Graduate Courses

Courses numbered 300-699 are Undergraduate/Graduate. Courses numbered 700 and above are Graduate only.

PHYSICS 408 Experiments in Linear Electronics

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Transistor and integrated circuit characteristics; electronic measurement and control.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 210(P).

Course Rules: No cr for students w/cr in ElecEng 330(R).

Last Taught: Fall 2020, Fall 2015.

PHYSICS 408G Experiments in Linear Electronics

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Transistor and integrated circuit characteristics; electronic measurement and control.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 210(P).

Course Rules: No cr for students w/cr in ElecEng 330(R).

Last Taught: Fall 2020, Fall 2015.

PHYSICS 411 Mechanics

4 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Kinematics, vector analysis, conservation laws, oscillations, variational methods, chaos, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 210(NP).

Last Taught: Spring 2024.

PHYSICS 411G Mechanics

4 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Kinematics, vector analysis, conservation laws, oscillations, variational methods, chaos, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 210(NP).

Last Taught: Spring 2024.

PHYSICS 420 Electricity and Magnetism I

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Electrostatics, capacitance, boundary value problems, mulipole expansion, dielectrics, magnetostatics, vector potential, magnetic properties of matter, motional emf, inductance, Maxwell's equations in differential form.

Prerequisites: junior standing, PHYSICS 210(NP), and a grade of B- or better in MATH 325(P); or MATH 325(P) and a grade of B- or better in PHYSICS 370(P); or graduate standing.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of 2 cr of PHYSICS 421.

Last Taught: Fall 2023.

PHYSICS 420G Electricity and Magnetism I

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Electrostatics, capacitance, boundary value problems, mulipole expansion, dielectrics, magnetostatics, vector potential, magnetic properties of matter, motional emf, inductance, Maxwell's equations in differential form.

Prerequisites: junior standing, PHYSICS 210(NP), and a grade of B- or better in MATH 325(P); or MATH 325(P) and a grade of B- or better in PHYSICS 370(P); or graduate standing.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of 2 cr of PHYSICS 421.

Last Taught: Fall 2023.

PHYSICS 422 Electricity and Magnetism II

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Conservation laws in electrodynamics, Maxwell's stress tensor, electromagnetic waves, absorption, dispersion, reflection and transmission of plane electromagnetic waves, wave guides, retarded potentials, radiation, electrodynamics and relativity.

Prerequisites: jr st, C or better in PHYSICS 420(P); or grad st.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of 2 cr of PHYSICS 421.

Last Taught: Spring 2024.

PHYSICS 422G Electricity and Magnetism II

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Conservation laws in electrodynamics, Maxwell's stress tensor, electromagnetic waves, absorption, dispersion, reflection and transmission of plane electromagnetic waves, wave guides, retarded potentials, radiation, electrodynamics and relativity.

Prerequisites: jr st, C or better in PHYSICS 420(P); or grad st.

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of 2 cr of PHYSICS 421.

Last Taught: Spring 2024.

PHYSICS 441 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics I

4 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Historical background and experimental basis, De Broglie waves, correspondence principle, uncertainty principle, Schroedinger equation; hydrogen atom, electron spin, Pauli Principle, applications of wave mechanics.

Prerequisites: junior standing, PHYSICS 309(NP), and MATH 325(C); or graduate standing.

Last Taught: Fall 2023.

PHYSICS 441G Introduction to Quantum Mechanics I

4 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Historical background and experimental basis, De Broglie waves, correspondence principle, uncertainty principle, Schroedinger equation; hydrogen atom, electron spin, Pauli Principle, applications of wave mechanics.

Prerequisites: junior standing, PHYSICS 309(NP), and MATH 325(C); or graduate standing.

Last Taught: Fall 2023.

PHYSICS 442 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics II

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Continuation of PHYSICS 441, emphasizing perturbation theory and applications to multi-electron systems, including atoms, molecules, and solids.

Prerequisites: jr st; C or better in PHYSICS 441(NP); or grad st.

Last Taught: Spring 2024.

PHYSICS 442G Introduction to Quantum Mechanics II

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Continuation of PHYSICS 441, emphasizing perturbation theory and applications to multi-electron systems, including atoms, molecules, and solids.

Prerequisites: jr st; C or better in PHYSICS 441(NP); or grad st.

Last Taught: Spring 2024.

PHYSICS 497 Study Abroad:

1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.

Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance for Study Abroad Prog.

Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2014, Spring 1998.

PHYSICS 497G Study Abroad:

1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.

Prerequisites: jr st; acceptance for Study Abroad Prog.

Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.

Last Taught: Fall 2014, Spring 1998.

PHYSICS 501 Special Topics: Mathematical Models of Physical Problems I

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected topics in mathematics for study of the techniques and procedures for stating physical problems in mathematical terms and the physical interpretation of mathematical solutions.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 210(P); Math 234(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2023.

PHYSICS 501G Special Topics: Mathematical Models of Physical Problems I

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected topics in mathematics for study of the techniques and procedures for stating physical problems in mathematical terms and the physical interpretation of mathematical solutions.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 210(P); Math 234(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2023.

PHYSICS 502 Special Topics: Mathematical Models of Physical Problems II

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
More selected topics in mathematical models.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 210(P); Math 234(P). Physics 501(R).

Last Taught: Spring 2007, Spring 2006.

PHYSICS 502G Special Topics: Mathematical Models of Physical Problems II

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
More selected topics in mathematical models.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 210(P); Math 234(P). Physics 501(R).

Last Taught: Spring 2007, Spring 2006.

PHYSICS 515 Statistical Mechanics

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Brief survey of thermodynamics; statistical mechanics; classical and quantum gases.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 317(P) & 441(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2023.

PHYSICS 515G Statistical Mechanics

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Brief survey of thermodynamics; statistical mechanics; classical and quantum gases.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 317(P) & 441(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2023.

PHYSICS 517 Special Relativity

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Relativistic kinematics, the Lorentz transformation, tensor calculus, applications to motion of particles, electromagnetism.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 411(R) & 421(R).

Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2014.

PHYSICS 517G Special Relativity

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Relativistic kinematics, the Lorentz transformation, tensor calculus, applications to motion of particles, electromagnetism.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 411(R) & 421(R).

Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2014.

PHYSICS 531 Principles of Quantum Mechanics I

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Vector and Hilbert spaces; Schroedinger equation in 1, 2, and 3 dimensions; systems of many particles; symmetries; angular momentum.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 441(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2023.

PHYSICS 531G Principles of Quantum Mechanics I

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Vector and Hilbert spaces; Schroedinger equation in 1, 2, and 3 dimensions; systems of many particles; symmetries; angular momentum.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 441(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2023.

PHYSICS 532 Principles of Quantum Mechanics II

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Continuation of 531. Spin; hydrogen atom; variational methods; WKB approximation; perturbation theory; scattering theory; Dirac equation.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 531(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2024.

PHYSICS 532G Principles of Quantum Mechanics II

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Continuation of 531. Spin; hydrogen atom; variational methods; WKB approximation; perturbation theory; scattering theory; Dirac equation.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 531(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2024.

PHYSICS 541 Elementary Particles

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Accelerators and detectors; special unitary groups; quark model of hadrons; Feynman diagrams; electromagnetic, weak and strong interactions of quarks and leptons; Higgs boson.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 441(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2011, Fall 2009.

PHYSICS 541G Elementary Particles

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Accelerators and detectors; special unitary groups; quark model of hadrons; Feynman diagrams; electromagnetic, weak and strong interactions of quarks and leptons; Higgs boson.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 441(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2011, Fall 2009.

PHYSICS 551 Introduction to Solid State Physics I

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Crystal structure, reciprocal lattice; crystal binding; elastic waves; phonons, lattice vibrations; thermal properties of insulators; free electron Fermi gas. Band structure; semiconductor crystals; Fermi surface.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 441(P) or cons instr.

Last Taught: Fall 2020, Fall 2018.

PHYSICS 551G Introduction to Solid State Physics I

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Crystal structure, reciprocal lattice; crystal binding; elastic waves; phonons, lattice vibrations; thermal properties of insulators; free electron Fermi gas. Band structure; semiconductor crystals; Fermi surface.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 441(P) or cons instr.

Last Taught: Fall 2020, Fall 2018.

PHYSICS 575 Vacuum Science and Technology

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Viscous and molecular flow, vacuum materials and seals, metal-to-ceramic seals, evaporation and vapor pressures, vacuum pumps, vacuum gauges, mass spectrographs, chemical reactions at surfaces, outgassing.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 441(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2011, Fall 2003.

PHYSICS 575G Vacuum Science and Technology

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Viscous and molecular flow, vacuum materials and seals, metal-to-ceramic seals, evaporation and vapor pressures, vacuum pumps, vacuum gauges, mass spectrographs, chemical reactions at surfaces, outgassing.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 441(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2011, Fall 2003.

PHYSICS 610 The Art and Science of Teaching Physics

1 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Participants critique lectures, videotapes of experienced teachers, each other; address conceptual problems facing beginning students; gain familiarity with demonstrations, classroom technology; discuss their own classes.

Prerequisites: appt as undergrad TA or grad st.

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

PHYSICS 610G The Art and Science of Teaching Physics

1 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Participants critique lectures, videotapes of experienced teachers, each other; address conceptual problems facing beginning students; gain familiarity with demonstrations, classroom technology; discuss their own classes.

Prerequisites: appt as undergrad TA or grad st.

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022.

PHYSICS 651 Introduction to Solid State Physics II

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Transport, superconductivity, dielectric properties, ferroelectric crystals, magnetism, magnetic resonance, optical phenomena in insulators, nanostructures, non-crystalline solids, point defects, alloys, dislocations.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 551(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2021, Spring 2019.

PHYSICS 651G Introduction to Solid State Physics II

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Transport, superconductivity, dielectric properties, ferroelectric crystals, magnetism, magnetic resonance, optical phenomena in insulators, nanostructures, non-crystalline solids, point defects, alloys, dislocations.

Prerequisites: jr st; Physics 551(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2021, Spring 2019.

PHYSICS 670 Electron Microscopy Laboratory

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Diffraction, imaging, and spectroscopy methods for study of morphology, crystallinity, and composition of solids in a transmission electron microscope.

Prerequisites: sr st; Physics 551(P) or cons instr.

Last Taught: Fall 2012, Fall 2009.

PHYSICS 670G Electron Microscopy Laboratory

3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Diffraction, imaging, and spectroscopy methods for study of morphology, crystallinity, and composition of solids in a transmission electron microscope.

Prerequisites: sr st; Physics 551(P) or cons instr.

Last Taught: Fall 2012, Fall 2009.

PHYSICS 698 Research Experience for Teachers

1-6 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Enrichment of students' physics background. Work with faculty mentor to develop an innovative teaching program for use in students' own classroom.

Prerequisites: sr st; current teaching contract.

Course Rules: Open only to practicing science teachers with demonstrable expertise in physics. May be retaken to 9 cr max.

Last Taught: Summer 2010, Summer 2009.

PHYSICS 698G Research Experience for Teachers

1-6 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Enrichment of students' physics background. Work with faculty mentor to develop an innovative teaching program for use in students' own classroom.

Prerequisites: sr st; current teaching contract.

Course Rules: Open only to practicing science teachers with demonstrable expertise in physics. May be retaken to 9 cr max.

Last Taught: Summer 2010, Summer 2009.

PHYSICS 705 Molecular, Cellular, and System Biophysics

3 cr. Graduate.
Cell structure and the molecular basis for life. Molecular and cellular interactions. Supracellular organization, signalling, and communication. Self-similarity and cooperativity.

Prerequisites: grad st

Last Taught: Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2017, Fall 2015.

PHYSICS 706 Biophotonics

3 cr. Graduate.
Biophotonics and bioimaging; overview of application of optics in biology and medicine based on the understanding of basic optics, spectroscopy, and imaging theory.

Prerequisites: grad st

PHYSICS 707 Structural Molecular Biophysics

3 cr. Graduate.
Methods in molecular biophysics.

Prerequisites: grad st; major in science-based discipline & Physics 210(P), or writ cons instr.

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2019, Fall 2016.

PHYSICS 711 Theoretical Physics-Dynamics

3 cr. Graduate.
Lagrange equations, canonical formulation, principle of least action, normal coordinates, rigid bodies, special relativity, mathematical methods.

Prerequisites: grad st; Math 321(C) or 322(C); or 701(C) or 702(C).

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Fall 2019.

PHYSICS 716 Advanced Topics in Statistical Physics

3 cr. Graduate.
Systems of interactir particles; critical phenomena; transport theory; irreversible processes and fluctuations; model calculations for interacting systems of particles.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 515(P), 532(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2016, Spring 2010, Spring 2008, Fall 1999.

PHYSICS 717 Gravitation

3 cr. Graduate.
General theory of relativity. Metric, covariant derivative, and curvature. Einstein field equations. Newtonian and weak-field limits. Gravitational waves. Experimental tests. Black holes and relativistic stars.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 517(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Fall 2015.

PHYSICS 718 White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Black Holes

3 cr. Graduate.
Physics of compact objects; newtonian and relativistic stellar structure and stability; pulsars, x-ray sources; accretion disks; gravitational collapse; stellar-size and supermassive black holes; quasars.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 717(P) or cons instr.

Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Spring 2017, Spring 2015.

PHYSICS 720 Electrodynamics I

3 cr. Graduate.
Maxwell's equations; Helmholz theorem; scalar and vector potentials; boundary value problems; plane wave solutions.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 711(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021, Spring 2020.

PHYSICS 721 Electrodynamics II

3 cr. Graduate.
Wave guides, radiation by charges; radiation reaction; radiation scattering, damping and dispersion; covariant formulation of electrodynamics.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 720(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018.

PHYSICS 722 Advanced Classical Electromagnetism

3 cr. Graduate.
Selected topics in advanced classical electromagnetism: special relativity; covariant formulation of electrodynamics; radiation and radiative processes; electrodynamics in media; electro- and magnetostatics; electromagnetism as a gauge theory.

Prerequisites: graduate standing.

PHYSICS 731 Quantum Mechanics

3 cr. Graduate.
Mathematical formalism of quantum mechanics. Obserables and transformation theory, scattering perturbation, other approximation methods.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 532(P) & 711(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2004, Fall 2002, Fall 1998, Fall 1993.

PHYSICS 735 High Energy Physics

3 cr. Graduate.
Special relativity applied to high energy collisions, experimental techniques, ionization and radiation at high energy, weak interactions theory, II-meson and strange particle interactions, ultra-high energy phenomena.

Prerequisites: grad st & Physics 732(P).

Last Taught: Fall 2011.

PHYSICS 751 Solid State Theory I

3 cr. Graduate.
Phonons, plasmons, magnons, fermion fields and the hartree-fock approximation, and electron many-body techniques and the electron gas.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 531(P) & Physics 651(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2018, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Fall 2011.

PHYSICS 752 Solid State Theory II

3 cr. Graduate.
Dynamics of electrons in a magnetic field: energy bands, cyclotron resonance, impurity states, optical absorption and excitons in semiconductor crystals; electrodynamics of metals; green's functions.

Prerequisites: grad st & Physics 532(P) & 751(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2014, Spring 2008, Spring 2006, Spring 2002.

PHYSICS 770 Electron Microscopy

3 cr. Graduate.
Kinematical and dynamical theory of electron diffraction. Transfer function theory of imaging. Electron and x-ray spectroscopies. Applications to surfaces and interfaces.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 551(P) or cons instr.

Last Taught: Fall 2011, Spring 2002.

PHYSICS 775 Surface Physics I

3 cr. Graduate.
Survey of experimental techniques in surface physics research.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 515(P) & 575(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2016, Spring 2012, Fall 2008, Fall 2002.

PHYSICS 781 Medical Radiation Physics

3 cr. Graduate.
Physical principles of the generation, interaction, detection, and measurement of radiation in medical applications; basics of radiation protection.

Prerequisites: grad st

PHYSICS 782 Physics of Medical Imaging

3 cr. Graduate.
Basic theoretical knowledge of the physics of diagnostic radiology using x-rays, magnetic resonance, nuclear medicine, and ultrasounds.

Prerequisites: grad st

Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2010, Spring 2008.

PHYSICS 784 Radiotherapy Physics

3 cr. Graduate.
Radiation physics for work as a hospital physicist, including accelerators for radiation therapy, quality characteristics of treatment beams, treatment planning, treatment techniques, quality assurance, oncology.

Prerequisites: grad st

PHYSICS 786 Medical Physics Practicum

3 cr. Graduate.
Training with clinical medical imaging and therapy equipment, and dosimetry instrumentation.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 781(P)

PHYSICS 801 Special Topics in Theoretical Physics:

2-3 cr. Graduate.
Discussion of recent research or advanced special topics.

Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Retakable with change in topic to 9 credits max.

Last Taught: Fall 2021, Fall 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2012.

PHYSICS 807 Group Theory and Its Applications to Physics

3 cr. Graduate.
Representations of discrete and continuous groups, including rotation groups, unitary groups and crystal point and space groups. Symmetries of elementary particles. Molecular obitals, energy bands.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 532(P).

Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Math 807.

Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2018, Spring 2013, Spring 2005.

PHYSICS 811 Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos

3 cr. Graduate.
Iteration of maps, numerical integration, strange attractors in dissipative systems, fractal dimensions, multifractals, entropy. Chaos in hamiltonian systems, perturbation theory, kam theorem. Quantum choas.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 711(P).

PHYSICS 817 Gravitation and Cosmology II

3 cr. Graduate.
Experimental tests in gravitation. Gravitational waves: generation, detection. Spinning black holes. Cosmology: idealised cosmologies; present state of the universe; nucleosynthesis; inflation; recent developments.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 717(P) or cons instr.

Last Taught: Spring 2022, Fall 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2014.

PHYSICS 818 Advanced Topics in Gravitational Physics

3 cr. Graduate.
Topics depend on student interest. Initial value problem. Spinors and positive mass. Singularity theorems. Modern kaluza-klein theory. Approaches to quantum gravity.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 717(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2020, Spring 2016, Spring 2012, Spring 2008.

PHYSICS 831 Quantum Field Theory I

3 cr. Graduate.
Group theory, canonical and path integral quantization, feynman rules, quantum electrodynamics, renormalization, quantum chromodynamics, electroweak theory, spontaneous symmetry breaking.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 732(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2023, Fall 2017, Fall 2013, Spring 2000.

PHYSICS 852 Superconductivity

3 cr. Graduate.
Properties of type I and type II superconductors, bcs and ginzburg-landau theory, vortices, and flux dynamics.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 532(P) & 651(P).

Last Taught: Spring 2007.

PHYSICS 853 Superfluidity

3 cr. Graduate.
Bose-Einstein condensation. Properties of superfluid 4HE, 3HE and 3HE-4HE mixtures.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 551(P) & 651(P) or physics 515(P).

PHYSICS 854 Electron Phonon Interaction

3 cr. Graduate.
Wave propagation in metals. Interaction of electrons with the lattice in normal metals, superconductors, and magnetic materials.

Prerequisites: grad st; Physics 532(P) & 651(P).

PHYSICS 888 Candidate for Degree

0 cr. Graduate.
Available for graduate students who must meet minimum credit load requirement.

Prerequisites: graduate standing.

Course Rules: Fee for 1 cr assessed; unit does not count towards credit load for Fin Aid. Repeatable. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.

PHYSICS 890 Master's Thesis

1-6 cr. Graduate.
Course for students completing supervised Master's Thesis.

Prerequisites: graduate standing and consent of instructor.

Course Rules: Repeatable to 12 cr max. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Credit(s) count toward Master's degree only if student completes thesis option.

PHYSICS 891 Master's Capstone Project

1-3 cr. Graduate.
Independent project supervised by student's advisor.

Prerequisites: graduate standing; consent of instructor and graduate program committee.

Course Rules: May not be taken for credit more than once.

PHYSICS 900 Colloquium

1 cr. Graduate.
Lectures by staff and visitors on research in various areas of physics.

Prerequisites: grad st.

Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012.

PHYSICS 903 Seminar in Theoretical Physics:

1-3 cr. Graduate.
Discussion of special topics of interest to research students in theoretical physics.Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max. Prereq: grad st & cons instr.

Prerequisites: Spring 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021, Spring 2021.

PHYSICS 904 Seminar in Surface Studies:

1-3 cr. Graduate.
Special topics in the chemistry and physics of surface studies. Specific topics and any additional prerequisites announced in Timetable each time course is offered.

Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.

Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.

Last Taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015, Spring 2014.

PHYSICS 906 Seminar in Biophysics:

1-3 cr. Graduate.
Special topics in experimental biophysics. Retakable with change in topic to 9 cr max.

Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.

Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2021, Spring 2019, Fall 2018.

PHYSICS 990 Research

1-9 cr. Graduate.

Prerequisites: grad st & cons instr.

Last Taught: Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023.

PHYSICS 999 Independent Reading

1-3 cr. Graduate.
For the benefit of graduate students unable to secure needed content in regular courses.

Prerequisites: grad st, cons instr.

Last Taught: Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.