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ASTR 1101 - The Solar System (3)*
Prereq.: MATH 1021 or an ACT mathematics score of at least 21. Fundamental prinicples of the solar system.

ASTR 1102 - Stellar Astronomy (3)*
Prereq.: ASTR 1101. Fundamental principles of stellar astronomy.

ASTR 1108 - Astronomy Laboratory (1)*
2 hrs. lab. Prereq.: credit or registration in ASTR 1101. Visual observation of positions of celestial bodies with application to star charts and globes; visual and photographic observations will be made using telescopes; provides student with practical observing experience.

ASTR 1109 - Astronomy Laboratory (1)*
2 hrs. lab. Prereq.: credit or registration in ASTR 1102. Analysis of light from terrestrial and celestial sources; visual and photographic observations of stars and nebulae; training in the use of smaller telescopes and larger telescopes with multimedia technologies.

ASTR 2001 - Current Topics in Astronomy and Astrophysics (3)S
Prereq.: ASTR 1101, 1102. Primarily for nonscience students. Topics of current interest in astronomy; recent topics include extraterrestrial intelligence, black holes, exploration of the solar system.

ASTR 4221, 4222 - Introductory Astrophysics (3,3)V
Prereq.: PHYS 1202 or 2102 or consent of instructor. ASTR 4221 is prerequisite for 4222. Sun, stars, and stellar systems; results and problems of modern astrophysical research.

ASTR 4261 - Modern Observational Techniques (3)V
Prereq.: ASTR 1101, 1102, and MATH 1552. 1 hr. lecture; 6 hrs. lab. Modern astronomical observations and reductions; the telescope, astronomical photography, spectroscopic and photoelectric observations and reductions.

ASTR 4750 - Special Topics in Observational Astronomy (3)V
May be taken twice for credit when topics vary. One topic scheduled each time course is offered; current topics include astronomical spectroscopy and astronomical photometry.

ASTR 4997 - Problems in Astronomy (1-3)
Prereq.: consent of instructor. May be taken for a max. of 3 sem. hrs. of credit. Individual reading and theoretical and/or experimental work on advanced problems.

ASTR 6101 - Astronomy for Teachers (4)Su,V
For teachers and students in the College of Education. Cannot be taken for degree credit by physics majors. General astronomy including the solar system, stellar astronomy, and stellar systems.

ASTR 6108 - Astronomy Laboratory for Teachers (1-3)Su,V
For in-service teachers and graduate students in the College of Education. May not be taken for credit by physics majors. May be taken for a max. of 9 hrs. of credit. 2-6 hrs. lab. Visual observation techniques including the use of star charts and globe; visual and photographic observation of celestial objects such as the sun, moon, stars, and nebulae using small reflectors as well as large telescopes through multimedia technologies.

ASTR 7741, 7742 - Stellar Astrophysics (3,3)F,S
ASTR 7741 is prerequisite for 7742. Also offered as PHYS 7741, 7742. Application of physical principles to study of stars; spectroscopy, stellar atmospheres, stellar structure, and stellar evolution.

ASTR 7751, 7752 - Galactic Astrophysics (3,3)F,S
ASTR 7751 is prerequisite for ASTR 7752. Also offered as PHYS 7751, 7752. Application of physical principles to study of galaxies; interstellar medium, galactic structure and stellar motions, galaxies, and cosmology.

ASTR 7777 - Seminar in Astronomy and Astrophysics (1-6)V
May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. of credit. Also offered as PHYS 7777.

ASTR 7783 - Topics in Astronomy and Astrophysics (3)V
May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit. Also offered as PHYS 7783.

MEDP 2051 - Radiation Science for Medical Applications (3)F,S*
Matter and energy; structure of the atom and nucleus; radioactivity; types of radiation; radiation interactions; dose and biological effects; radiation detection and safety; background radiation; applications of nuclear science in medicine, cancer therapy, and imaging.

MEDP 4101 - Tracer Methodology for Biological Sciences (3)F,S
2hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Specially for students in the biological sciences. Properties of ionizing radiation, instruments for detection and measuring radiation, and biological use of radioisotopes.

MEDP 4111 - Introduction to Medical Imaging (3)F,S
Prereq.: PHYS 2002 or equivalent, Math 1550, KIN 2500 or equivalent. Physics and engineering aspects of medical imaging systems: x-ray imaging, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, and nuclear medicine; clinical applications, expectations and limitations of the modalities.

MEDP 4331 - Radiation Protection and Exposure Evaluation (3)F
Prereq.: PHYS 2102 or equivalent. Control and evaluation of radiation exposure, including external and internal dosimetry, techniques of dose reduction, and consequences of radiation exposure.

MEDP 4332 - Medical Physics and Health Physics Laboratory (1)F
Prereq.: credit or registration in MEDP 4331. 3 hrs. lab. Radiation measurement instrumentation; applied health physics and medical physics exercises in radiation surveys; inspections; exposure incident investigation.

MEDP 4351 - Radiation Detection and Instrumentation (2)F,S
Prereq.: PHYS 4098 or equivalent, credit for or registration in MEDP 4332 or consent of instructor. Principles of radiation detection; construction, operation, and application of radiation detection systems; selection, calibration, and electronic matching of systems to counting problems; sophisticated detectors and electronics for measuring various radiation fields.

MEDP 4991 - Special Problems in Medical Physics and Health Physics (1-4)
Prereq.: thorough knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering related to the topic or proposed problem; and consent of instructor. May be taken for a max. of 12 sem. hrs. of credit when topics vary. Theoretical or experimental problems involving the application of medical physics and health physics technology.

MEDP 4995 - Seminar (1)F,S
Elective seminar especially for undergraduate minors in nuclear science, and undergraduate majors in physics and astronomy with a concentration in medical physics. Course may be repeated on audit basis only.

MEDP 7101 - Advanced Tracer Methodology for Biological Sciences (3)F,S
Prereq.: MEDP 4101. 2 hrs. lecture/demonstration; 3 hrs. lab. Qualitative and quantitative aspects of tracer applications in modern biological research; combining tracer techniques with other analytical methods.

MEDP 7111 - Advanced Medical Imaging Physics (3)F,S
Prereq.: MEDP 4111, MEDP 4351, CSC 2262 or equivalent. Topics related to advanced research and clinical imaging physics; theory of image formation; quantitative analysis of imaging systems by Fourier methods and QC/acceptance testing; radon transform and theory of image reconstruction; tracer methodology for quantitative imaging; topical subjects of current clinical and research interest.

MEDP 7121 - Radiobiology (3)S
Prereq.: MEDP 4331 or consent of instructor. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Effects of ionizing radiation on cellular, molecular, and organ system levels of biological organization; study of x-rays, gamma rays, accelerator beams, and neutrons in interaction with living systems; cohesive treatment of radiation biophysics with applications in medical physics and radiation oncology.

MEDP 7210 - Clinical Principles in Radiation Therapy (3)S
Prereq.: MEDP 4331, 7121. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Clinical principles utilized in the treatment of malignant disease with external beam irradiation and sealed source brachytherapy techniques.

MEDP 7260 - Clinical Cancer Therapy Rotation (3)F,S
Prereq.: MEDP 4331, 7121. Clinical rounds under the direct supervision of the medical and clinical physics staff on a daily basis. Performance of dosimetry and treatment planning activities for external beam brachytherapy cancer treatment modalities under medical and physics staff supervision.

MEDP 7270 - Advanced Radiation Therapy Physics (3)S
Prereq.:MEDP 7121. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Technical aspects of the treatment of malignant disease; instruments and their limitations; calibration and dosimetry techniques; clinical practice.

MEDP 7280 - Advanced Clinical Cancer Therapy Rotation (2)S,Su
Prereq.: MEDP 7260. Sequel to MEDP 7260. May be taken for a max. of 4 sem. hrs. credit. Daily clinical rounds under supervision of the medical and clinical physics staff; study of a wide variety of isotopic and radiation source techniques for diagnosis and treatment of malignant diseases.

MEDP 7331 - Radiation Therapy Physics (3)F
Prereq.: MEDP 4331. Methods for measuring radiation fields and absorbed radiation doses by ion-collection devices, photographic methods, solid-state systems, chemical systems, and calorimetric methods, as applied to isotopic and machine sources.

MEDP 7530 - Radiation Shielding (2)F
Prereq.: credit or registration in MEDP 7537. Design and analysis of shields, collimators, and compensators in clinical and industrial settings; calculation of source terms, geometric transformations, and attentuating factors associated with photon, neutron, and charged particle attenuation in shielding and other media; computation of dose and dose equivalents with applications in medical physics and nuclear facilities.

MEDP 7537 - Radiation Interactions and Transport (3)F
Prereq.: PHYS 2203 or equivalent, CSC 2262 or equivalent experience in computing programming. Also offered as PHYS 7537. Photon, neutron, and electron interactions and energy deposition, the Boltzmann equation, elementary analytical solutions; deterministic computational methods including spherical harmonics and discrete ordinates techniques; continuous slowing down and Fokker-Planck approximations.

MEDP 7538 - Monte Carlo Simulation of Radiation Transport (3)S
Prereq.: MEDP 7537 or consent of instructor, CSC 2262 or equivalent experience in computer programming. Also offered as PHYS 7538. Radiation transport simulation by the Monte Carlo method; phase-space tracking; dose response estimators; biasing methods; integral form of the Boltzmann equation; condensed-history method for charged particles; neutron, photon, and electron transport calculations for shielding and medical physics applications.

MEDP 7991 - Advanced Projects in Medical Physics and Health Physics (1-3)
Prereq.: MEDP 4101 or 4331, and consent of instructor. Theoretical or experimental problems involving the application of medical physics or health physics technology.

MEDP 7992 - Advanced Topics in Medical Physics and Health Physics (1-3)
Prereq.: consent of instructor. May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. of credit when topics vary. Advanced treatment of a specific area of medical physics or health physics technology of current interest.

MEDP 7995 - Seminar (1)F,S
Required every semester for degree candidates in medical physics and health physics. Only 1 sem. hr. of credit may be counted toward degree.

MEDP 7999 - Report Investigation (1-6)
Prereq.: MEDP 4101 or 4331; and consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. Detailed analysis of a technical problem or a comprehensive design project.

MEDP 8000 - Thesis Research (1-12 per sem.)
"S"/"U" grading.

PHSC 1001 - Physical Science (3)*
Prereq.: MATH 1021. Credit will not be given for both this course and any other college-level physics course. First half of a two-semester survey course in the physical sciences; topics in the first semester are taken primarily from the field of physics.

PHSC 1002 - Physical Science (3)*
Prereq.: PHSC 1001. Credit will not be given for both this course and any other college-level astronomy course. Second half of a two-semester survey course in the physical sciences; topics in the second semester are taken primarly from the fields of astronomy, chemistry, and geology.

PHSC 1021 - Physical Science with Laboratory (3)F,S*
Prereq.: MATH 1021 or 1029. Credit will not be given for this course and PHSC 1001. 2 hrs. lecture; 2 hrs. lab. Exposition of physical science concepts through laboratory investigations; topics such as nature of matter, forces and motion, electricity and magnetism, and sound.

PHSC 1022 - Physical Science with Laboratory (3)F,S*
Prereq.: MATH 1021 or 1029. Credit will not be given for this course and PHSC 1001. 2 hrs. lecture; 2 hrs. lab. Exposition of physical science concepts through laboratory investigations; topics such as changes in matter, light and color, energy, and observational astronomy.

PHYS 1100 - Introduction to Physics (3)
Prereq.: credit or registration in MATH 1550. Measurement, vectors, kinematics, Newton's laws of motion, wave motion, temperature, the electric field, DC circuits, and geometrical optics.

PHYS 1201, 1202 - General Physics for Physics Majors (4,4)F,S*
Prereq. for 1201: PHYS 1100 or placement by examination; credit or registration in MATH 1550. Prereq. for 1202: PHYS 1201 and credit or registration in MATH 1552. 4 hrs. lecture/demonstration. Primarily for students intending to major in physics. Credit will not be given for these courses and PHYS 2001, 2002, or 2101, 2102. Fundamentals of classical physics and some concepts of modern physics; calculus and vector analysis introduced and used in development of subject matter.

PHYS 1208, 1209 - General Physics Laboratory for Physics Majors (1,1)F,S*
Prereq. for 1208: credit or registration in PHYS 1201. Prereq. for 1209: credit or registration in PHYS 1202. 3 hrs. lab. Credit will not be given for these courses and PHYS 2108, 2109. Laboratory to accompany PHYS 1201, 1202.

PHYS 2001, 2002 - General Physics (3,3)*
Prereq. for PHYS 2001: MATH 1022 or 1023; Prereq. for PHYS 2002: PHYS 2001. 3 hrs. lecture/demonstration. Credit will not be given for these courses and PHYS 1201, 1202 or 2101, 2102. Mechanics, heat, sound, light, electricity, and magnetism; topics of modern physics.

PHYS 2101 - General Physics for Technical Students (3)*
Prereq.: PHYS 1100 or placement by examination; credit or registration in MATH 1552. Credit will not be given for both this course and PHYS 1201, 2001. Mechanics, wave motion, thermodynamics, and kinetic theory.

PHYS 2102 - General Physics for Technical Students (3)*
Prereq.: PHYS 2101 and MATH 1552. Credit will not be given for both this course and PHYS 1202, 2002. Electricity, magnetism, physical optics, and topics from modern physics.

PHYS 2108 - Introductory Physics Laboratory (1)*
Prereq.: credit or registration in PHYS 2001 or 2101. 3 hrs. lab. Credit will not be given for both this course and PHYS 1208. Laboratory to accompany PHYS 2001 or 2101.

PHYS 2109 - General Physics Laboratory (1)*
Prereq.: PHYS 2108 and credit or registration in PHYS 2002 or 2102. 3 hrs. lab. Credit will not be given for both this course and PHYS 1209. Laboratory to accompany PHYS 2002 and 2102; electricity, magnetism, geometrical and physical optics, and other topics of modern physics.

PHYS 2111 - Elementary Mathematical Physics (3)F
Prereq.: PHYS 1202 or 2102; and credit in MATH 1552. Mathematical methods of physics; vector calculus, complex variables, Fourier series, matrices and determinants, differential equations with application to selected problems in physics.

PHYS 2203 - Introductory Modern Physics (3)F
Prereq.: PHYS 1202 or 2102. Elementary modern physics; special relativity, wave/particle duality, quantum mechanics, hydrogen atom, many-electron atoms, nuclear structure, elementary particles, solid state, astrophysics, and cosmology.

PHYS 2207 - Introductory Modern Physics Laboratory (1)F
Coreq.: PHYS 2203. Required for physics majors. Laboratory to accompany PHYS 2203.

PHYS 2221 - Introduction to Mechanics (3)
Prereq.: PHYS 1202 or 2102 and MATH 2057. Basic concepts of mechanics with emphasis on corresponding mathematical techniques.

PHYS 2231 - Electricity and Magnetism (3)S
Prereq.: PHYS 2221 or CHEM 4581 and credit or registration in MATH 2065 and 2090. Electricity and magnetism; static and quasistatic electromagnetic fields in vacua and in dielectric and magnetic media.

PHYS 2401 - Introduction to Concepts in Physics (3)V*
Prereq.: MATH 1021 or an ACT math score of at least 25. Primarily for students in liberal arts and education. Historical evolution and underlying philosophy of principles of physics; provides appreciation of physics; does not develop technical skill.

PHYS 2411 - Computational Science I (3)
Prereq.: PHYS 2221; or PHYS 1202 or 2102 and MATH 2057; or CHEM 4581 and credit or registration in MATH 2065. 2 hrs. lecture; 2 hrs. lab. Introduction to symbolic manipulation and numerical techniques used to analyze or simulate a broad range of physical systems.

PHYS 2995 - Research Internship (1)
Prereq.: consent of instructor and department chair. May be repeated for credit. Individual reading and theoretical and/or experimental research on introductory problems in physics.

PHYS 3001 - Science Teaching in Secondary School I: The Learner (1)
See BIOL 3001.

PHYS 3002 - Science Teaching in Secondary School II: Technology in Science Education (1)
See BIOL 3002.

PHYS 4003 - Science Teaching in Secondary School III: Instructional Strategies in Science (1)
See BIOL 4003.

PHYS 4004 - Seminar in Teaching Secondary School Science (3)
See BIOL 4004.

PHYS 4098 - Instrumentation Electronics for Scientists (3)S
Prereq.: PHYS 1202 and 1209; or PHYS 2102 and 2109. 2 hrs. lecture; 3 hrs. lab. Basic electronic technology and circuits used in scientific intrumentation; circuit analysis, discrete components, operational amplifiers, and digital electronics.

PHYS 4112 - Intermediate Mathematical Physics (3)V
Prereq.: PHYS 2221 or CHEM 4581; and credit or registration in MATH 2065 or 2090. Mathematical methods of physics, with application to selected problems.

PHYS 4123 - Intermediate Mechanics (3)
Prereq.: PHYS 2221 and MATH 2057 Lagrangian mechanics; central force motion; rigid body dynamics; small oscillations.

PHYS 4125 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (3)V
Prereq.: PHYS 2221 and credit or registration in MATH 2065 or 2090; or CHEM 4581 and credit or registration in MATH 2065 or 2090. Basic physical concepts and methods appropriate for description of systems involving many particles; unified view point of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and kinetic theory.

PHYS 4132 - Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Waves (3)F
Prereq.: PHYS 2231. Continuation of PHYS 2231. Emphasis on electromagnetic waves and radiation.

PHYS 4135 - Modern Optics (3)V
Prereq.: PHYS 2221 and MATH 2065 or 2090; or CHEM 4581 and MATH 2065 or 2090. Review of geometrical optics and optical instruments, scalar diffraction theory, spatial filtering and holography, Gaussian beam optics, optical resonators, lasers, and optical properties of materials.

PHYS 4136 - Modern Optics Laboratory (3)V
Prereq.: PHYS 4135. 1 hr. lecture; 5 hrs. lab. Techniques in modern optics, including interferometers, electrootpic and magnetooptic devices, fiber optics, spatial filtering, holography and spectroscopy.

PHYS 4141, 4142 - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (3,3)F,S
Prereq.: PHYS 2221 and credit or registration in MATH 2065 or 2090; or CHEM 4581 and credit or registration in MATH 2065 or 2090; PHYS 4141 is prerequisite for 4142. Elementary principles of quantum mechanics, including Schrodinger equation, one-dimensional problems, harmonic oscillator, angular momentum, perturbation theory, matrix mechanics, and spin.

PHYS 4198 - Advanced Modern Physics Laboratory (3)S
Prereq.: PHYS 2209 or 4055 or 4141. 1 hr. lecture; 6 hrs. lab/computations. Electricity and magnetism, optics, and atomic, nuclear, and solid-state physics.

PHYS 4201, 4202 - Survey of Contemporary Physics (3,3)F,S
Prereq.: PHYS 4142 or equivalent. Current research in physics; relativity, atomic physics, solid-state physics, nuclear physics, elementary particles, astrophysics.

PHYS 4251 - Atomic Physics (3)V
Prereq.: PHYS 4142 and credit or registration in 4132. Modern theory of atomic structure, radiations, and processes.

PHYS 4261 - Introduction to Solid-State Physics (3)V
Prereq.: PHYS 2203 or 4141 or CHEM 4492. Properties of the crystalline state and the free-electron; band theories of metals, insulators, and semiconductors.

PHYS 4271 - Subatomic Physics (3)V
Prereq.: (currently being updated - this revised course description will be updated soon)

PHYS 4399 - Research in Experimental Physics (3)F
Prereq.: PHYS 4198 or consent of instructor and department chair. Individual research project conducted and reported under supervision of individually selected faculty member.

PHYS 4412 - Computational Science II (3)
Prereq.: PHYS 2411 or equivalent. Continuation of PHYS 2411. Advanced techniques for numerical computations in the physical sciences.

PHYS 4991 - Special Problems in Physics (1-3)
Prereq.: thorough knowledge of the fundamentals of physics and mathematics, demonstrated ability in science, and consent of instructor and department chair. May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. credit. Individual reading and theoretical and/or experimental work on advanced problems in physics.

PHYS 6111 - Mathematical Physics for Teachers (3)Su only-V
Prereq.: PHYS 2002 or 2102. Not for degree credit for physics majors. Mathematical structure of physics.

PHYS 6121 - Classical Physics for Teachers (3)Su only-V
Prereq.: PHYS 2002 or 2102. For high school and junior college teachers; part of the M.N.S. degree program. Application of conservation principles to development of classical physics.

PHYS 6141 - Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, and Nuclei for Teachers (3)Su only-V
Prereq.: PHYS 2002 or 2102. For high school and junior college teachers; part of the M.N.S. degree program. Origins of quantum theory; application to atoms, molecules, solids, and nuclei.

PHYS 6191 - Research Participation for Teachers (3)Su only-V
Prereq.: PHYS 2002 or 2102. May be taken for a max. of 9 hrs. of credit.

PHYS 6198 - Laboratory Methods for Teachers (3)Su only-V
Prereq.: PHYS 2002 or 2102. 1 hr. lecture; 6 hrs. lab. For high school and junior college teachers; part of the M.N.S. degree program. May be taken for a max. of 9 hrs. of credit. Analysis of laboratory experiments in current high school physics curricula; selected experiments in modern physics.

PHYS 6991 - Seminar in Current Developments in Physics Curriculum Materials (1-3)Su only-V
Prereq.: PHYS 2002 or 2102. For high school and junior college teachers; part of the M.N.S. degree program. May be taken for a max of 6 sem. hrs. credit.

PHYS 7211, 7212 - Mathematical Methods of Theoretical Physics (3,3)F,S
Prereq.: PHYS 4112 or equivalent. PHYS 7211 is prerequisite for 7212. Advanced topics in mathematical methods of theoretical physics; mathematical foundations in quantum mechanics.

PHYS 7221 - Classical Mechanics (3)Su
Study of particle mechanics and rigid body mechanics using the methods of Lagrange's equations, Hamilton's equations, canonical transformations, and Hamilton-Jacobi theory.

PHYS 7223 - Mechanics of Deformable Bodies (3)V
Mechanics of inviscid and Newtonian viscous fluids; elasticity of solids.

PHYS 7225 - Statistical Mechanics (3)Su
Principles of classical and quantum statistics, with application to special problems.

PHYS 7231, 7232 - Classical Electrodynamics (3,3)F,S
PHYS 7231 is prerequisite for 7232. Problems in electrostatics and magnetostatics; Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, wave guides, and antennas; relativistic electrodynamics and radiation from moving charges.

PHYS 7241, 7242 - Quantum Mechanics (3,3)F,S
Prereq.: PHYS 4142 or equivalent. PHYS 7241 is prerequisite for 7242. Basic concepts of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, operators and matrices, Intrinsic and orbital angular momenta, perturbation theory, atomic structure, second quantization, and scattering theory.

PHYS 7336 - General Relativity (3)V
General tensor analysis; postulates of general relativity, field equations, equations of motion, interior and exterior Schwarzchild solutions; cosmology.

PHYS 7343 - Advanced Quantum Mechanics (3)V
Prereq.: PHYS 7242. The Lorentz group, relativistic wave equations, introduction to quantum field theory.

PHYS 7353, 7354 - Atomic and Optical Physics I, II (3,3)V
Prereq.: PHYS 7242; PHYS 7353 is prerequisite for 7354. Applications of quantum mechanics to atomic systems and their interaction with radiation; spectral levels, photoabsorption and collisions with charged particles.

PHYS 7360 - Low-Temperature Physics (3)V
Properties of matter at temperatures near absolute zero; methods of producing low temperatures; superfluidity of liquid helium, superconductivity, magnetic effects, and adiabatic demagnetization.

PHYS 7363, 7364 - Condensed Matter Physics (3,3)V
Prereq.: PHYS 7225 and 7242. PHYS 7363 is prerequisite for 7364. Application of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics to condensed matter; lattice vibrations, energy bands in crystals, transport properties, collective excitations, ferromagnetism and superconductivity; theory of Fermi and Bose quantum fluids, phase transitions, and critical phenomena.

PHYS 7373, 7374 - Nuclear Physics (3,3)V
Prereq.: PHYS 4271 and 7241. PHYS 7373 is prerequisite for 7374. Applications of quantum mechanics to the two-nucleon system, to a system of many nucleons, and to nuclear reactions, with comparisons between theory and experimental results.

PHYS 7383, 7384 - High Energy Particle Physics (3,3)V
Prereq.: PHYS 7231 and 7242. Strong electromagnetic and weak interactions of hadrons and leptons, including symmetries and selection rules; quantum chromodynamics and electroweak theory; accelerator and nonaccelerator experiments including cosmic rays and high energy astrophysics.

PHYS 7398 - Graduate Laboratory (3)S,Su
1 hr. lecture; 6 hrs. lab. Practical experience in modern experimental physics laboratory techniques.

PHYS 7411, 7412 - Computational Physics (3,3)
Prereq.: PHYS 7211. PHYS 7411 is prerequisite for PHYS 7412. Basic numerical techniques for solution of mathematical equations, including coupled linear algebraic and differential equations, and numerical simulation techniques; emphasis on application to physical problems.

PHYS 7463, 7464 - Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics (3,3)F,S
Prereq.: PHYS 7242. PHYS 7463 is prerequisite for PHYS 7464. Density functional theory of electronic structure, mean field, and renormalization group theory of phase transitions; linear response theory; quantum transport, Landau theory of Fermi liquids; systems of strongly interacting electrons, superconductivity.

PHYS 7537 - Radiation Interactions and Transport (3)F
Prereq.: PHYS 2203 or equivalent, CSC 2262, or equivalent. Same as MEDP 7537.

PHYS 7538 - Monte Carlo Simulation of Radiation Transport (3)S
Prereq.: MEDP 7537 or consent of instructor, CSC 2262 or equivalent experience in computer programming. Same as MEDP 7538.

PHYS 7741, 7742 - Stellar Astrophysics (3,3)F,S
PHYS 7741 is prerequisite for PHYS 7742. See ASTR 7741, 7742.

PHYS 7745 - Advanced Quantum Theory of Particles and Fields (3)V
May be taken for a max. of 9 hrs. of credit.

PHYS 7751, 7752 - Galactic Astrophysics (3,3)F,S
PHYS 7751 is prerequisite for PHYS 7752. See ASTR 7751, 7752.

PHYS 7777 - Seminar in Astronomy and Astrophysics (1-6)V
May be taken for a max. of 6 sem. hrs. of credit. See ASTR 7777.

PHYS 7783 - Topics in Astronomy and Astrophysics (3)V
May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit when topics vary. See ASTR 7783.

PHYS 7857 - Graduate Student Seminar (1)
Pass-fail grading. May be repeated for credit. Introduction to research areas in the department; training for presentation of scientific talks; preparation of research proposals.

PHYS 7893 - Many-Body Theory (3)V
Prereq.: PHYS 7242. Pass-fail grading. May be taken for a max. of 6 hrs. of credit. Diagrammatic techniques, thermal Green's functions, transport theory, Fermi liquids, collective excitations, phase transitions.

PHYS 7895 - Selected Topics in Advanced Physics (3)V
May be repeated for credit. Pass-fail grading.

PHYS 7896 - Current Developments (3)V
May be repeated for credit. Pass-fail grading.

PHYS 7996 - Independent Research in Physics (3)V
Prereq. permission of department. An approved independent research project in experimental or theoretical physics; final written report and an oral presentation to a faculty committee is required.

PHYS 8000 - Thesis Research (1-12 per sem.)
"S"/"U" grading.

PHYS 9000 - Dissertation Research (1-12 per sem.)
"S"/"U" grading.

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