| Semester-by-Semester Course Schedule | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semester | 2023 SP | 2023 FA | 2024 SP | 2024 FA | 2025 SP | 2025 FA | 2026 SP | 2026 FA |
| Courses | PHYS 723, SDM | PHYS 771, USD | PHYS 773, USD | PHYS 721, SDM | PHYS 723, SDM | PHYS 771, tbd | PHYS 773, tbd | PHYS 721, tbd |
| PHYS 783, SDM | PHYS 743, SDM | PHYS 761, SDM | PHYS 751, USD | PHYS 786, USD | PHYS 743, tbd | PHYS 761, tbd | PHYS 751, tbd | |
| PHYS 790, SDM | PHYS 790, USD | PHYS 790, SDM | PHYS 790, USD | PHYS 790, SDM | PHYS 790, tbd | PHYS 790, tbd | PHYS 790, tbd | |
| PHYS 733, USD | PHYS 764, SDM | PHYS 785, USD | PHYS 763, SDM | PHYS 739, tbd | PHYS 763, tbd | PHYS 739, tbd | PHYS 765, tbd | |
| Note: Course schedule and offering institutions will be updated as changes occur. | ||||||||
| Course ID, Name, Credit Hours and Offering Frequency | ||||||||
| Course ID | Course Name | Credit Hours | Course/year | |||||
| Required core courses: | ||||||||
| PHYS 721 | Electrodynamics I | (3-0) 3 | 0.5 | |||||
| PHYS 723 | Electrodynamics II | (3-0) 3 | 0.5 | |||||
| PHYS 743 | Statistical Mechanics | (3-0) 3 | 0.5 | |||||
| PHYS 751 | Classical Mechanics | (3-0) 3 | 0.5 | |||||
| PHYS 761 | Nuclear and Particle Physics (core cousrse for PhD, elective for MS) | (3-0) 3 | 0.5 | |||||
| PHYS 771 | Quantum Mechanics I | (3-0) 3 | 0.5 | |||||
| PHYS 773 | Quantum Mechanics II | (3-0) 3 | 0.5 | |||||
| PHYS 790 | Seminar Credits: 1-3 (Taking 2 or 3 crs/semester requires instructor's permission) | (3-0) 3 | 2 | |||||
| Elective courses (Elective courses offered once per three years are planned to follow the same sequence as above in future years): | ||||||||
| PHYS 683 | Mathematical Physics II | (3-0) 3 | ||||||
| PHYS 691 | Independent Study | 1 to 3 | ||||||
| PHYS 692 | Topics | 1 to 3 | ||||||
| PHYS 733 | Experimental Particle Physics: Principles, Data Analysis, and Simulation | (3-0) 3 | 0.33 | |||||
| PHYS 739 | Condensed Matter Physics I | (3-0) 3 | 0.33 | |||||
| PHYS 749 | Condensed Matter Physics II | (3-0) 3 | ||||||
| PHYS 763 | Advanced Particle Physics | (3-0) 3 | 0.33 | |||||
| PHYS 764 | Physics of Neutrinos | (3-0) 3 | 0.33 | |||||
| PHYS 765 | Advanced Nuclear Physics | (3-0) 3 | 0.33 | |||||
| PHYS 775 | General Relativity | (3-0) 3 | ||||||
| PHYS 777 | Introduction to Quantum Information | (3-0) 3 | ||||||
| PHYS 779 | Group Theory | (3-0) 3 | ||||||
| PHYS 783 | Quantum Field Theory | (3-0) 3 | 0.25 | |||||
| PHYS 784 | Advanced Quantum Field Theory | (3-0) 3 | ||||||
| PHYS 785 | Astrophysics and Cosmology | (3-0) 3 | 0.33 | |||||
| PHYS 786 | Nuclear Astrophysics and the Origin of the Elements | (3-0) 3 | 0.25 | |||||
| PHYS 791 | Independent Study | 1 to 3 | ||||||
| PHYS 692 | Topics | 1 to 3 | ||||||