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Spring 2025 Course Syllabi

  • ASTR 152: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology (Sean Lindsay)
  • ASTR 153: A Journey Through the Solar System Lab (Sean Lindsay)
  • ASTR 154: Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology Lab (Sean Lindsay)
  • ASTR 490: Tales from the Yggdrasil (Sean Lindsay)
  • PHYS 136: Introduction to Physics II (Irene Guerinot)
  • PHYS 138: Introduction to Physics II (Haidong Zhou)
  • PHYS 222: Elements of Physics II (Irene Guerinot)
  • PHYS 251: Fundamentals of Physics–Waves, Optics, and the Breakdown of Classical Physics (Irene Guerinot)
  • PHYS 251: Fundamentals of Physics–Waves, Optics, and the Breakdown of Classical Physics (Tova Holmes)
  • PHYS 252: Quantum Physics and Applications (Irene Guerinot)
  • PHYS 312: Mechanics I (Christine Nattrass)
  • PHYS 321: Thermal Physics (Jaan Mannik)
  • PHYS 361: Electronics Laboratory (Joon Sue Lee)
  • PHYS 432: Electrodynamics II (Yuri Kamyshkov)
  • PHYS 461: Modern Physics Lab (Christine Cheney)
  • PHYS 522: Quantum Mechanics II (Cristian Batista)
  • PHYS 541: Classical Electromagnetic Theory (Mike Guidry)
  • PHYS 555: Condensed Matter Physics (Adriana Moreo)
  • PHYS 599: Nuclear Physics Seminar (Christine Nattrass)
  • PHYS 615-616: General Relativity and Its Applications (Anthony Mezzacappa)
  • PHYS 672: Advanced Solid State Physics II (Steven Johnston)

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
  • PHYS 138: Honors: Fundamentals of Physics for Physics Majors II
  • 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
  • PHYS 311: Mechanics I
  • PHYS 312: Mechanics II
  • PHYS 321: Thermal Physics
  • PHYS 341: Introduction to Nuclear Physics
  • PHYS 411: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
  • PHYS 412: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
  • PHYS 431: Electricity and Magnetism
  • PHYS 432: Electricity and Magnetism
  • PHYS 441: Introduction to Computational Physics

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