All Graduate Courses

This is a list of all graduate courses and U/G courses offered in the program; U/G courses can be taken by both undergraduate and graduate students. Not all courses are offered in all semesters and each description indicates when it was last offered. Visit the Upcoming Courses page for a list of courses offered in the current and next semesters.

PHYSICS 408 Experiments in Linear Electronics
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Transistor and integrated circuit characteristics; electronic measurement and control.
Prerequisites: junior standing and PHYSICS 210(P).
Course Rules: No credit for students with credit 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: junior standing and PHYSICS 210(P).
Course Rules: No credit for students with credit 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: junior standing and PHYSICS 210(NP).
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
PHYSICS 411G Mechanics
4 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Kinematics, vector analysis, conservation laws, oscillations, variational methods, chaos, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics.
Prerequisites: junior standing and PHYSICS 210(NP).
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
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 2024.
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 2024.
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: junior standing and a grade of C or better in PHYSICS 420(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of 2 cr of PHYSICS 421.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
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: junior standing and a grade of C or better in PHYSICS 420(P); or graduate standing.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of 2 cr of PHYSICS 421.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
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 2024.
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 2024.
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: junior standing and a grade of C or better in PHYSICS 441(NP); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
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: junior standing and a grade of C or better in PHYSICS 441(NP); or graduate standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
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: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change 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: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change 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: junior standing, PHYSICS 210(P), and MATH 234(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2024, 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: junior standing, PHYSICS 210(P), and MATH 234(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023.
PHYSICS 502 Special Topics: Mathematical Models of Physical Problems II
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
More selected topics in mathematical models.
Prerequisites: junior standing, PHYSICS 210(P), and 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: junior standing, PHYSICS 210(P), and 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: junior standing, PHYSICS 317(P) and PHYSICS 441(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2024.
PHYSICS 515G Statistical Mechanics
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Brief survey of thermodynamics; statistical mechanics; classical and quantum gases.
Prerequisites: junior standing, PHYSICS 317(P) and PHYSICS 441(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2024.
PHYSICS 517 Special Relativity
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Relativistic kinematics, the Lorentz transformation, tensor calculus, applications to motion of particles, electromagnetism.
Prerequisites: junior standing. PHYSICS 411 and PHYSICS 421 recommended.
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: junior standing. PHYSICS 411 and PHYSICS 421 recommended.
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: junior standing and PHYSICS 441(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2024, 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: junior standing and PHYSICS 441(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023.
PHYSICS 532 Principles of Quantum Mechanics II
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Continuation of PHYSICS 531. Spin; hydrogen atom; variational methods; WKB approximation; perturbation theory; scattering theory; Dirac equation.
Prerequisites: junior standing and PHYSICS 531(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
PHYSICS 532G Principles of Quantum Mechanics II
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Continuation of PHYSICS 531. Spin; hydrogen atom; variational methods; WKB approximation; perturbation theory; scattering theory; Dirac equation.
Prerequisites: junior standing and PHYSICS 531(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, 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: junior standing and 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: junior standing and 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: junior standing and PHYSICS 441(P); or consent of instructor.
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: junior standing and PHYSICS 441(P); or consent of instructor.
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: junior standing and 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: junior standing and 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 2024, Fall 2023.
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 2024, Fall 2023.
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: junior standing and 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: junior standing and 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: senior standing and PHYSICS 551(P); or consent of instructor.
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: senior standing and PHYSICS 551(P); or consent of instructor.
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: senior standing and 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: senior standing and 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: Fall 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2020, Fall 2017.
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 708 Experimental Techniques and Modeling Approaches in Biophysics
3 cr. Graduate.
Combined lectures about techniques in biophysics with statistical analysis, basic computer programming, and some lab work.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
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 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021.
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.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
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: Fall 2024, Spring 2018, Fall 2015, Fall 2013.
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.
Last Taught: Summer 2025.
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 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
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 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.
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.

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