Undergraduate courses offered by the Department of Physics
(please click on the Course Code or the Course Title for a detailed description of the course):

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Course Code Previous Course Code  (until mid 2011) Course Title Credit(s) Weekly Contact Hours
PHYS 1001 -- Physics and the Modern Society 3 Lecture:  3
Tutorial:  1
PHYS 1002 PHYS 002 Introduction to Astrophysics and Astronomy 3 Lecture:  3
PHYS 1003 PHYS 006 Energy and Related Environmental Issues 3 Lecture:  3
PHYS 1005 PHYS 009 Physics in Movies 3 Lecture:  3
Tutorial:  1
PHYS 1006 -- Astronomy for Beginners 3 Lecture:  3
Tutorial:  TBA
PHYS 1111 -- General Physics I 3 Lecture:  3
Tutorial:  1
PHYS 1112 -- General Physics I with Calculus 3 Lecture:  3
Tutorial:  1
PHYS 1113 -- Laboratory for General Physics I 1 Tutorial:  1
Laboratory:  2
PHYS 1114 -- General Physics II 3 Lecture:  3
Tutorial:  1
PHYS 1115 -- Laboratory for General Physics II 1 Tutorial:  1
Laboratory:  2
PHYS 1312 -- Honors General Physics I 3 Lecture:  3
Tutorial:  1
PHYS 1314 -- Honors General Physics II 3 Lecture:  3
Tutorial:  1
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PHYS 2021 PHYS 140 Black Holes and the Early Universe 3 Lecture:  3
PHYS 2022 PHYS 126 Modern Physics 3 Lecture:  3
Tutorial:  1
PHYS 2023 PHYS 127 Modern Physics Laboratory 1 Tutorial:  1
Lab:        2
PHYS 2080 PHYS 180 Physics Seminar 1 Tutorial:  1
PHYS 2090 PHYS 191 Directed Studies in Physics I 1 Tutorial:  1
PHYS 2124 -- Mathematical Methods in Physics I 3 Lecture:  3
Tutorial:  1
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PHYS 3031 PHYS 214 Mathematical Methods in Physics II 3 Lecture:   3
Tutorial:   1
Lab:         0
PHYS 3032 PHYS 221 Classical Mechanics 3 Lecture:  3
Tutorial:  1
PHYS 3033 PHYS 223 Electricity and Magnetism I 3 Lecture:  3
Tutorial:  1
PHYS 3034 PHYS 224 Electricity and Magnetism II 3 Lecture:  3
PHYS 3036 PHYS 234 Quantum Mechanics I 3 Lecture:  3
Tutorial:  1
PHYS 3037 PHYS 236 Honors Quantum Mechanics I 4 Lecture:   4
PHYS 3038 PHYS 241 Optics 3 Lecture:  3
PHYS 3040 PHYS 250 Introduction to Materials Science 3 Lecture:   3
PHYS 3041 PHYS 251 Introduction to Materials Processing 3 Lecture:   3
Tutorial:   1
PHYS 3053 -- Honors Electricity and Magnetism I 4 Lecture:   4
PHYS 3071 -- Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics 3 Lecture:   3
PHYS 3090 PHYS 291 Directed Studies in Physics II 1 Tutorial:   1
PHYS 3142 -- Computational Methods in Physics 3 Lecture:  3
Lab:       2
PHYS 3152 -- Methods of Experimental Physics I 3 Lecture:  1
Lab:       4
PHYS 3153 -- Methods of Experimental Physics II 3 Lecture:  1
Lab:       4
PHYS 3411 PHYS 211 Methods of Experimental Physics 2 Lecture:   1
Lab:         3
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PHYS 4050 PHYS 321 Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics 3 Lecture:   4
PHYS 4051 PHYS 331 Quantum Mechanics II 3 Lecture:   4
PHYS 4052 PHYS 332 Introductory Solid State Physics 3 Lecture:   3
PHYS 4053 PHYS 335 Lasers and Optical Electronics 3 Lecture:   3
PHYS 4054 PHYS 340 Introduction to Astrophysics 3 Lecture:   3
PHYS 4055

PHYS 342

Nuclear and Particle Physics 3 Lecture:   3
PHYS 4058 PHYS 370 Information Physics 3 Lecture:   3
Tutorial:   1
PHYS 4059 PHYS 371 Physics of Management Science 3 Lecture:   3
Tutorial:   1
PHYS 4060 PHYS 381 Computational Physics 3 Lecture:   3
Lab:         3
PHYS 4071

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Big Bang Cosmology and Inflation 3 Lecture:   3
PHYS 4080 PHYS 380 Physics Seminar and Tutorial III 1 Tutorial:    1
PHYS 4090 PHYS 391 Directed Studies in Physics III 1 Tutorial:    1
PHYS 4191 -- Capstone Project 4 Lecture:    TBA
Tutorial:   TBA
Lab:         TBA
PHYS 4291 -- Capstone Research 6 Tutorial:    1
PHYS 4411 PHYS 311 Advanced Physics Laboratory 3 Lecture:    1
Lab:         6
PHYS 4498 PHYS 398 Independent Study Project 4 Tutorial:    2
Lab:          6

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