Courses

Courses in red require minimal prerequisites and are primarily intended for non-science students

Physics Courses

Physics (PHY) course number	Spring 2022	Fall 2021	Spring2021	Fall 2020	Spring 2020	Fall 2019	Spring 2019	Fall 2018	Spring2018
PHY 112 Light, Color, Vision	Weinacht		Weinacht		Weinacht		Weinacht		Graf
PHY 113 Physics of Sports PHY 115 Lab				Jung Jung		Jung Jung		Jung Jung
PHY 119 Physics for Environmental Studies	Graf		Graf		Graf		Graf		Graf
PHY 121 Physics for Life Sciences I PHY 121 Lab		Tsybychev Wilking Pascuzzi Lefferts Hemmick Pascuzzi		Stephens Wilking Lefferts Hemmick		Stephens Wilking Lefferts Wilking		Hobbs,Wilking Rijssenbeek Lefferts Rijssenbeek	Pascuzzi Lefferts
PHY 122 Physics for Life Sciences II PHY 122 Lab	Tsybychev & Ionas ( 01; online) Pascuzzi ( studio) Lefferts Ionas, Tsybychev, Pascuzzi		Stephens Lefferts Hemmick		Stephens Kelly Lefferts Kelly		Gurvitch Kelly Lefferts Kelly		Hobbs,Wilking Rijssenbeek Lefferts Rijssenbeek
PHY 125 Classical Physics A	Rijssenbeek, Gurvich	Mendez	Pascuzzi	Mendez	Gurvitch	Gurvitch	Koch	Gurvitch	Vafei-Najafabadi
PHY 126 Classical Physics B		Graf		Graf		Koch		Graf
PHY 127 Classical Physics C	Mendez		Mendez		Du		Graf		Lee
PHY 131 Classical Physics I	Kelly	Ionas Hemmick Pascuzzi	Tsybychev	Ionas Hemmick Pascuzzi	Tsybychev	Graf Hemmick Pascuzzi	Pascuzzi	Hemmick	Koch
Physics 133 Classical Physics Lab 1	Lefferts Hemmick	Lefferts Hemmick Pascuzzi	Lefferts Hemmick	Lefferts Hemmick	Lefferts	Lefferts Hemmick Pascuzzi	Lefferts	Lefferts Hemmick Pascuzzi	Lefferts
PHY 132 Classical Physics II	Ionas Hemmick Pascuzzi	Rijssenbeek McCarthy	Ionas Hemmick	Hobbs	Ionas Hemmick Pascuzzi	Hobbs	Hemmick,Hobbs Mihaly	Koch	McGrew Hemmick Mihaly
PHY 134, Classical Physics Lab II	Lefferts Hemmick	Lefferts Hemmick	Lefferts Hemmick	Lefferts Hemmick	Lefferts Hemmick Pascuzzi	Lefferts	Lefferts Hemmick,Hobbs Mihaly	Lefferts	Lefferts Hemmick Mihaly
PHY 141 Classical Physics I Honors		Maria Fernandez-Serra		Rijssenbeek		Rijssenbeek		Kumar
PHY 142 Classical Physics II Honors	Liu		Rijssenbeek		Rijssenbeek		Rijssenbeek		Kumar
PHY 153 Data Analysis for Physics and Astronomy with Python	Kiryluk	Kiryluk		Kiryluk	Kiryluk	Kiryluk	Kiryluk		Kiryluk
PHY 191/192 Transitional Study	Schneble	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy
PHY 231 Physics for Future Presidents		Deshpande		Deshpande		Deshpande		Deshpande
PHY 237/ATM 237 World Climate and Atmosphere	Hameed		Hameed		Black		Black		Black
PHY 251 Modern Physics PHY 252Lab	Mihaly Mihaly	Mihaly Mihaly	Mihaly Mihaly	Mihaly Mihaly	Mihaly Mihaly	Mihaly TBA	Wei Dawber	Piacquadio Dawber	Wei Dawber
PHY 277 Computation for Physics and Astronomy	Swesty	Swesty	Dreyer	Swesty	Dreyer	Swesty	Dreyer	Swesty	Swesty
PHY 287 Introduction to Research By arrangement with instructor	Schneble	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy
PHY 291 Transitional Study	Schneble	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy
PHY 300 Waves and Optics	Metcalf	Allison	Metcalf	Allison	Schneble	Allison	Schneble	Weinacht	Weinacht
PHY 301 Electromagnetic Theory I		Navid VafeiNajafabadi		Dedushenko Omori		Vafei-Najafabadi		Vafei-Najafabadi
PHY 302 Electromagnetic Theory II	Goldman		Goldman		Loverde		Goldman		Goldman
PHY 303 Mechanics		Ionas		Ionas		Rocek		Rocek
PHY 306 Thermal Physics	Teaney		Shuryak		Shuryak		Shuryak		Fernandez-Serra
PHY 307 Physical and Methematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics
PHY308 Quantum Physics	Zahed		Zahed		Goldman		Allison		Allison
PHY311 Connections in Science		Piacquadio				Mendez		Misewich/Mendez
PHY313 Mystery of Matter			Jung		Jung		Tsybychev
PHY335 Electronics and Instrumentation Lab	Bernauer	Gurvitch	Gurvitch	Gurvitch	Bernauer	Du	Bernauer	Du	Du
PHY382 The Quantum Moment: Quantum Mechanics in Philosophy, Culture and Life
PHY390 Special Topics in Physics					VafeiNajafabadi
PHY405 Advanced Quantum Physics		Zahed		Goldman		Goldman		Goldman
PHY408 Relativity	Shuryak	Goldman	Swesty		Swesty		Swesty		Shuryak
PHY420 Accelerators				VafeiNajafabadi
PHY431 Nuclear and Particle Physics	GonzalezGarcia		GonzalezGarcia		GonzalezGarcia		Gonzalez-Garcia		Gonzalez-Garcia
PHY 445/PHY 515 Senior Laboratory	Du McGrew FigueroaBarragan Gurvich	Du FigueroaBarragan McGrew Li	Du Liu McGrew Schneble	Liu Du Weinacht McGrew	McGrew Liu Jones	FigueroaBarragan Koch Liu McGrew	FigueroaBarragan Koch Liu McGrew	FigueroaBarragan Koch Liu McGrew	FigueroaBarragan Koch Liu Tsybychev
PHY447 Tutorial in Advanced Topics By arrangement with instructor	Schneble	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy
PHY 451 Quantum Electronics							(see PHY556)		(See PHY566)
PHY452 Lasers		Metcalf		Metcalf		Metcalf		Metcalf
PHY472 Solid State Physics		Mihaly				TBA
PHY 487 Research	Schneble	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy	McCarthy

Astronomy Courses

Astronomy (AST) course	Spring 2022	Fall 2021	Spring 2021	Fall 2020	Spring 2020	Fall 2019	Spring 2019	Fall 2018	Spring 2018
AST 100 Astronomy Today		Sehgal Walter	Lattimer	Sehgal Zingale	Lattimer	Farr von der Linden		Koda Lanzetta
AST 101 Introduction to Astronomy	Koda		Sehgal		Koda		Koda
AST 105 Introduction to the Solar System		Lanzetta		Perna		Perna		Walter	Lanzetta
AST 112 Astronomy Lab	Koda		Sehgal		Koda		Koda
AST 200 Intro to Astronomy Research	Armitage		Armitage		Armitage		Lattimer		Koda
AST 203 Astronomy	Koda	Lanzetta	Lanzetta	Farr	Lanzetta	Koda	Zingale	Calder	von der Linden
AST 205 Introduction to Planetary Sciences		Perna		Perna		Lanzetta		Lanzetta
AST 248 Search for Life in the Universe	Lattimer	Walter	Koda	Calder	Lattimer	Walter	Walter	Lattimer	Koda
AST 287 Introductory Research in Astronomy by arrangement with the instructor	Zingale Schneble	Zingale McCarthy	Zingale McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy
AST 301 Collisions in the Solar System			Walter				Lattimer
AST 341 Stars and Radiation				Zingale				Zingale
AST 346 Galaxies			Koda				Lanzetta
AST 347 Cosmology		Sehgal				Sehgal
AST 389 Science Fiction	Walter				Walter				Walter
AST 390 Special Topics in Astrophysics	Armitage		Lattimer		Armitage				Lattimer (as PHY390)
AST 443 Observational Techniques	von der Linden	von der Linden	von der Linden	Walter		von der Linden		von der Linden
AST 447 Senior Tutorial in Astronomy By arrangement with instructor	Zingale Schneble	Zingale McCarthy	Zingale McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy
AST 487 Senior Research in Astronomy	Zingale Schneble	Zingale McCarthy	Zingale McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy	Lattimer McCarthy

Undergraduate