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Undergraduate Course Descriptions

  • PHYS 135: Introduction to Physics for Physical Science and Mathematics Majors II
  • PHYS 136: Introduction to Physics for Physical Science and Mathematics Majors II
  • PHYS 137: Honors: Fundamentals of Physics for Physics Majors I
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  • PHYS 201: Multivariable Calculus and Vector Analysis For Physicists
  • PHYS 251: Fundamentals of Physics: Waves, Optics, and the breakdown of Classical Physics
  • PHYS 252: Fundamentals of Physics: Quantum Physics and Applications
  • PHYS 301: Linear Algebra and Complex Analysis for Physicists
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  • PHYS 441: Introduction to Computational Physics

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