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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Total Enrollment	Wait List
15083	PHYS 89 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Special Topics	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Laura Mersini-Houghton, Alexander Marshall	Phillips Hall-Rm 0228	19/22	Seats filled	19/22
Description: Special Topics course. Content will vary each semester. 3 units.
3580	PHYS 114 - 001 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	DUANE DEARDORFF, Brad Barlow, Yue Qiu	Stone Center-Rm 0103	156/250	Seats filled	156/250	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.
9496	PHYS 114 - 002 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	DUANE DEARDORFF, Yue Qiu, Brad Barlow	Stone Center-Rm 0103	258/260	Seats filled	258/260	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.
3581	PHYS 114 - 501 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 3:35PM - 5:25PM	DUANE DEARDORFF, Alaa Tamimi, Haoyang Liu	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	71/72	Seats filled	71/72	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.
3582	PHYS 114 - 502 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 5:45PM - 7:35PM	DUANE DEARDORFF, Charles Derbyshire	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	48/54	Seats filled	48/54	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.
3583	PHYS 114 - 503 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:50AM	DUANE DEARDORFF, Marie Sykes	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	52/54	Seats filled	52/54	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.
3584	PHYS 114 - 504 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 10:00AM - 11:50AM	DUANE DEARDORFF, Marie Sykes, Haoyang Liu, David Stilwell	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	53/54	Seats filled	53/54	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.
3585	PHYS 114 - 505 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 12:00PM - 1:50PM	DUANE DEARDORFF, Isaac Tjandra, Marie Sykes	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	70/72	Seats filled	70/72	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.
3586	PHYS 114 - 506 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:50PM	DUANE DEARDORFF, Isaac Tjandra, Alaa Tamimi	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled	Seats filled	54/54	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.
4739	PHYS 114 - 507 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 4:00PM - 5:50PM	DUANE DEARDORFF, Brody Beskar, Logan Schaedig, Charles Derbyshire	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	66/72	Seats filled	66/72	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.
3587	PHYS 115 - 001 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	Colin Wallace, Frank Tsui	Carroll Hall-Rm 0111	207/210	Seats filled	207/210	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.
9497	PHYS 115 - 002 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Colin Wallace, Frank Tsui	Carroll Hall-Rm 0111	Seats filled	Seats filled	211/211	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.
3588	PHYS 115 - 501 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 12:20PM - 2:10PM	Colin Wallace, Lauren Ward, Kasule Kasule	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	Seats filled	Seats filled	54/54	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.
3589	PHYS 115 - 502 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 2:30PM - 4:20PM	Colin Wallace, Sebastian Figueroa, Sudhir Panthi	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	Seats filled	Seats filled	54/54	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.
3590	PHYS 115 - 503 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 4:40PM - 6:30PM	Colin Wallace, Lauren Ward, Kasule Kasule	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	52/54	Seats filled	52/54	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.
3591	PHYS 115 - 504 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:50AM	Colin Wallace, Hwan Bae, William Zywicki	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	53/54	Seats filled	53/54	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.
3592	PHYS 115 - 505 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 10:00AM - 11:50AM	Colin Wallace, Victor Castillo Martinez, Alvin Zenelaj	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	Seats filled	Seats filled	54/54	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.
3593	PHYS 115 - 506 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 12:00PM - 1:50PM	Colin Wallace, Sebastian Figueroa, William Zywicki	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	Seats filled	Seats filled	54/54	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.
3594	PHYS 115 - 507 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:50PM	Colin Wallace, Sudhir Panthi, Jim Fan	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	51/54	Seats filled	51/54	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.
9644	PHYS 115 - 508 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 4:00PM - 5:50PM	Colin Wallace, Alvin Zenelaj	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	46/54	Seats filled	46/54	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.
5161	PHYS 118 - 001 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Laurie McNeil, Muxin Zhang	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0121	175/180	Seats filled	175/180	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.
12305	PHYS 118 - 01F Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Muxin Zhang, Laurie McNeil	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0121	Seats filled	Seats filled	30/30
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.
12306	PHYS 118 - 401 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 10:10AM - 12:00PM	Muxin Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	Seats filled	Seats filled	30/30	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.
3595	PHYS 118 - 502 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 12:20PM - 2:10PM	Muxin Zhang, Laurie McNeil, Aaron Ferreira	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	Seats filled	Seats filled	45/45	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.
3596	PHYS 118 - 503 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 2:30PM - 4:20PM	Muxin Zhang, Aaron Ferreira, Charles Kacir	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	Seats filled	Seats filled	45/45	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.
3690	PHYS 118 - 504 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 4:40PM - 6:30PM	Muxin Zhang, Taylor Robinson	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	44/45	Seats filled	44/45	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.
12113	PHYS 118 - 506 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:50AM	Muxin Zhang, Charles Kacir, Shihao Zhou	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	41/45	Seats filled	41/45	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.
3597	PHYS 119 - 001 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf, Rosa Branca	Phillips Hall-Rm 0215	131/148	Seats filled	131/148	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.
12449	PHYS 119 - 501 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWe 10:10AM - 12:00PM	Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf, Heather Lee-Morgan	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	Seats filled	Seats filled	42/42	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.
3598	PHYS 119 - 502 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWe 12:20PM - 2:10PM	Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf, Heaven Burel, Heather Lee-Morgan	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	Seats filled	Seats filled	30/30	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.
3599	PHYS 119 - 503 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWe 2:30PM - 4:20PM	Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf, Nicholas West	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	Seats filled	Seats filled	30/30	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.
3937	PHYS 119 - 504 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWe 4:40PM - 6:30PM	Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf, Hunter Duggin	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	18/30	Seats filled	18/30	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.
1949	PHYS 201 - 001 Basic Mechanics	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Akaa Ayangeakaa	Phillips Hall-Rm 0265	Seats filled	Seats filled	19/19	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.
3921	PHYS 231 - 001 Physical Computing	MoFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Stefan Jeglinski	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	17/21	12/14	29/35	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.
12248	PHYS 231H - 002 Physical Computing	MoFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	Stefan Jeglinski, Yihan Liu	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	11/19	Seats filled	11/19	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.
3922	PHYS 281L - 401 Experimental Techniques in Physics	Mo 1:25PM - 4:15PM	Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf, Liam Jones	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.
3923	PHYS 281L - 402 Experimental Techniques in Physics	Tu 2:00PM - 4:50PM	Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf, Ethan Fenwick	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.
3924	PHYS 281L - 403 Experimental Techniques in Physics	We 2:30PM - 5:20PM	Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf, Liam Jones	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.
16760	PHYS 281L - 404 Experimental Techniques in Physics	Th 2:00PM - 4:50PM	Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf, Ethan Fenwick	Phillips Hall-Rm 0177	10/12	Seats filled	10/12	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.
5353	PHYS 281L - 601 Experimental Techniques in Physics	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	46/49	Seats filled	46/49	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.
1953	PHYS 331 - 001 Numerical Techniques for the Sciences I	MoWe 12:20PM - 1:10PM	AMY OLDENBURG, Aleks Czejdo	Phillips Hall-Rm 0265	38/54	Seats filled	38/54	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.
1954	PHYS 331 - 401 Numerical Techniques for the Sciences I	We 4:40PM - 6:40PM	AMY OLDENBURG, Aleks Czejdo	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	22/30	Seats filled	22/30	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.
1955	PHYS 331 - 402 Numerical Techniques for the Sciences I	Th 5:00PM - 7:00PM	AMY OLDENBURG, Aleks Czejdo	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	16/30	Seats filled	16/30	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.
14151	PHYS 381 - 001 Renewable Electric Power Systems	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	DUANE DEARDORFF	Phillips Hall-Rm 0222	13/25	Seats filled	13/25	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, PHYS 119 or PHYS 115 and MATH 233. Broad and quantitative study of renewable electric power systems: wind systems, photovoltaic cells, distributed generation (concentrating solar power, microhydro, biomass), and the economics of these technologies. Course previously offered as PHYS 581. 3 units.
1950	PHYS 401 - 001 Mechanics I	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Akaa Ayangeakaa	Phillips Hall-Rm 0265	47/48	Seats filled	47/48	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.
1968	PHYS 412 - 001 Electromagnetism II	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Yue Wu, Alexander Marshall	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	38/45	Seats filled	38/45	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.
1952	PHYS 421 - 001 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics	MoWeFr 1:25PM - 2:15PM	Julieta Gruszko, Tianning Wang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0265	Seats filled	Seats filled	70/70	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.
15157	PHYS 447 - 001 Quantum Computing	MoWeFr 2:30PM - 3:20PM	Jonathan Engel	Gardner Hall-Rm 0008	18/28	Seats filled	18/28	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, MATH 232, and PHYS 116 or 118. Recommended preparation, some knowledge of basic linear algebra. An introduction to quantum computing. Basic math and quantum mechanics necessary to understand the operation of quantum bits. Quantum gates, circuits, and algorithms, including Shor's algorithm for factoring and Grover's search algorithm. Entanglement and error correction. Quantum encryption, annealing, and simulation. Brief discussion of technologies. 3 units.
5368	PHYS 461 - 001 Introduction to Medical Physics	MoWe 2:30PM - 3:45PM	OTTO ZHOU	Phillips Hall-Rm 0222	17/25	Seats filled	17/25	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, PHYS 119 or PHYS 115 and MATH 233. 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.
4740	PHYS 481L - 401 Advanced Laboratory I	TuTh 1:00PM - 2:50PM	Rene Lopez, David Stilwell, Ethan Fenwick	Phillips Hall-Rm 0161	Seats filled	Seats filled	8/8	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.
10670	PHYS 481L - 402 Advanced Laboratory I	TuTh 3:00PM - 4:50PM	Rene Lopez, David Stilwell, Ethan Fenwick	Phillips Hall-Rm 0161	Seats filled	Seats filled	8/8	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.
14458	PHYS 481L - 601 Advanced Laboratory I	Fr 2:30PM - 3:20PM	Rene Lopez, David Stilwell, Ethan Fenwick	Phillips Hall-Rm 0224	Seats filled	Seats filled	16/16	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.
13588	PHYS 660 - 001 Fluid Dynamics	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	John Bane	Peabody Hall-Rm 2094	3/5	Seats filled	3/5	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 401; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. The physical properties of fluids, kinematics, governing equations, viscous incompressible flow, vorticity dynamics, boundary layers, irrotational incompressible flow. Course previously offered as GEOL 560/MASC 560. 3 units.
1957	PHYS 712 - 001 Electromagnetic Theory	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Dmitri Khveshchenko, Victor Castillo Martinez	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	11/25	Seats filled	11/25	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.
12128	PHYS 722 - 001 Quantum Mechanics	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	JIANPING LU	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	7/25	Seats filled	7/25	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.
1958	PHYS 741 - 001 Statistical Mechanics	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Gokce Basar, Tianning Wang, Victor Castillo Martinez	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	11/25	Seats filled	11/25	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, PHYS 701 and 721. Classical and quantal statistical mechanics, ensembles, partition functions, ideal Fermi and Bose gases. 3 units.
14106	PHYS 824 - 001 Group Theory and its Applications	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	LOUISE DOLAN	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	5/25	Seats filled	5/25	0/999
Description: Required preparation, knowledge of matrices, mechanics, and quantum mechanics. Discrete and continuous groups. Representation theory. Application to atomic, molecular, solid state, nuclear, and particle physics. 3 units.
14107	PHYS 832 - 001 General Theory of Relativity	MoWe 12:20PM - 1:35PM	CHARLES EVANS	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	11/25	Seats filled	11/25	0/999
Description: Prerequisite, PHYS 831; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Differential geometry of space-time. Tensor fields and forms. Curvature, geodesics. Einstein's gravitational field equations. Tests of Einstein's theory. Applications to astrophysics and cosmology. 3 units.