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)

Fall 2025: Goldbart
Fall 2024: Goldbart
Fall 2023: Goldbart
Fall 2022: Goldbart
Fall 2021: Teaney

Fall 2025: Syritsyn
Fall 2024: Syritsyn
Fall 2023: Syritsyn
Fall 2022: Verbaarschot
Fall 2021: Verbaarschot

Fall 2025: Abanov, Goldbart, Syritsyn, Teaney

Spring 2026: Miranda
Spring 2025: Miranda
Spring 2024: Zingale
Spring 2023: Miranda
Spring 2022: Zingale
Spring 2021: Calder

Spring 2026: Goldbart
Spring 2025: Goldbart
Spring 2024: Goldbart
Spring 2023: Goldbart
Spring 2022: Verbaarschot
Spring 2021: Verbaarschot

Spring 2026: Goldbart, Teaney
Spring 2024: Goldbart
Spring 2023: Goldbart
Spring 2022: Verbaarschot
Spring 2021: Goldman

Fall 2025: Abanov
Fall 2024: Abanov
Fall 2023: Abanov
Fall 2022: Zahed
Fall 2021: Averin

Spring 2026: Abanov
Spring 2025: Abanov
Spring 2024: Zahed
Spring 2023: Averin
Spring 2022: Averin
Spring 2021: Averin

Fall 2025: Metcalf
Fall 2024: Weinacht
Fall 2023: Weinacht
Fall 2022: Weinacht
Fall 2021: Weinacht

Spring 2026: Dao, Drees, Du, Liu, Kumar
Fall 2025: Arnold, Liu, Kumar, Corliss, Drees
Spring 2025: Arnold, Bernauer, Corliss, Du, Kumar
Fall 2024: Arnold, Bernauer, Figueroa, Du
Spring 2024: Du, Liu, Wijesekara, Arnold
Fall 2023: Liu, Du, Figueroa, McGrew
Spring 2023: Drees, Liu, Metcalf, Du
Fall 2022: Drees, Du, Figueroa, Liu
Spring 2022: Du, Figueroa, McGrew, Gurvitch
Fall 2021: Du, Figueroa, McGrew, Li
Spring 2021: Du, McGrew, Schneble, Liu

Spring 2026: Birrer
Fall 2025: von der Linden
Spring 2025: von der Linden
Fall 2024: Birrer
Spring 2024: Birrer
Fall 2023: Birrer
Fall 2022: von der Linden
Spring 2022: von der Linden
Fall 2021: von der Linden
Spring 2021: von der Linden

Fall 2025: Zingale
Fall 2023: Zingale
Fall 2021: Zingale

Spring 2025: Armitage
Spring 2023: Armitage
Spring 2021: Armitage

Fall 2024: von der Linden
Fall 2022: Lanzetta

Spring 2026: Sehgal
Spring 2024: Sehgal
Spring 2022: Sehgal

Fall 2025: Allison
Fall 2024: Allison
Fall 2023: Allison
Fall 2022: Allison
Fall 2021: Syritsyn

Spring 2026: Shrock
Spring 2025: Shrock
Spring 2024: Shrock
Spring 2023: Shrock
Spring 2022: Verbaarschot

Spring 2026: Fedurin, Kayran
Spring 2025: Fedurin, Kayran
Spring 2024: Fedurin, Kayran
Spring 2023: Fedurin, Kayran
Spring 2022: Fedurin, Kayran
Fall 2021: Fedurin, Kayran
Spring 2021: Fedurin, Kayran

Spring 2025: Belomestnykh
Spring 2023: Petrushina, Belomestnykh
Spring 2022: Belomestnykh
Spring 2021: Belomestnykh

Spring 2026: Zingale
Spring 2025: Zingale
Spring 2024: Zingale
Spring 2023: Zingale
Spring 2022: Zingale
Spring 2021: Fernandez-Serra

Spring 2026: Kharzeev
Spring 2025: Kharzeev
Spring 2024: Kharzeev
Spring 2023: Kharzeev
Spring 2022: Kharzeev
Spring 2021: Kharzeev

Fall 2025: Litvinenko
Fall 2024: Jing

Fall 2025: Fernandez-Serra
Fall 2024: Fernandez-Serra
Fall 2023: Averin
Fall 2022: Dreyer
Fall 2021: Cano

Spring 2026: Fernandez-Serra
Spring 2025: Fernandez-Sera
Spring 2023: Averin
Spring 2021: Cano

Spring 2026: Piacquadio
Spring 2025: Gonzalez Garcia
Spring 2024: Gonzalez Garcia
Spring 2023: Gonzalez Garcia
Spring 2022: Piacquadio
Spring 2021: Wilking, Piacquadio

Fall 2025: Balaszi
Fall 2024: Balaszi
Fall 2023: Balaszi
Fall 2022: Balaszi
Fall 2021: Balaszi

Spring 2026: Green
Spring 2025: Green
Spring 2024: MacCarthy
Spring 2023: MacCarthy
Spring 2022: MacCarthy
Spring 2021: MacCarthy

Fall 2024: Barish
Fall 2023: Barish

Spring 2026: TBA
Spring 2025: Futcher, Green
Spring 2024: Futcher, Green
Spring 2023: Futcher, Green
Spring 2022: Futcher, Green
Spring 2021: TBA

Fall 2025: Weinacht
Fall 2024: Metcalf
Fall 2023: Metcalf
Fall 2022: Metcalf
Fall 2021: Metcalf

Spring 2026: Litvinenko
Fall 2024: Litvinenko
Fall 2022: Litvinenko

Spring 2024: Schneble

Spring 2026: Weinacht
Fall 2022: Perez Rios
Fall 2021: Schneble

Spring 2026: Levine
Spring 2025: Levine
Spring 2024: Levine
Spring 2023: Levine
Spring 2022: Allison, Levine

Fall 2025: Wei
Fall 2024: Wei
Fall 2023: Wei
Fall 2022: Wei

Spring 2026: Metcalf
Fall 2025: Metcalf
Spring 2025: Weinacht
Fall 2024: Metcalf
Fall 2023: Metcalf
Fall 2021: Weinacht
Spring 2021: Jones

Spring 2026: Dill
Fall 2025: Dill
Spring 2025: Dill
Fall 2024: Dill
Spring 2024: Dill
Fall 2023: Dill
Fall 2022: Dill
Spring 2022: Dill
Fall 2021: Dill
Spring 2021: Dill

Spring 2026: Blackwell, Metcalf, Dreyer
Fall 2025: Blackwell, Metcalf, Dreyer
Spring 2025: Blackwell, Metcalf, Dreyer
Fall 2024: Blackwell, Perez Rios, Dreyer
Spring 2024: Li, Vafei-Najafabadi, Metcalf
Fall 2023: Dreyer, Vafei-Najafabadi, Perez Rios
Spring 2023: Li, Schenble, Vafei-Najafabadi
Fall 2022: Fernandez-Serra, Perez Rios, Vafaei-Najafabadi
Spring 2022: Mihaly, Perez Rios, Vafei-Najafabadi
Fall 2021: Dreyer, Weinacht, Du
Spring 2021: Fernandez-Serra, Li, Schneble

Spring 2026: Miranda, Syritsyn, Hobbs
Fall 2025: Kharzeev, Walter, Xin-Qian
Spring 2025: Hobbs, Syritsyn, Walter
Fall 2024: Bernauer, Walter, Qian
Spring 2024: Bernauer, Worcester, Lanzetta
Fall 2023: Bernauer, Qian, Lanzetta
Spring 2023: Bernauer, Walter, Worcester
Fall 2022: Lanzetta, Teaney, Qian
Spring 2022: Lattimer, Worcester, Bernauer
Fall 2021: Farr, Piacquadio, Kiryluk
Spring 2021: Bernauer, Walter, Teaney

Fall 2025: Dreyer
Fall 2023: Dreyer
Fall 2021: Dreyer

Spring 2026: Wei and Tantivasadakarn
Spring 2025: Wei
Spring 2024: Wei

Spring 2026: Zamolodchikov
Fall 2025: Meade
Spring 2025: Zamolodchikov
Fall 2024: Meade
Spring 2024: Zamolodchikov
Fall 2023: Meade
Spring 2023: Zamolodchikov
Fall 2022: Meade
Spring 2022: Zamolodchikov
Fall 2021: Meade
Spring 2021: Zamolodchikov

Fall 2025: Sterman
Fall 2024: Essig
Fall 2023: Essig
Fall 2022: Essig
Fall 2021: Essig

Spring 2026: Essig, Shrock, Sterman, Meade
Spring 2025: Essig, Shrock, Sterman, Meade
Spring 2024: Essig, Shrock, Sterman, Meade
Spring 2023: Essig, Shrock, Sterman, Meade
Spring 2022: Essig, Sterman, Shrock, Meade
Spring 2021: Essig, Sterman, Shrock, Meade

Spring 2025: Sehgal
Spring 2023: Komargodski
Spring 2021: Komargodski

Spring 2026: Rocek
Fall 2025: Rocek, van Nieuwenhuizen
Spring 2025: Rocek, Saxena
Fall 2024: van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Shao
Spring 2024: van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Shao
Fall 2023: van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Shao
Spring 2023: van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Shao
Fall 2022: van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Shao
Spring 2022: van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek
Fall 2021: van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Siegel
Spring 2021: van Nieuwenhuizen, Rocek, Siegel

Spring 2026: Li
Spring 2025: Li
Spring 2024: Li
Spring 2023: Li

Spring 2026: TBA
Fall 2025: TBA
Spring 2025: TBA

Fall 2025: van Nieuwenhuizen
Fall 2023: van Nieuwenhuizen
Fall 2021: van Nieuwenhuizen

Spring 2026: Komargodski, Topology in Many Body and QFT
Fall 2025: Rastelli, Non-Perturbative Advanced QFT
Fall 2025: Yin Chen, Quantum Hall and Chern Simons Theory
Fall 2024: van Nieuwenhuizen, Supersym and Supergravity
Fall 2024: Rastelli, Non-Perturbative Advanced QFT
Fall 2023: Rastelli, Non-Perturbative Advanced QFT
Spring 2023: Korepin, Quantum Computing
Fall 2022: Rastelli, Non-Perturbative Advanced QFT
Fall 2022: van Nieuwenhuizen, Perturbative Advanced QFT
Spring 2022: Korepin, Quantum Computing
Fall 2021: Rastelli, Advanced QFT
Spring 2021: Korepin, Quantum Computing

Spring 2025: Birrer, Gravitational Lensing
Fall 2024: Sehgal, Dark Universe
Spring 2024: Armitage, Astrophysical Fluids and Plasma
Fall 2023: Sehgal, General Relatvity and Astronomy Applications
Fall 2022: Sehgal, Dark Universe
Fall 2021: Farr, Numerical Methods for Astrophysics
Spring 2021: Zingale, Astrophysical Fluids and Plasma

Spring 2026: Litvinenko
Spring 2025: Litvinenko
Fall 2024: Litvinenko
Spring 2024: Litvinenko
Fall 2023: Litvinenko
Spring 2023: Litvinenko
Fall 2022: Litvinenko
Fall 2021: Litvinenko
Spring 2021: Litvinenko

Spring 2024: Meot
Spring 2023: Litvinenko
Spring 2022: Litvinenko
Spring 2021: Litvinenko

Fall 2024: Parekh
Fall 2022: Parekh

Spring 2026: Vafaei-Najafabadi
Spring 2024: Vafaei-Najafabadi
Spring 2022: Vafaei-Najafabadi

Fall 2025: Litvinenko, Klebaner
Fall 2021: Litvinenko

Spring 2026: Rocek
Fall 2025: Rocek
Spring 2025: Rocek
Spring 2024: Rocek
Fall 2023: Rocek
Spring 2022: Rocek
Fall 2021: TBA
Spring 2021: Rocek, Rastelli

Fall 2021: Rizzo

Spring 2025: TBA

Spring 2026: Meade, Wei, Essig
Spring 2025: Meade

Spring 2026: Dao, Worcester
Spring 2025: McGrew

Spring 2026: Sehgal
Spring 2025: TBA

Spring 2026: TBA
Spring 2025: Teaney

Spring 2026: TBA
Spring 2025: TBA

Spring 2026: Cano
Spring 2025: TBA

Spring 2026: Schneble
Spring 2025: TBA

Spring 2026: TBA
Spring 2025: Essig

Courses

Course (Credits)

PHY 501, Classical Mechanics (3)

PHY 503, Mathematical Physics (3)

PHY 503: Math-Phys Optional Supplement (0)

PHY 504, Computational Methods and High Performance Computing (3)

PHY 505, Classical Electrodynamics (3)

PHY 505, Classical Electrodynamics, Recitation

PHY 511, Quantum Mechanics I (3)

PHY 512, Quantum Mechanics II (3)

PHY 514, Research Instruments (3)

PHY 515, Methods of Experimental Research (3)

PHY 517, Astronomical Techniques (3)

PHY 521, Stars (3)

PHY 522, Interstellar medium (3)

PHY 523, Galaxies (3)

PHY 524, Cosmology (3)

PHY 540, Statistical Mechanics (3)

PHY 541, Advanced Statistical Mechanics (1-3)

PHY 542, Accelerator Physics Lab (1-2)

PHY 543, RF Superconductivity (3)

PHY 546, Python (1)

PHY 551, Nuclear Physics I (3)

PHY 554. Fundamentals of Accelerator Physics (1-3)

PHY 555, Solid State I (3)

PHY 556, Solid State Physics II (1-3)

PHY 557, Elementary Particle Physics (3)

PHY 558, Physical Biology (3)

PHY 559, Biological Dynamics and Networks (3)

PHY560, Frontiers of Physics and Astrophysics (0-3)

PHY 561, Biology for Physical Scientist (1)

PHY 562, Lasers and Modern Optics (1-3)

PHY 564, Advanced Accelerator Physics (1-3)

PHY 565, Quantum Electronics I (3)

PHY 566, Quantum Electronics II (1-3)

PHY 567, Theoretical Chemical Physics (3)

PHY 568, Quantum Information Science

PHY 582, Optics Rotation (2)

PHY 584, Lab Rotations in Physical Biology (3)

PHY 598, Graduate Seminar I (Atomic and Solid State) (1)

PHY 599, Graduate Seminar II (Nuclear, Particle, Astronomy) (1)

PHY 604, Computational Methods II (3)

PHY 605, Quantum Programming (1-3)

PHY 610,611, Quantum Field Theory I (Spring), II (Fall) (3)

PHY 612, Theoretical Particle Physics (1-3)

PHY 613, Advanced Particle Theory (1-3)

PHY 620, Modern General Relativity (3)

PHY 622, 623, String Theory I,II (1-3)

PHY 631 Quantum Information Systems

PHY 664, Astronomy Journal Club (0-1)

PHY 680, Topics in Theoretical Physics-Group Theory (1-3)

PHY 680, Topics in Theoretical Physics-S02 (1-3)

PHY 688, Topics in Astrophysics: (1-3)

PHY 689, Topics in Accelerator Physics (1-3)

PHY 691, Computational Accelerator Physics

PHY 693 High Power RF Engineering

PHY 694, Plasma and Wakefield Accelerators

PHY 695, Cryogenic Systems

PHY 655, Advanced Graduate Seminar (1)

PHY 665 / AMS 532, Journal Club in Computational Biology (1)

PHY 668, Astronomy Seminar (0-1)

PHY 670, Theoretical Physics Seminar (0-1)

PHY 672, Elementary Particles Seminar (0-1)

PHY 673, Seminar in Cosmology (0-1)

PHY 674, S1, Nuclear Physics Seminar (0-1)

PHY 674, S2, Nuclear Theory Seminar (0-1)

PHY 676, Solid State Physics Seminar (0-1)

PHY 678, AMO Seminar (0-1)

PHY 698, Colloquium (0-1)