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Class Number	Class	Meeting Time	Instructor	Room	Unreserved Enrollment	Reserved Enrollment	Total Enrollment	Wait List
8263	PHYS 51 - 001 First-Year Seminar: The Interplay of Music and Physics	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Laurie McNeil	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	0/2	Seats filled	0/2	0/999
Description: How sound is produced in instruments, and how those sounds are used in music making. Wave motion, resonance, sound perception, scales, harmony, and music theory. Collaborative laboratory exercises to investigate the acoustics of string, woodwind, and brass instruments as well as study of the physics of keyboard and percussion instruments. Students will make instruments from found objects and perform compositions on them, and can pursue their areas of special interest in a research paper. 3 units.
12489	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	0/3	Seats filled	0/3	0/999
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.
11181	PHYS 55 - 001 First-Year Seminar: Introduction to Mechatronics	MoWe 10:10AM - 11:25AM	Stefan Jeglinski	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	0/3	Seats filled	0/3	0/999
Description: Introduction to important skills and knowledge required in the STEM fields of today and tomorrow, from academic, employment, and social perspectives. All students, regardless of their educational goals, will achieve critical introductory skills in numerical reasoning and analysis, engineering design and prototyping, computer programming and electronics, and will demonstrate proficiency and knowledge about topics that increasingly impact society, including Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Quantum Computing. 4 units.
11182	PHYS 55 - 401 First-Year Seminar: Introduction to Mechatronics	Mo 1:30PM - 3:30PM	Stefan Jeglinski	TBA	0/12	Seats filled	0/12	0/999
Description: Introduction to important skills and knowledge required in the STEM fields of today and tomorrow, from academic, employment, and social perspectives. All students, regardless of their educational goals, will achieve critical introductory skills in numerical reasoning and analysis, engineering design and prototyping, computer programming and electronics, and will demonstrate proficiency and knowledge about topics that increasingly impact society, including Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Quantum Computing. 0 units.
11180	PHYS 55 - 402 First-Year Seminar: Introduction to Mechatronics	Mo 3:30PM - 5:30PM	Stefan Jeglinski	TBA	0/12	Seats filled	0/12	0/999
Description: Introduction to important skills and knowledge required in the STEM fields of today and tomorrow, from academic, employment, and social perspectives. All students, regardless of their educational goals, will achieve critical introductory skills in numerical reasoning and analysis, engineering design and prototyping, computer programming and electronics, and will demonstrate proficiency and knowledge about topics that increasingly impact society, including Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Quantum Computing. 0 units.
4160	PHYS 100 - 001 How Things Work	MoWeFr 11:15AM - 12:05PM	Jennifer Weinberg-Wolf	Phillips Hall-Rm 0215	89/148	Seats filled	89/148	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.
7151	PHYS 114 - 001 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	None	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0121	239/288	Seats filled	239/288	5/999
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.
7152	PHYS 114 - 002 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	None	Hanes Art Center-Rm 0121	Seats filled	Seats filled	240/240	68/999
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.
7153	PHYS 114 - 501 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 3:35PM - 5:25PM	Muxin Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled	Seats filled	72/72	15/999
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.
7154	PHYS 114 - 502 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 5:45PM - 7:35PM	Muxin Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled	Seats filled	72/72	4/999
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.
7155	PHYS 114 - 503 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:50AM	Muxin Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled	Seats filled	51/51	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.
7156	PHYS 114 - 504 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 10:00AM - 11:50AM	Muxin Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled	Seats filled	72/72	17/999
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.
7157	PHYS 114 - 505 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 12:00PM - 1:50PM	Muxin Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled	Seats filled	51/51	11/999
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.
7158	PHYS 114 - 506 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:50PM	Muxin Zhang	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.
7159	PHYS 114 - 507 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 4:00PM - 5:50PM	Muxin Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	Seats filled	Seats filled	72/72	4/999
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.
7160	PHYS 114 - 508 General Physics I: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 6:00PM - 7:50PM	Muxin Zhang	Phillips Hall-Rm 0335	17/30	Seats filled	17/30	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.
7493	PHYS 115 - 001 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWeFr 8:00AM - 8:50AM	Colin Wallace	Murphey Hall-Rm 0116	108/160	Seats filled	108/160	6/999
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.
10189	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	160/160	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.
7494	PHYS 115 - 501 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	8/999
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.
7495	PHYS 115 - 502 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	MoWe 4:40PM - 6:30PM	Colin Wallace	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	52/54	Seats filled	52/54	3/999
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.
7496	PHYS 115 - 503 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:50AM	Colin Wallace	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	22/25	Seats filled	22/25	6/999
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.
7497	PHYS 115 - 504 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	7/999
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.
7498	PHYS 115 - 505 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 12:00PM - 1:50PM	Colin Wallace	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	Seats filled	Seats filled	54/54	6/999
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.
10631	PHYS 115 - 506 General Physics II: For Students of the Life Sciences	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:50PM	Colin Wallace	Phillips Hall-Rm 0275	32/52	Seats filled	32/52	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.
7122	PHYS 118 - 002 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	None	Carroll Hall-Rm 0111	99/145	Seats filled	99/145	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.
11130	PHYS 118 - 02F Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	None	Carroll Hall-Rm 0111	1/3	Seats filled	1/3	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.
11136	PHYS 118 - 401 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:50AM	None	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	1/25	Seats filled	1/25	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.
15020	PHYS 118 - 501 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 10:10AM - 12:00PM	Stefan Jeglinski	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	24/35	Seats filled	24/35	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.
7123	PHYS 118 - 502 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 12:20PM - 2:10PM	Stefan Jeglinski	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	32/35	Seats filled	32/35	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.
7124	PHYS 118 - 503 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 2:30PM - 4:20PM	Stefan Jeglinski	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	32/35	Seats filled	32/35	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.
7125	PHYS 118 - 504 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWe 4:40PM - 6:30PM	Stefan Jeglinski	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	10/35	Seats filled	10/35	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.
7537	PHYS 118 - 506 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	TuTh 8:00AM - 9:50AM	Stefan Jeglinski	Dey Hall-Rm 0403	Seats filled	Seats filled	0/0	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.
12302	PHYS 118H - 02F Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	None	Carroll Hall-Rm 0111	0/35	Seats filled	0/35	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.
12307	PHYS 118H - 402 Introductory Calculus-based Mechanics and Relativity	TuTh 10:10AM - 12:00PM	None	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. 4 units.
7499	PHYS 119 - 001 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWeFr 9:05AM - 9:55AM	None	Phillips Hall-Rm 0215	117/122	Seats filled	117/122	4/999
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.
7500	PHYS 119 - 501 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWe 10:10AM - 12:00PM	None	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	Seats filled	Seats filled	44/44	4/999
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.
7501	PHYS 119 - 502 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWe 12:20PM - 2:10PM	None	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	43/44	Seats filled	43/44	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.
7502	PHYS 119 - 503 Introductory Calculus-based Electromagnetism and Quanta	MoWe 2:30PM - 4:20PM	None	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. 4 units.
4256	PHYS 211 - 001 Intermediate Electromagnetism	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Wei Zhang	Dey Hall-Rm 0201	14/25	Seats filled	14/25	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.
7533	PHYS 281L - 401 Experimental Techniques in Physics	Mo 1:35PM - 4:15PM	AMY OLDENBURG	Phillips Hall-Rm 0177	Seats filled	Seats filled	0/0	1/999
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.
7534	PHYS 281L - 402 Experimental Techniques in Physics	Tu 2:00PM - 4:50PM	AMY OLDENBURG	Phillips Hall-Rm 0177	Seats filled	Seats filled	12/12	2/999
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.
7535	PHYS 281L - 403 Experimental Techniques in Physics	We 2:30PM - 5:20PM	AMY OLDENBURG	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.
7536	PHYS 281L - 404 Experimental Techniques in Physics	Th 2:00PM - 4:50PM	AMY OLDENBURG	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.
8930	PHYS 281L - 601 Experimental Techniques in Physics	Fr 10:10AM - 11:00AM	AMY OLDENBURG	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	31/36	Seats filled	31/36	3/999
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.
4257	PHYS 311 - 001 Electromagnetism I	TuTh 12:30PM - 1:45PM	Rene Lopez	Phillips Hall-Rm 0265	44/64	Seats filled	44/64	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.
8265	PHYS 331 - 001 Numerical Techniques for the Sciences I	MoWe 12:20PM - 1:10PM	Carl Rodriguez	Phillips Hall-Rm 0265	42/45	Seats filled	45/48	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.
8266	PHYS 331 - 401 Numerical Techniques for the Sciences I	MoWe 5:05PM - 7:05PM	Carl Rodriguez	TBA	45/48	Seats filled	45/48	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.
7845	PHYS 332 - 001 Numerical Techniques for the Sciences II	TuTh 11:00AM - 12:15PM	Joaquin Drut	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	47/49	Seats filled	47/49	1/999
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.
9438	PHYS 332 - 501 Numerical Techniques for the Sciences II	Th 3:30PM - 5:30PM	Joaquin Drut	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	Seats filled	Seats filled	25/25	1/999
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.
9439	PHYS 332 - 502 Numerical Techniques for the Sciences II	Fr 3:30PM - 5:30PM	Joaquin Drut	Phillips Hall-Rm 0206	22/25	Seats filled	22/25	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.
8176	PHYS 405 - 001 Biological Physics	TuTh 3:00PM - 4:15PM	David Hill	Phillips Hall-Rm 0265	8/37	Seats filled	8/37	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.
4258	PHYS 441 - 001 Thermal Physics	MoWe 8:45AM - 10:00AM	Gokce Basar	Phillips Hall-Rm 0265	46/55	Seats filled	46/55	3/999
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.
4259	PHYS 451 - 001 Electronics I	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Rosa Branca	TBA	34/36	Seats filled	34/36	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. 4 units.
4261	PHYS 451 - 401 Electronics I	Mo 5:45PM - 8:35PM	Rosa Branca	TBA	10/12	Seats filled	10/12	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.
4260	PHYS 451 - 402 Electronics I	Tu 2:00PM - 4:50PM	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.
15129	PHYS 451 - 403 Electronics I	We 2:30PM - 5:20PM	Rosa Branca	TBA	Seats filled	Seats filled	12/12
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.
6068	PHYS 510 - 001 Seminar for Physics and Astronomy Teaching Assistants	We 11:05AM - 12:15PM	DUANE DEARDORFF	Phillips Hall-Rm 0222	1/22	Seats filled	1/22	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.
6067	PHYS 510 - 002 Seminar for Physics and Astronomy Teaching Assistants	Fr 8:30AM - 9:45AM	DUANE DEARDORFF	Phillips Hall-Rm 0208	0/20	Seats filled	0/20	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.
5787	PHYS 521 - 001 Applications of Quantum Mechanics	MoWe 12:15PM - 1:30PM	Jonathan Engel	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	23/46	Seats filled	23/46	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.
8324	PHYS 631 - 001 Mathematical Methods of Theoretical Physics	MoWe 12:30PM - 1:45PM	CHARLES EVANS	Phillips Hall-Rm 0222	4/25	Seats filled	4/25	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.
4539	PHYS 701 - 001 Classical Dynamics	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:15PM	Dmitri Khveshchenko	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	1/25	Seats filled	1/25	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.
4540	PHYS 721 - 001 Quantum Mechanics	TuTh 9:30AM - 10:45AM	Laura Mersini-Houghton	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	3/25	Seats filled	3/25	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.
14595	PHYS 862 - 001 Nuclear Physics	TuTh 3:30PM - 4:45PM	Christian Iliadis	Phillips Hall-Rm 0220	12/20	Seats filled	12/20	0/999
Description: Prerequisites, PHYS 543 and 721. Overview of Standard Model of particle physics. Fundamental symmetries and weak interactions. Neutrino physics. Particle-astrophysics and cosmology. 3 units.
8614	PHYS 885 - 001 Introductory Graduate Seminar in Physics and Astronomy	Th 1:00PM - 1:50PM	Joaquin Drut	Phillips Hall-Rm 0247	1/46	Seats filled	1/46	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.