The Department of Physics and Astronomy offers the following selection of courses*.
Sample plans show some of the paths you can take through your major.
*offerings may vary year to year
Notes: C = core course for both Physics BS and BSEP; P = core course for Physics BS; N = new course beginning in 2025; X = cross-listed with another department.
Undergraduate Courses
| AST 1043 | Intro Astronomy I | |
| AST 1044 | Intro Astronomy I Lab | |
| AST 1045 | Intro Astronomy II | |
| AST 1046 | Intro Astronomy II Lab | |
| AST 2050 | General Astronomy | |
| AST 3100 | Astronomy Outreach | |
| AST 4110 | Observational Astronomy | |
| PHYS 1001 | Introduction to Physics I | |
| PHYS 1002 | Introduction to Physics II | |
| PHYS 1011 | Conceptual Physics | |
| PHYS 1024 | Skill Building for Physicists | P |
| PHYS 1033 | Cosmology & Universe | |
| PHYS 1035 | Energy | |
| PHYS 1905 | Special Relativity | PN |
| PHYS 2013 | General Physics I | C |
| PHYS 2014 | General Physics I Lab | C |
| PHYS 2015 | General Physics II | C |
| PHYS 2016 | General Physics II Lab | C |
| PHYS 2017 | Honors General Physics I | C |
| PHYS 2018 | Honors General Physics II | C |
| PHYS 2021 | Quantum Physics I | C |
| PHYS 2022 | Oscillations and Waves | C |
| PHYS 2023 | Fluids and Thermal Physics | PN |
| PHYS 2024 | Geometric and Wave Optics | PN |
| PHYS 2033 | Classical & Quantum Lab | C |
| PHYS 3033 | Analytical Methods | P |
| PHYS 3061 | Instrumentation | P |
| PHYS 3561/5561 | Astrophysics I | |
| PHYS 3562/5562 | Astrophysics II | |
| PHYS 4001 | Classical Mechanics | C |
| PHYS 4011 | Electromagnetism | P |
| PHYS 4021 | Quantum Physics II | P |
| PHYS 4031 | Thermal & Statistical Physics | |
| PHYS 4052 | Computational Methods | |
| PHYS 4071 | Quantum Computing | |
| PHYS 4090 | Physics Seminar | P |
| PHYS 4110 | Physics for Teachers | |
| PHYS 4800 | Environmental Geophysics | X |
Graduate courses
(also available to undergraduates)
| PHYS 5033 | Particle Physics | |
| PHYS 5041 | Optics | |
| PHYS 5052 | Computational Methods | |
| PHYS 5053 | Data Analysis Methods | |
| PHYS 5061 | Experimental Methods | |
| PHYS 5071 | Quantum Computing | |
| PHYS 5090 | Physics Seminar | |
| PHYS 5501 | Advanced Classical Mechanics | |
| PHYS 5511 | Electrodynamics | |
| PHYS 5521 | Quantum Mechanics I | |
| PHYS 5522 | Quantum Mechanics II | |
| PHYS 5531 | Solid State Physics | |
| PHYS 5541 | Fluid Dynamics | |
| PHYS 5551 | General Relativity | |
| PHYS 5800 | Environmental Geophysics | X |