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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Wait List
12303	PHYS 54 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Physics of Movies	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Christian Iliadis	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	Seats filled (24 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: Students watch and analyze short movie clips that demonstrate interesting, unusual, or impossible physics. Group analysis emphasized. 3 units.
3822	PHYS 114 - 001 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	DUANE DEARDORFF, Muxin Zhang	Stone Center-Rm 0103	140/250 (250 total)	Seats filled	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. 4 units.
10382	PHYS 114 - 002 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Muxin Zhang	Stone Center-Rm 0103	247/250 (250 total)	Seats filled	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. 4 units.
3823	PHYS 114 - 501 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 3:35PM - 5:25PM	Muxin Zhang, Lauren Ward	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled (54 total)	Seats filled	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.
3824	PHYS 114 - 502 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 5:45PM - 7:35PM	Muxin Zhang, Lauren Ward	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	52/54 (54 total)	Seats filled	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.
3825	PHYS 114 - 503 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:50AM	Muxin Zhang, Tim Osborn	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	50/54 (54 total)	Seats filled	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.
3826	PHYS 114 - 504 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 10:00AM - 11:50AM	Muxin Zhang, Ramses Gonzalez Chavez, Kasule Kasule	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled (54 total)	Seats filled	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.
3827	PHYS 114 - 505 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 12:00PM - 1:50PM	Muxin Zhang, Kasule Kasule	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	70/72 (72 total)	Seats filled	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.
3828	PHYS 114 - 506 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:50PM	Muxin Zhang, Junming Wu	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	53/54 (54 total)	Seats filled	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.
5054	PHYS 114 - 507 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 4:00PM - 5:50PM	Muxin Zhang, Alvin Zenelaj	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled (54 total)	Seats filled	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.
3829	PHYS 115 - 001 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	Colin Wallace	Genome Sciences Bui-Rm G200	115/210 (210 total)	Seats filled	0/999
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.
10383	PHYS 115 - 002 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Frank Tsui, Colin Wallace	Genome Sciences Bui-Rm G200	Seats filled (210 total)	Seats filled	0/999
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.
3830	PHYS 115 - 501 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 12:20PM - 2:10PM	Colin Wallace, Logan Schaedig, Evert Garcia-Guzman	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	Seats filled (48 total)	Seats filled	0/999
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.
3831	PHYS 115 - 502 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 2:30PM - 4:20PM	Colin Wallace, Heather Lee-Morgan	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	45/48 (48 total)	Seats filled	0/999
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.
3832	PHYS 115 - 503 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 4:40PM - 6:30PM	Colin Wallace, Shailesh Giri	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	42/48 (48 total)	Seats filled	0/999
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.
3833	PHYS 115 - 504 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:50AM	Colin Wallace, David Stilwell	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	32/48 (48 total)	Seats filled	0/999
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.
3834	PHYS 115 - 505 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 10:00AM - 11:50AM	Colin Wallace, Victor Castillo Martinez, Yihang Wang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	Seats filled (48 total)	Seats filled	0/999
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.
3835	PHYS 115 - 506 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 12:00PM - 1:50PM	Colin Wallace, William Zywicki, Yihang Wang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	39/48 (48 total)	Seats filled	0/999
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.
3836	PHYS 115 - 507 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:50PM	Colin Wallace, William Zywicki, Anran Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	Seats filled (48 total)	Seats filled	0/999
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.
10569	PHYS 115 - 508 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 4:00PM - 5:50PM	Colin Wallace, Evert Garcia-Guzman	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	18/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
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.
5503	PHYS 118 - 001 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	JIANPING LU	Hamilton Hall-Rm 0100	174/176 (176 total)	Seats filled	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.
14657	PHYS 118 - 01F Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Stefan Jeglinski, Wei Zhang	Hamilton Hall-Rm 0100	Seats filled (28 total)	Seats filled	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.
14658	PHYS 118 - 401 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 10:10AM - 12:00PM	Wei Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	Seats filled (28 total)	Seats filled	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.
3838	PHYS 118 - 502 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 12:20PM - 2:10PM	Stefan Jeglinski, Taylor Robinson	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	Seats filled (44 total)	Seats filled	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.
3839	PHYS 118 - 503 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 2:30PM - 4:20PM	Stefan Jeglinski, Jake Richter	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	Seats filled (44 total)	Seats filled	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.
3943	PHYS 118 - 504 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 4:40PM - 6:30PM	Stefan Jeglinski, Taylor Robinson	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	41/44 (44 total)	Seats filled	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.
4201	PHYS 118 - 505 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 6:50PM - 8:40PM	To be Announced	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	Seats filled (0 total)	Seats filled	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.
14328	PHYS 118 - 506 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:50AM	Stefan Jeglinski, Charles Kacir	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	Seats filled (44 total)	Seats filled	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.
3840	PHYS 119 - 001 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Carl Rodriguez, Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf	Phillips Hall-Rm 0215	114/132 (132 total)	Seats filled	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.
14868	PHYS 119 - 501 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWe 10:10AM - 12:00PM	Carl Rodriguez, Shuo Song	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	35/36 (36 total)	Seats filled	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. 4 units.
3842	PHYS 119 - 502 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWe 12:20PM - 2:10PM	CHARLES EVANS	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	29/36 (36 total)	Seats filled	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. 4 units.
3843	PHYS 119 - 503 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWe 2:30PM - 4:20PM	Carl Rodriguez	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	32/36 (36 total)	Seats filled	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. 4 units.
4200	PHYS 119 - 504 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWe 4:40PM - 6:30PM	Carl Rodriguez, CHARLES EVANS, Heaven Burel	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	Seats filled (18 total)	Seats filled	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. 4 units.
2100	PHYS 201 - 001 Basic Mechanics	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Akaa Ayangeakaa	Phillips Hall-Rm 0265	19/20 (20 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Pre- or corequisites, MATH 383 and PHYS 281L; permission of the instructor for students lacking the pre- or co-requisites. A one-semester course in statics, kinematics, simple harmonic motion, central forces, and applications from modern physics. 3 units.
4183	PHYS 231 - 001 Physical Computing	MoFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Stefan Jeglinski	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	10/22 (36 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Pre- or corequisite, PHYS 114 or 118; permission of the instructor for students lacking the pre- or corequisite. Physical Computing is an introduction to the interaction between a computing unit and the outside world, using measurement and control. The tools for this implementation of physical computing are microcontrollers, software, sensors, a variety of analog and digital electronic components, and algorithms that anticipate and respond in ways that humans perceive as NOT inherently computerized. 4 units.
14579	PHYS 231H - 002 Physical Computing	MoFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Stefan Jeglinski	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	4/24 (24 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Pre- or corequisite, PHYS 114 or 118; permission of the instructor for students lacking the pre- or corequisite. Physical Computing is an introduction to the interaction between a computing unit and the outside world, using measurement and control. The tools for this implementation of physical computing are microcontrollers, software, sensors, a variety of analog and digital electronic components, and algorithms that anticipate and respond in ways that humans perceive as NOT inherently computerized. 4 units.
4184	PHYS 281L - 401 Experimental Techniques in Physics	Mo 1:25PM - 4:15PM	LU-CHANG QIN	Phillips Hall-Rm 0177	Seats filled (0 total)	Seats filled	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.
4185	PHYS 281L - 402 Experimental Techniques in Physics	Tu 2:00PM - 4:50PM	LU-CHANG QIN	Phillips Hall-Rm 0177	11/13 (13 total)	Seats filled	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.
4186	PHYS 281L - 403 Experimental Techniques in Physics	We 2:30PM - 5:20PM	LU-CHANG QIN	Phillips Hall-Rm 0177	Seats filled (13 total)	Seats filled	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.
5733	PHYS 281L - 601 Experimental Techniques in Physics	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	LU-CHANG QIN	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	25/28 (28 total)	Seats filled	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.
2104	PHYS 331 - 001 Numerical Techniques for the Sciences I	MoWeFr 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Joaquin Drut	Phillips Hall-Rm 0265	49/60 (60 total)	Seats filled	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.
2105	PHYS 331 - 401 Numerical Techniques for the Sciences I	We 4:40PM - 6:40PM	Joaquin Drut	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	24/30 (30 total)	Seats filled	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.
2106	PHYS 331 - 402 Numerical Techniques for the Sciences I	Th 5:00PM - 7:00PM	Joaquin Drut	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	25/30 (30 total)	Seats filled	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.
13883	PHYS 354 - 001 Quantum Mechanics, Weirdness, and Reality	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Jonathan Engel, John Roberts	Coker Hall-Rm 0201	25/40 (40 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, MATH 231 and any PHYS course numbered 100 or greater; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. An interdisciplinary course on the weirdness of quantum mechanics and the problem of interpreting it. Nonlocality, the measurement problem, superpositions, Bohm's theory, collapse theories, and the many-worlds interpretation. 3 units.
2101	PHYS 401 - 001 Mechanics I	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Akaa Ayangeakaa	Phillips Hall-Rm 0265	Seats filled (45 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Pre- or corequisites, MATH 383 and PHYS 281L and 331; permission of the instructor for students lacking the requisites. Particle kinematics, central forces, planetary motions. Systems of particles, conservation laws, nonlinearity. Statics, motion of rigid bodies. Lagrange's and Hamilton's equations. Euler's equations. Vibrations and waves. 3 units.
2119	PHYS 412 - 001 Electromagnetism II	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Yue Wu	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	27/45 (45 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, PHYS 281L, 311 and 332; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Electrodynamics: Maxwell's equations and their application to electromagnetic waves, radiation, and relativity. 3 units.
2103	PHYS 421 - 001 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Julieta Gruszko	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	43/45 (45 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, MATH 383, either MATH 347 or PHYS 331, and one of PHYS 117, or 119; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Origins of quantum theory. Uncertainty principle. Schrödinger equation for simple systems including the hydrogen atom. Spin. Identical particles. Previously offered as PHYS 321. 3 units.
5751	PHYS 461 - 001 Introduction to Medical Physics	MoWe 2:30PM - 3:45PM	OTTO ZHOU	Phillips Hall-Rm 0224	9/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 117 or 119. This class will introduce how physics principles and techniques have been applied to medical imaging and radiation therapy. Topics will include ionizing radiation and radiation safety, x-ray and computed tomography, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, and radiation therapy. Topics such as the career path to become a medical physicist will also be discussed. The class will have lectures given by the instructor and guest lectures by experts and practitioners in this field. 3 units.
5055	PHYS 481L - 401 Advanced Laboratory I	TuTh 1:00PM - 2:50PM	Rene Lopez	Phillips Hall-Rm 0161	4/8 (8 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, PHYS 281L, and PHYS 351 or 352; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Selected physical problems to be addressed with the use of materials development, device fabrication and experiment design for evaluation. 2 units.
12239	PHYS 481L - 402 Advanced Laboratory I	TuTh 3:00PM - 4:50PM	Rene Lopez	Phillips Hall-Rm 0161	4/8 (8 total)	Seats filled	0/5
Description: Prerequisites, PHYS 281L, and PHYS 351 or 352; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Selected physical problems to be addressed with the use of materials development, device fabrication and experiment design for evaluation. 2 units.
14372	PHYS 481L - 601 Advanced Laboratory I	Mo 4:40PM - 5:30PM	Rene Lopez	Phillips Hall-Rm 0161	8/16 (16 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, PHYS 281L, and PHYS 351 or 352; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Selected physical problems to be addressed with the use of materials development, device fabrication and experiment design for evaluation. 0 units.
14356	PHYS 515 - 001 Optics	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	AMY OLDENBURG	Phillips Hall-Rm 0222	16/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, PHYS 311 and 412; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. Broad coverage including ray, wave, Gaussian, and Fourier optics. Interference, diffraction, polarization, and coherence. Optical properties of materials, absorption, scattering. Fiber optics, lasers, semiconductors, imaging, and special topics. Previously offered as PHYS 415. 3 units.
14344	PHYS 543 - 001 Nuclear Physics	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:15AM	Robert Janssens	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	12/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 421; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Structure of nucleons and nuclei, nuclear models, forces and interactions, nuclear reactions. 3 units.
14345	PHYS 573 - 001 Introductory Solid State Physics	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Laurie McNeil	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	13/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 421; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Crystal symmetry, types of crystalline solids; electron and mechanical waves in crystals, electrical and magnetic properties of solids, semiconductors; low temperature phenomena; imperfections in nearly perfect crystals. 3 units.
2108	PHYS 712 - 001 Electromagnetic Theory	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Dmitri Khveshchenko	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	12/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Maxwell's equations, time-varying fields, and conservation laws. Plane EM waves, polarization, propagation, dispersive media. Wave guides and resonant cavities. Radiation from slow-moving charges. Special theory of relativity. Radiation from relativistic charges. Interaction between radiation and matter. 3 units.
14346	PHYS 722 - 001 Quantum Mechanics	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Laura Mersini-Houghton	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	6/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	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.
2109	PHYS 741 - 001 Statistical Mechanics	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Gokce Basar	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	11/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, PHYS 701 and 721. Classical and quantal statistical mechanics, ensembles, partition functions, ideal Fermi and Bose gases. 3 units.
14347	PHYS 823 - 001 Field Theory	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	LOUISE DOLAN	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	4/25 (25 total)	Seats filled	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.
14349	PHYS 861 - 001 Nuclear Physics	MoWe 11:30AM - 12:45PM	Amy Nicholson	Phillips Hall-Rm 0222	6/20 (20 total)	Seats filled	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, PHYS 543 and 721. Nuclear reactions, scattering, nuclear structure, nuclear astrophysics. 3 units.