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Physics Specialization Plan

The Physics Specialization Plan is intended for students who have strong interests both in the discipline of physics and in computational methodology. This plan has

Core Courses (5.5 course units + 0.25 lab units)

PHYS 234 Quantum Physics 1
PHYS 239 Scientific Computation 1
PHYS 241 Electricity and Magnetism
PHYS 260A Intermediate Physics Laboratory 1
PHYS 263 Classical Mechanics 1
PHYS 334 Quantum Physics 2
PHYS 339 Scientific Computation 2
PHYS 258 Thermal Physics
PHYS 359 Statistical Mechanics
PHYS 363 Classical Mechanics 2
PHYS 364 Mathematical Physics 1
PHYS 365 Mathematical Physics 2

Specialization Electives (2.5 course units)

Five of:

PHYS 256 Geometrical and Physical Optics and
      PHYS 260B Intermediate Physics Laboratory 2
PHYS 275 Astrophysics 1. The Solar System
PHYS 335 Condensed Matter Physics
PHYS 352/352L Analogue Electronics/Lab
PHYS 353/353L Digital Electronics/Lab
PHYS 356/356L Intro to Communications & Optical Communications Physics/Lab
PHYS 375 Astrophysics 2. Stars and Stellar Evolution
PHYS 380 Molecular Biophysics
PHYS 432 Physics of Solid State Devices
PHYS 434 Quantum Physics 3
PHYS 435 Solid State Physics
PHYS 441A Electromagnetic Theory 1
PHYS 441B Electromagnetic Theory 2
PHYS 444 Modern Particle Physics
PHYS 445 Modern Optics
PHYS 454 Quantum Physics 4
PHYS 467 Introduction to Quantum Information Processing
PHYS 475 Galaxies and Cosmology

Free Electives (2.5 units)

The specialization courses have been arranged in columns that correspond more or less to electromagnetism and electronics, astrophysics, solid state physics, optics and biophysics, and quantum and particle physics, respectively. Students are free to choose any five courses from within this fairly comprehensive list of elective courses.

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