Department of Physics and Astronomy

Courses

For short descriptions of the courses offered by the Department, refer to the Graduate Bulletin.
For course instructors and times, the physics department maintains the following Schedule. You can also follow link from the Registrar's class listings, or search on SOLAR (note: Select the correct semester. We are on "West Campus").

The list below links to some of the WEB pages maintained by the professors teaching the courses, or to a course syllabus.

If you would like to know the course content in advance, please consult the webpages of earlier years or send an email to the instructor. The learning goals of all graduate courses can be found here.

Course (Credits)	Offered	Fall 2025	Spring 2025	Fall 2024	Spring 2024	Fall 2023	Spring 2023	Fall 2022	Spring 2022	Fall 2021	Spring 2021	Fall 2020	Spring 2020	Fall 2019	Spring 2019	Fall 2018	Spring 2018	Fall 2017	Spring 2017	Fall 2016	Spring 2016	Fall 2015	Spring 2015
PHY 501, Classical Mechanics (3)	MW 9:30AM-10:50AM	Goldbart		Goldbart		Goldbart		Goldbart		Teaney		Teaney		Teaney		Teaney		Averin		Averin		Averin
PHY 503, Mathematical Physics (3)	MW 11:00AM-12:20PM	Syritsyn		Syritsin		Syritsin		Verbaarschot		Verbaarschot		Verbaarschot		Zahed		Zahed		Teaney
PHY 503: Math-Phys Optional Supplement (0)	W 12:30AM-1:50PM	Abanov, Goldbart, Syritsyn, Teaney
PHY 504, Computational Methods (3)			Miranda		Zingale		Miranda		Zingale		Calder		Calder		Calder		Calder		Calder
PHY 505, Classical Electrodynamics (3)			Goldbart		Goldbart		Goldbart		Verbaarschot		Verbaarschot		Zahed		Zahed		Teaney		Teaney		Teaney		Teaney
PHY 505, Classical Electrodynamics, Recitation					Goldbart		Goldbart		Verbaarschot		Goldman		Goldman		Goldman		Teaney		Teaney		Teaney		Teaney
PHY 511, Quantum Mechanics I (3)	TR 11:00AM-12:20AM	Abanov		Abanov		Abanov		Zahed		Averin		Averin		Averin		Averin		Zahed		Zahed		Zahed
PHY 512, Quantum Mechanics II (3)			Abanov		Zahed		Averin		Averin		Averin		Averin		Zahed		Zahed		Zahed		Zahed
PHY 514, Research Instruments (3)	TR 12:30PM-1:50PM	Metcalf		Weinacht		Weinacht		Weinacht		Weinacht		Metcalf		Metcalf		Metcalf		Metcalf		Metcalf		Metcalf
PHY 515, Methods of Experimental Research (3)	L01 MW 2:00PM-4:50PM; L02 TR 12:30-3:20PM	Arnold, Liu, Kumar, Corliss, Drees	Arnold, Bernauer, Corliss, Du, Kumar	Arnold, Bernauer, Figueroa, Du	Du, Liu, Wijesekara, Arnold	Liu, Du, Figueroa, McGrew	Drees, Liu, Metcalf, Du	Drees, Du, Figueroa, Liu	Du, Figueroa, McGrew, Gurvitch	Du, Figueroa, McGrew, Li	Du, McGrew, Schneble, Liu	Liu, Du, McGrew, Weinacht	Liu, Jones, McGrew	McGrew, Figueroa, Liu, Koch	Liu	Liu	Figueroa	Figueroa	Figueroa	Figueroa, Gurvitch, Lefferts	Schneble, Du, Lefferts	Du, Allison, Lefferts	Allison, Aronson, Lefferts
PHY 517, Astronomical Techniques (3)	MW 3:30PM-6:20PM	von der Linden	von der Linden	Birrer	Birrer	Birrer		von der Linden	von der Linden	von der Linden	von der Linden	Walter		von der Linden		von der Linden		von der Linden		von der Linden		Lanzetta
PHY 521, Stars (3)	TR 2:00PM-3:20PM	Zingale				Zingale				Zingale				Calder				Calder			Zingale
PHY 522, Interstellar medium (3)			Armitage				Armitage				Armitage				Armitage					Perna
PHY 523, Galaxies (3)				von der Linden				Lanzetta				Lanzetta				Koda		Koda				Lanzetta
PHY 524, Cosmology (3)					Sehgal				Sehgal				Sehgal				Sehgal				Sehgal
PHY 540, Statistical Mechanics (3)	TR 9:30AM-10:50AM	Allison		Allison		Allison		Allison		Syritsin		Syritsin		Syritsyn		Syritsyn		Syritsyn		Korepin		Averin
PHY 541, Advanced Statistical Mechanics (1-3)			Shrock		Shrock		Shrock		Verbaarschot				Shrock			McCoy		McCoy
PHY 542, Accelerator Physics Lab (1-2)			Fedurin, Kayran		Fedurin, Kayran		Fedurin, Kayran		Fedurin, Kayran	Fedurin, Kayran	Fedurin, Kayran		Fedurin, Kayran		Fedurin, Kayran		Fedurin, Kayran		Fedurin, Kayran			Fedurin, Kayran, Stratakis
PHY 543, RF Superconductivity(3)			Belomestnykh				Petrushina, Belomestnykh		Belomestnykh		Belomestnykh
PHY 546, Python (1)			Zingale		Zingale		Zingale		Zingale		Fernandez-Serra		Fernandez-Serra		Fernandez-Serra		Zingale		Zingale		Zingale
PHY 551, Nuclear Physics I (3)			Kharzeev		Kharzeev		Kharzeev		Kharzeev		Kharzeev		Kharzeev		Kharzeev		Kharzeev		Kharzeev		Kharzeev		Kiryluk
PHY 554. Fundamentals of Accelerator Physics (1-3)	MW 6:30PM-7:50PM	Litvinenko		Jing
PHY 555, Solid State I (3)	MW 9:30AM-10:50AM	Fernandez-Serra		Fernandez-Serra		Averin		Dreyer		Cano		Fernandez-Serra		Fernandez Serra		Fernandez-Serra		Mihaly		Mihaly		Fidkowski
PHY 556, Solid State Physics II (1-3)			Fernandez-Serra				Averin				Cano		Cano		Cano		Averin		Fidkowski		Fidkowski		Fidkowski
PHY 557, Elementary Particle Physics (3)			Gonzalez Garcia		Gonzalez Garcia		Gonzalez Garcia		Piacquadio		Wilking,Piacquadio				Wilking		Piacquadio		Gonzalez-Garcia,Piacquadio		Gonzalez-Garcia		Gonzalez-Garcia
PHY 558, Physical Biology (3)	MWF 11:00AM-11:55AM	Balaszi		Balaszi		Balaszi		Balaszi		Balaszi		Balaszi		Balaszi		Balazsi		Balazsi		Balazsi		Balazsi, Wang
PHY 559, Biological Dynamics and Networks (3)			Green		MacCarthy		MacCarthy		MacCarthy		MacCarthy		MacCarthy		MacCarthy		MacCarthy			MacCarthy
PHY560, Frontiers of Physics and Astrophysics (0-3)				Barish		Barish
PHY 561, Biology for Physical Scientist (1)			Futcher, Green		Futcher,Green		Futcher, Green		Futcher, Green		TBA		TBA		TBA		Futcher		Green, Futcher		TBA		Green,Futcher
PHY 562, Lasers and Modern Optics (1-3)	TR 11:00AM-12:20PM	Weinacht		Metcalf		Metcalf		Metcalf		Metcalf		Metcalf		Metcalf		Metcalf		Metcalf		Metcalf		Metcalf
PHY 564, Advanced Accelerator Physics (1-3)				Litvinenko				Litvinenko				Litvinenko						Litvinenko				Litvinenko, Jing and Wang
PHY 565, Quantum Electronics I (3)					Schneble								Metcalf		Metcalf				Schneble				Schneble
PHY 566, Quantum Electronics II (1-3)								Perez Rios		Schneble		Schneble		Weinacht		Schneble	Schneble			Weinacht		Schneble
PHY 567, Theoretical Chemical Physics (3)			Levine		Levine		Levine		Allison, Levine
PHY 568,Quantum Information Science	MW 2:00PM-3:20PM	Wei		Wei		Wei		Wei
PHY 582, Optics Rotation (2)	TR 8:00PM-9:20PM	Metcalf	Weinacht	Metcalf		Metcalf				Weinacht	Jones	Jones			Weinacht	Schneble	Metcalf, Figueroa	Metcalf, Figueroa	Schneble	Weinacht	Metcalf	AMO Faculty	AMO Faculty
PHY 584, Lab Rotations in Physical Biology (3)	HTBA	Dill	Dill	Dill	Dill	Dill		Dill	Dill	Dill	Dill	Dill			Dill	TBA	Dill	TBA	TBA	TBA	Dill	Dill
PHY 598, Graduate Seminar I (Atomic and Solid State) (1)	M 5:00PM-6:20PM	Blackwell, Metcalf, Dreyer	Blackwell, Metcalf, Dreyer	Blackwell, Perez Rios, Dreyer	Li, Vafei-Najafabadi, Metcalf	Dreyer, Vafei-Najafabadi, Perez Rios	Li, Schenble, Vafei-Najafabadi	Fernandez-Serra, Perez Rios, Vafaei-Najafabadi	Mihaly, Perez Rios, Vafei-Najafabadi	Dreyer, Weinacht, Du	Fernandez-Serra, Li, Schneble	Abanov, Stephens, Schneble	Stephens, Dreyer, Weinacht	Schneble, Fernandez-Serra, Litvinenko	Vafaei-Najafabadi, Fernandez-Serra, Weinacht	Dawber, Figueroa, Litvinenko	Figueroa, Fernandez-Serra, TBA	Fernandez-Serra, Weinacht, Litvinenko	Dawber, Figueroa, Vafaei-Najafabadi	Stephens, Litvinenko	Schneble, Litvinenko, Fidkowski	Schneble, fernandez-Serra, Liu	Allison, Litvinenko, Fidkowski
PHY 599, Graduate Seminar II (Nuclear, Particle, Astronomy) (1)	R 3:30PM-4:50PM	Kharzeev, Walter, Xin-Qian	Hobbs, Syritsyn, Walter	Bernauer, Walter, Qian	Bernauer, Worcester, Lanzetta	Bernauer, Qian, Lanzetta	Bernauer, Walter, Worcester	Lanzetta, Teaney, Qian	Lattimer, Worcester, Bernauer	Farr, Piacquadio, Kiryluk	Bernauer, Walter, Teaney	Piacquadio, Syritsin, Lanzetta	Teaney, Sehgal, Worcester	von der Linden, McGrew, Syritsyn	Teaney, McGrew, Lanzetta	Walter, Worcester, Teaney	Lattimer, Kharzeev, Tsybychev	Perna, Teaney, Tsybychev	Despande, Walter, Teaney	Calder, Piacquado, Despande	Drees, Lattimer, Wilking	Drees, Lanzetta, Mcgrew	Kiryluk
PHY 604, Computational Methods II (3)	TR 2:00PM-3:20PM	Dreyer				Dreyer				Dreyer				Farr				Zingale
PHY 605, Quantum Programming (1-3)			Tzu-Chieh Wei		Wei
PHY 610,611, Quantum Field Theory I (Spring), II (Fall) (3)	MW 2:00PM-3:20PM	Meade	Zamolodchikov	Meade	Zamolodchikov	Meade	Zamolodchikov	Meade	Zamolodchikov	Meade	Zamolodchikov	Meade	Zamolodchikov,Negro	Rastelli	Zamolodchikov	Rastelli	Meade	Rastelli	Rastelli	Meade	Rastelli	Meade	Rastelli
PHY 612, Theoretical Particle Physics (1-3)	TR 2:00PM-3:20PM	George Sterman		Essig		Essig		Essig		Essig		Essig		Essig				Essig		Essig		Essig	Shrock
PHY 613, Advanced Particle Theory (1-3)			Essig,Shrock,Sterman, Meade		Essig,Shrock,Sterman, Meade		Essig,Shrock,Sterman, Meade		Essig,Sterman,Shrock,Meade		Essig,Sterman,Shrock,Meade		Meade, Sterman, Essig				Shrock, Essig, Meade, Sterman		Shrock, Essig, Meade		Shrock, Essig, Meade, Sterman
PHY 620, Modern General Relativity (3)			Sehgal				Komargodski				Komargodski		Komargodski		Loverde		van Nieuwenhuizen Course Website		Loverde		Loverde		Meade
PHY 622, 623, String Theory I,II (1-3)	MW 9:30AM-10:50AM	Rocek, van Nieuwenhuizen	Rocek, Saxena	van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Shao	van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Shao	van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Shao	van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Shao	van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Shao	van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek	van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Siegel	van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Siegel	van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Siegel	van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Siegel	van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Siegel,	van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Siegel,Lecture Notes	van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Siegel,Lecture Notes	van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Siegel,Lecture Notes	van Nieuwenhuizen, Herzog, Rocek, Siegel,Lecture Notes	Herzog, Roček, Siegel,	Herzog, van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Siegel,	Herzog, van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Siegel,Notes	Herzog, van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Siegel,Notes	Herzog, van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Siegel
PHY 631 Quantum Information Systems			Li		Li		Li
PHY 664, Astronomy Journal Club (0-1)	F 12:30PM-1:50PM	TBA	TBA									Sehgal		von der Linden	TBA	Sehgal	Sehgal	Sehgal	TBA	Sehgal	Sehgal	Sehgal	Sehgal
PHY 680, Topics in Theoretical Physics-Group Theory (1-3)	Groups-S01: TR 9:30AM-10:50AM	Group Theory, van Nieuwenhuizen				Group Theory, van Nieuwenhuizen				Group Theory, van Nieuwenhuizen			Group Theory, van Nieuwenhuizen, Webpage			Group Theory, van Nieuwenhuizen Website				Group Theory, van Nieuwenhuizen Website, Notes
PHY 680, Topics in Theoretical Physics-S02 (1-3)	AQFT-S02: TR 11:00AM-12:20PM QHall-S03: MW 11:00AM-12:20PM	Nonperturbative Advanced QFT, Rastelli Quantum Hall and Chern Simons Theory, Yin Chen		Supersym and Supergravity, van Nieuwenhuizen Non-Pertrubative Advanced QFT, Rastelli		Non-Pertrubative Advanced QFT, Rastelli	Quantum Computing, Korepin	Non-Pertubartive Advanced QFT, Rastelli Perturbative Advanced QFT, van Nieuwenhuizen	Quantum Computing, Korepin	Advanced Quantum Field Theory, Rastelli	Quantum Computing, Korepin	Advanced Quantum Field Theory, Rastelli	Quantum Computing, Korepin	Introduction to Modern Theoretical Physics, van Nieuwenhuizen	Quantum Computing, Korepin			Geometry and Field Theory of Gravity, van Nieuwenhuizen Website	Quantum Computing, Korepin			Supersym and Supergravity, van Nieuwenhuizen, Notes	Quantum Computing, Korepin
PHY 688, Topics in Astrophysics: (1-3)	MW 2:00PM-3:20PM		Gravitational Lensing, Birrer	Dark Universe, Sehgal	Astrophysical Fluids and Plasma, Armitage	General Relatvity and Astronomy Applications, Sehgal		Dark Universe, Sehgal		Numerical Methods for Astrophysics, Farr	Astrophysical Fluids and Plasma, Zingale	Dark Universe, Sehgal			von der Linden	Farr: Gravitational Waves	Zingale	Walter	von der Linden	Dark Universe, Sehgal	Zingale		Dark Universe, Sehgal
PHY 689, Topics in Accelerator Physics (1-3)	USPAS: T 6:30PM-9:20PM		Litvinenko	Litvinenko	Litvinenko	Litvinenko	Litvinenko	Litvinenko		Litvinenko	Litvinenko		Meot		Meot		Meot
PHY 691, Computational Accelerator Physics					Meot		Litvinenko		Litvinenko		Litvinenko
PHY 693 High Power RF Engineering				Parekh				Parekh
PHY 694, Plasma and Wakefield Accelerators,					Vafaei-Najafabadi				Vafaei-Najafabadi
PHY 695, Cryogenic Systems	T 6:20PM-9:20PM	Litvinenko, Klebaner								Litvinenko
PHY 655, Advanced Graduate Seminar (1)	F 2:00PM-4:50PM	Rocek	Rocek		Rocek	Rocek			Rocek	TBA	Rocek, Rastelli	Rocek	Rocek	Rocek	Rocek	Rocek	TBA	TBA	Rastelli, Rocek	Rastelli, Rocek	Rastelli, Rocek	Rastelli, Rocek	Rastelli, Rocek
PHY 665 / AMS 532, Journal Club in Computational Biology (1)										Rizzo				Rizzo	Rizzo	Rizzo	Rizzo	Rizzo	Rizzo	Rizzo		Rizzo	Rizzo
PHY 668, Astronomy Seminar (0-1)	W 2:00PM-3:20PM		TBA									Sehgal		von der Linden
PHY 670, Theoretical Physics Seminar (0-1)	R 2:00PM-3:20PM		Meade											Wei	Wei	Wei	Wei	Wei	Wei	Wei
PHY 672, Elementary Particles Seminar (0-1)	M 11:00AM-12:20PM		McGrew									Tsybychev		Jung
PHY 673, Seminar in Cosmology (0-1)	M 11:00AM-12:20PM		TBA									Sehgal		von der Linden
PHY 674, S1, Nuclear Physics Seminar (0-1)	R 3:30PM-4:50PM		Teaney									Verbaarschot		Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot
PHY 674, S2, Nuclear Theory Seminar (0-1)	R 3:30PM-4:50PM		TBA									Verbaarschot			Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot	Verbaarschot
PHY 676, Solid State Physics Seminar (0-1)	F 2:00PM-3:20PM		TBA											Fernandez Serra	Fernandez Serra	Fernandez Serra	Fernandez Serra	Fernandez Serra	Fernandez Serra	Fernandez Serra	Fernandez Serra	Fernandez Serra	Fernandez Serra
PHY 678, AMO Seminar (0-1)	M 3:00PM-4:20PM		TBA											AMO Faculty	TBA	Bergeman	Bergeman	Bergeman	Bergeman	Bergeman	Bergeman	Bergeman	Bergeman
PHY 698, Colloquium (0-1)	T 3:30PM-6:20PM		Essig											Fernandez Serra	TBA	Rastelli	Rastelli	Rastelli	Rastelli	Rastelli	Rastelli	Rastelli	Aronson