10PM	Colin Wallace	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	Seats filled	Seats filled	54/54	13/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 104, 114, 116, or 118. Basic principles of physics, including fluids, electricity, magnetism, optics, quantum physics, and nuclear physics, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 115 in addition to PHYS 105, 117, or 119. 0 units.
6985	PHYS 115 - 502 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 2:30PM - 4:20PM	Colin Wallace	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	Seats filled	Seats filled	54/54	2/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 104, 114, 116, or 118. Basic principles of physics, including fluids, electricity, magnetism, optics, quantum physics, and nuclear physics, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 115 in addition to PHYS 105, 117, or 119. 0 units.
6986	PHYS 115 - 503 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 4:40PM - 6:30PM	Colin Wallace	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	37/54	Seats filled	37/54	2/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 104, 114, 116, or 118. Basic principles of physics, including fluids, electricity, magnetism, optics, quantum physics, and nuclear physics, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 115 in addition to PHYS 105, 117, or 119. 0 units.
6987	PHYS 115 - 504 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:50AM	Colin Wallace	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	25/54	Seats filled	25/54	1/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 104, 114, 116, or 118. Basic principles of physics, including fluids, electricity, magnetism, optics, quantum physics, and nuclear physics, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 115 in addition to PHYS 105, 117, or 119. 0 units.
6988	PHYS 115 - 505 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 10:00AM - 11:50AM	Colin Wallace	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	Seats filled	Seats filled	54/54	2/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 104, 114, 116, or 118. Basic principles of physics, including fluids, electricity, magnetism, optics, quantum physics, and nuclear physics, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 115 in addition to PHYS 105, 117, or 119. 0 units.
9814	PHYS 115 - 506 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 12:00PM - 1:50PM	Colin Wallace	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	49/54	Seats filled	49/54	4/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 104, 114, 116, or 118. Basic principles of physics, including fluids, electricity, magnetism, optics, quantum physics, and nuclear physics, and applications to biological systems. Intended to meet the needs of, but not restricted to, students majoring in the life sciences. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 115 in addition to PHYS 105, 117, or 119. 0 units.
13566	PHYS 118 - 001 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	REYCO HENNING, Muxin Zhang	Carroll Hall-Rm 0111	28/100	Seats filled	28/100	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 231; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 232; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Mechanics of particles and rigid bodies. Newton's laws; mechanical and potential energy; mechanical conservation laws; frame-dependence of physical laws; Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 118 in addition to PHYS 104, 114, or 116. 4 units.
6633	PHYS 118 - 002 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Muxin Zhang	Carroll Hall-Rm 0111	114/150	Seats filled	114/150	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 231; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 232; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Mechanics of particles and rigid bodies. Newton's laws; mechanical and potential energy; mechanical conservation laws; frame-dependence of physical laws; Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 118 in addition to PHYS 104, 114, or 116. 4 units.
13567	PHYS 118 - 01F Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	Muxin Zhang	Carroll Hall-Rm 0111	3/5	Seats filled	3/5
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 231; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 232; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Mechanics of particles and rigid bodies. Newton's laws; mechanical and potential energy; mechanical conservation laws; frame-dependence of physical laws; Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 118 in addition to PHYS 104, 114, or 116. 4 units.
10215	PHYS 118 - 401 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 10:10AM - 12:00PM	Muxin Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	3/5	Seats filled	3/5	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 231; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 232; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Mechanics of particles and rigid bodies. Newton's laws; mechanical and potential energy; mechanical conservation laws; frame-dependence of physical laws; Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 118 in addition to PHYS 104, 114, or 116. 0 units.
6634	PHYS 118 - 502 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 12:20PM - 2:10PM	Muxin Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	40/42	Seats filled	40/42	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 231; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 232; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Mechanics of particles and rigid bodies. Newton's laws; mechanical and potential energy; mechanical conservation laws; frame-dependence of physical laws; Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 118 in addition to PHYS 104, 114, or 116. 0 units.
6635	PHYS 118 - 503 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 2:30PM - 4:20PM	Muxin Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	Seats filled	Seats filled	42/42	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 231; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 232; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Mechanics of particles and rigid bodies. Newton's laws; mechanical and potential energy; mechanical conservation laws; frame-dependence of physical laws; Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 118 in addition to PHYS 104, 114, or 116. 0 units.
6636	PHYS 118 - 504 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 4:40PM - 6:30PM	Muxin Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	33/42	Seats filled	33/42	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 231; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 232; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Mechanics of particles and rigid bodies. Newton's laws; mechanical and potential energy; mechanical conservation laws; frame-dependence of physical laws; Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 118 in addition to PHYS 104, 114, or 116. 0 units.
14634	PHYS 118 - 505 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:50AM	Muxin Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	5/42	Seats filled	5/42	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 231; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 232; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Mechanics of particles and rigid bodies. Newton's laws; mechanical and potential energy; mechanical conservation laws; frame-dependence of physical laws; Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 118 in addition to PHYS 104, 114, or 116. 0 units.
7025	PHYS 118 - 506 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	TuTh 12:00PM - 1:50PM	Muxin Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	22/42	Seats filled	22/42	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 231; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 232; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Mechanics of particles and rigid bodies. Newton's laws; mechanical and potential energy; mechanical conservation laws; frame-dependence of physical laws; Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 118 in addition to PHYS 104, 114, or 116. 0 units.
13568	PHYS 118H - 01F Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	Wei Zhang, Muxin Zhang	Carroll Hall-Rm 0111	0/30	Seats filled	0/30
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 231; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 232; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Mechanics of particles and rigid bodies. Newton's laws; mechanical and potential energy; mechanical conservation laws; frame-dependence of physical laws; Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 118 in addition to PHYS 104, 114, or 116. 4 units.
14419	PHYS 118H - 401 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	TuTh 10:00AM - 11:50AM	Wei Zhang, Muxin Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	0/30	Seats filled	0/30	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 231; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 232; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Mechanics of particles and rigid bodies. Newton's laws; mechanical and potential energy; mechanical conservation laws; frame-dependence of physical laws; Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 118 in addition to PHYS 104, 114, or 116. 0 units.
6989	PHYS 119 - 001 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Amy Nicholson, Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf	Phillips Hall-Rm 0215	137/147	Seats filled	137/147	11/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 118 or PHYS 118H; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 233; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Unification of the laws of electricity and magnetism; electromagnetic waves; the particle-wave duality; fundamental principles and applications of quantum mechanics. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 119 in addition to PHYS 105, 115, or 117. 4 units.
6990	PHYS 119 - 501 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWe 10:10AM - 12:00PM	Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	Seats filled	Seats filled	40/40	5/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 118 or PHYS 118H; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 233; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Unification of the laws of electricity and magnetism; electromagnetic waves; the particle-wave duality; fundamental principles and applications of quantum mechanics. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 119 in addition to PHYS 105, 115, or 117. 0 units.
6991	PHYS 119 - 502 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWe 12:20PM - 2:10PM	Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	Seats filled	Seats filled	40/40	3/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 118 or PHYS 118H; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 233; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Unification of the laws of electricity and magnetism; electromagnetic waves; the particle-wave duality; fundamental principles and applications of quantum mechanics. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 119 in addition to PHYS 105, 115, or 117. 0 units.
6992	PHYS 119 - 503 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWe 2:30PM - 4:20PM	Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	Seats filled	Seats filled	40/40	3/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 118 or PHYS 118H; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 233; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Unification of the laws of electricity and magnetism; electromagnetic waves; the particle-wave duality; fundamental principles and applications of quantum mechanics. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 119 in addition to PHYS 105, 115, or 117. 0 units.
15512	PHYS 119 - 504 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWe 4:40PM - 6:30PM	Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	15/30	Seats filled	15/30	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 118 or PHYS 118H; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 233; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Unification of the laws of electricity and magnetism; electromagnetic waves; the particle-wave duality; fundamental principles and applications of quantum mechanics. Students may not receive credit for PHYS 119 in addition to PHYS 105, 115, or 117. 0 units.
3982	PHYS 211 - 001 Intermediate Electromagnetism	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Wei Zhang	Hamilton Hall-Rm 0452	27/35	Seats filled	27/35	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, MATH 233 and PHYS 117 or 119; Pre- or corequisite, MATH 383. Electric fields and potentials, dielectrics, steady currents, magnetic flux and magnetic materials, electromagnetic induction. Emphasis on Maxwell's equations and their application to electromagnetic waves in bounded and unbounded media. 3 units.
7021	PHYS 281L - 401 Experimental Techniques in Physics	Mo 1:35PM - 4:15PM	Akaa Ayangeakaa	Phillips Hall-Rm 0177	Seats filled	Seats filled	0/0	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 117 or 119; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. An introductory course centered around 8 lab experiments that include Compton scattering, interferometry, e/m, and photoelectric effect. Students use data analysis tools including MATLAB or Python, uncertainty analysis based on the GUM, and LaTeX for written reports. In this communication-intensive course, students collaborate like physicists through written and oral communication and peer review exercises aimed at general, peer, and expert audiences. They also engage with themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field. 3 units.
7022	PHYS 281L - 402 Experimental Techniques in Physics	Tu 2:00PM - 4:50PM	Akaa Ayangeakaa	Phillips Hall-Rm 0177	Seats filled	Seats filled	12/12	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 117 or 119; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. An introductory course centered around 8 lab experiments that include Compton scattering, interferometry, e/m, and photoelectric effect. Students use data analysis tools including MATLAB or Python, uncertainty analysis based on the GUM, and LaTeX for written reports. In this communication-intensive course, students collaborate like physicists through written and oral communication and peer review exercises aimed at general, peer, and expert audiences. They also engage with themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field. 3 units.
7023	PHYS 281L - 403 Experimental Techniques in Physics	We 2:30PM - 5:20PM	Akaa Ayangeakaa	Phillips Hall-Rm 0177	Seats filled	Seats filled	12/12	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 117 or 119; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. An introductory course centered around 8 lab experiments that include Compton scattering, interferometry, e/m, and photoelectric effect. Students use data analysis tools including MATLAB or Python, uncertainty analysis based on the GUM, and LaTeX for written reports. In this communication-intensive course, students collaborate like physicists through written and oral communication and peer review exercises aimed at general, peer, and expert audiences. They also engage with themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field. 3 units.
7024	PHYS 281L - 404 Experimental Techniques in Physics	Th 2:00PM - 4:50PM	Akaa Ayangeakaa	Phillips Hall-Rm 0177	6/12	Seats filled	6/12	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 117 or 119; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. An introductory course centered around 8 lab experiments that include Compton scattering, interferometry, e/m, and photoelectric effect. Students use data analysis tools including MATLAB or Python, uncertainty analysis based on the GUM, and LaTeX for written reports. In this communication-intensive course, students collaborate like physicists through written and oral communication and peer review exercises aimed at general, peer, and expert audiences. They also engage with themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field. 3 units.
8303	PHYS 281L - 601 Experimental Techniques in Physics	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Akaa Ayangeakaa	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	30/36	Seats filled	30/36	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 117 or 119; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. An introductory course centered around 8 lab experiments that include Compton scattering, interferometry, e/m, and photoelectric effect. Students use data analysis tools including MATLAB or Python, uncertainty analysis based on the GUM, and LaTeX for written reports. In this communication-intensive course, students collaborate like physicists through written and oral communication and peer review exercises aimed at general, peer, and expert audiences. They also engage with themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field. 0 units.
3983	PHYS 311 - 001 Electromagnetism I	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Yue Wu	Phillips Hall-Rm 0265	47/64	Seats filled	47/64	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, PHYS 331 and one of PHYS 117 or 119; permission of the instructor for students lacking the requisite. First semester of a two-semester sequence on electromagnetic theory and applications. This first semester is focused on electrostatic fields and potentials, magnetic fields and potentials, dielectrics, and magnetic fields in matter. 3 units.
7708	PHYS 331 - 001 Numerical Techniques for the Sciences I	MoWe 12:20PM - 1:10PM	AMY OLDENBURG	Phillips Hall-Rm 0265	45/51	Seats filled	48/54	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 104, 114, 116, or 118; pre- or corequisite, MATH 383. Applications of calculus, vector analysis, differential equations, complex numbers, and computer programming to realistic physical systems. Three lecture and two computational laboratory hours per week. 4 units.
7709	PHYS 331 - 401 Numerical Techniques for the Sciences I	We 5:05PM - 7:05PM	AMY OLDENBURG	Phillips Hall-Rm 0265	48/54	Seats filled	48/54	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 104, 114, 116, or 118; pre- or corequisite, MATH 383. Applications of calculus, vector analysis, differential equations, complex numbers, and computer programming to realistic physical systems. Three lecture and two computational laboratory hours per week. 0 units.
7318	PHYS 332 - 001 Numerical Techniques for the Sciences II	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Joaquin Drut	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	Seats filled	Seats filled	49/49	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 331. Modeling of celestial dynamics, nuclear physics problems, electrostatics; Monte Carlo integration in particle and theoretical physics; data modeling for physics and astronomy; gravitation, electromagnetism, fluid dynamics and quantum mechanics. Three lecture and two computational laboratory hours per week. Previously offered as PHYS 358. 4 units.
8756	PHYS 332 - 501 Numerical Techniques for the Sciences II	Th 3:30PM - 5:30PM	Joaquin Drut	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 331. Modeling of celestial dynamics, nuclear physics problems, electrostatics; Monte Carlo integration in particle and theoretical physics; data modeling for physics and astronomy; gravitation, electromagnetism, fluid dynamics and quantum mechanics. Three lecture and two computational laboratory hours per week. Previously offered as PHYS 358. 0 units.
8757	PHYS 332 - 502 Numerical Techniques for the Sciences II	Fr 3:30PM - 5:30PM	Joaquin Drut	Phillips Hall-Rm 0222	24/25	Seats filled	24/25	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 331. Modeling of celestial dynamics, nuclear physics problems, electrostatics; Monte Carlo integration in particle and theoretical physics; data modeling for physics and astronomy; gravitation, electromagnetism, fluid dynamics and quantum mechanics. Three lecture and two computational laboratory hours per week. Previously offered as PHYS 358. 0 units.
14688	PHYS 390 - 001 Special Topics in Physics and Astronomy	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Julieta Gruszko	Phillips Hall-Rm 0222	14/25	Seats filled	14/25	0/999
Description: Elective topics in the field of Physics and Astronomy. This course has variable content and may be taken multiple times for credit. 1 - 3 units.
7624	PHYS 405 - 001 Biological Physics	MoWeFr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	David Hill	Phillips Hall-Rm 0265	17/24	Seats filled	17/24	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, PHYS 116 and 117, or PHYS 118 and 119. How diffusion, entropy, electrostatics, and hydrophobicity generate order and force in biology. Topics include DNA manipulation, intracellular transport, cell division, molecular motors, single molecule biophysics techniques, nerve impulses, neuroscience. 3 units.
3984	PHYS 441 - 001 Thermal Physics	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Gokce Basar	Phillips Hall-Rm 0265	Seats filled	Seats filled	59/59	2/999
Description: Prerequisites, MATH 233, and PHYS 117 or 119; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Equilibrium statistical mechanics; the laws of thermodynamics, internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, thermodynamic potentials, Maxwell's relations. 3 units.
3985	PHYS 451 - 001 Electronics I	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Rosa Branca	Bingham Hall-Rm 3006	Seats filled	Seats filled	36/36	2/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 115 or 119; Pre- or corequisites, MATH 383 and PHYS 331; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. DC and AC circuit analysis and design, construction, test, and measurements. Semiconductors physics and semiconductor devices (diodes and transistors). Signal conditioning and introduction to digital electronics and automated data acquisition and analysis. Previously offered as PHYS 351. 4 units.
3987	PHYS 451 - 401 Electronics I	Mo 4:40PM - 7:30PM	Rosa Branca	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	12/12	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 115 or 119; Pre- or corequisites, MATH 383 and PHYS 331; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. DC and AC circuit analysis and design, construction, test, and measurements. Semiconductors physics and semiconductor devices (diodes and transistors). Signal conditioning and introduction to digital electronics and automated data acquisition and analysis. Previously offered as PHYS 351. 0 units.
3986	PHYS 451 - 402 Electronics I	Tu 2:00PM - 4:50PM	Rosa Branca	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	12/12	2/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 115 or 119; Pre- or corequisites, MATH 383 and PHYS 331; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. DC and AC circuit analysis and design, construction, test, and measurements. Semiconductors physics and semiconductor devices (diodes and transistors). Signal conditioning and introduction to digital electronics and automated data acquisition and analysis. Previously offered as PHYS 351. 0 units.
12782	PHYS 451 - 403 Electronics I	We 2:30PM - 5:20PM	Rosa Branca	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	12/12	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 115 or 119; Pre- or corequisites, MATH 383 and PHYS 331; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. DC and AC circuit analysis and design, construction, test, and measurements. Semiconductors physics and semiconductor devices (diodes and transistors). Signal conditioning and introduction to digital electronics and automated data acquisition and analysis. Previously offered as PHYS 351. 0 units.
5707	PHYS 510 - 001 Seminar for Physics and Astronomy Teaching Assistants	Tu 12:30PM - 1:45PM	DUANE DEARDORFF	Phillips Hall-Rm 0222	0/22	Seats filled	0/22	0/999
Description: A seminar on how students learn and understand physics and astronomy and how to teach using current research-based methods. 1 units.
5467	PHYS 521 - 001 Applications of Quantum Mechanics	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Christian Iliadis	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	36/46	Seats filled	36/46	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 421. Emphasizes atomic physics but includes topics from nuclear, solid state, and particle physics, such as energy levels, the periodic system, selection rules, and fundamentals of spectroscopy. 3 units.
15024	PHYS 545 - 001 Introductory Elementary Particle Physics	MoWeFr 2:30PM - 3:20PM	Yue Qiu	Phillips Hall-Rm 0222	8/15	Seats filled	8/15	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, PHYS 412 and 421. Relativistic kinematics, symmetries and conservation laws, elementary particles and bound states, gauge theories, quantum electrodynamics, chromodynamics, electroweak unification, standard model and beyond. 3 units.
13789	PHYS 586 - 001 Introduction to Biomedical Imaging Science	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	To be Announced	Phillips Hall-Rm 0222	Seats filled	Seats filled	0/0	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 119. This course offers an introduction to the most common biomedical imaging modalities, including Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computed-Tomography (CT), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT), Ultrasound, and Optical Imaging. Lectures include discussions of imaging hardware, and relevant physics, as well as pre-clinical and clinical applications. 3 units.
14073	PHYS 594 - 001 Nonlinear Dynamics	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	JIANPING LU	Phillips Hall-Rm 0222	6/20	Seats filled	6/20	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, MATH 383; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Interdisciplinary introduction to nonlinear dynamics and chaos. Fixed points, bifurcations, strange attractors, with applications to physics, biology, chemistry, finance. 3 units.
7761	PHYS 631 - 001 Mathematical Methods of Theoretical Physics	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	CHARLES EVANS	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	1/25	Seats filled	1/25	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, PHYS 281L and 332. Linear vector spaces and matrices, curvilinear coordinates, functions of complex variables, ordinary and partial differential equations, Fourier series, integral transforms, special functions, differential forms. 3 units.
4225	PHYS 701 - 001 Classical Dynamics	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Dmitri Khveshchenko	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	2/25	Seats filled	2/25	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, advanced undergraduate mechanics. Variational principles, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics. Symmetries and conservation laws. Two-body problems, perturbations, and small oscillations, rigid-body motion. Relation of classical to quantum mechanics. 3 units.
4226	PHYS 721 - 001 Quantum Mechanics	MoWe 10:10AM - 11:25AM	Laura Mersini-Houghton	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	1/25	Seats filled	1/25	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 421. Review of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. Spin, angular momentum, perturbation theory, scattering, identical particles, Hartree-Fock method, Dirac equation, radiation theory. 3 units.
13790	PHYS 822 - 001 Field Theory	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	LOUISE DOLAN	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	6/20	Seats filled	6/20	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 722. Quantum field theory, path integrals, gauge invariance, renormalization group, Higgs mechanism, electroweak theory, quantum chromodynamics, Standard Model, unified field theories. 3 units.
8032	PHYS 885 - 001 Introductory Graduate Seminar in Physics and Astronomy	Th 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Joaquin Drut	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	0/46	Seats filled	0/46	0/999
Description: Introduction to skills needed for success in graduate courses and research, including practice using general-purpose mathematical/computational tools, assessment of the research landscape and research project design, preparing a proposal, and participating in peer review. Professional development topics such as ethics and etiquette, time management, and career planning are also covered. 1 units.