Undergraduate Research

Last Updated: Wed, 04/08/2026
Syllabus
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
PHYS
Course number:
2699
Section:
PY
CRN
84218
Department (you may add up to three):
Instructor first name:
Peter
Instructor last name:
Yunker
Catalog Description

Independent research conducted under the guidance of a faculty member.

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Undergraduate Research

Last Updated: Tue, 04/14/2026
Syllabus
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
PHYS
Course number:
2699
Section:
GL
CRN
81218
Department (you may add up to three):
Instructor first name:
Gongjie
Instructor last name:
Li
Catalog Description

Independent research conducted under the guidance of a faculty member.

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Active

Research Assistantship

Last Updated: Mon, 04/13/2026
Syllabus
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
PHYS
Course number:
2698
Section:
SS
CRN
81248
Department (you may add up to three):
Instructor first name:
Simon
Instructor last name:
Sponberg
Catalog Description

Independent research conducted under the guidance of a faculty member.

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Active

Principles of Physics II

Last Updated: Thu, 04/16/2026
Syllabus
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
PHYS
Course number:
2212
Section:
Q14
CRN
88642
Department (you may add up to three):
Instructor first name:
Edwin
Instructor last name:
Greco
Catalog Description
An introductory course which will include electrostatics, electric current and circuits, electromagnetism, and may also include light and computational methods. This is a calculus-based course.
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Active

Principles of Physics I

Last Updated: Thu, 04/16/2026
Syllabus
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
PHYS
Course number:
2211
Section:
W07
CRN
81584
Department (you may add up to three):
Instructor first name:
Emily
Instructor last name:
Alicea-Munoz
Catalog Description
An introductory course which will include mechanics (kinematics, dynamics, work and energy, momentum and collisions, and rotational motion and statics), and may also include oscillations and computational methods. This is a calculus-based course.
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Active

Quantitative Biosciences

Last Updated: Wed, 04/01/2026
Syllabus
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
PHYS
Course number:
6750
Section:
AL
CRN
90797
Department (you may add up to three):
Instructor first name:
Peter
Instructor last name:
Yunker
Catalog Description

Introduction to quantitative methods and logic that enable key advances in understanding living systems, spanning molecules, cells, organisms, and biomes.

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Active

Undergraduate Research

Last Updated: Tue, 04/14/2026
Syllabus
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
PHYS
Course number:
4699
Section:
ZL
CRN
81253
Department (you may add up to three):
Instructor first name:
Zhu-Xi
Instructor last name:
Luo
Catalog Description

Independent research conducted under the guidance of a faculty member.

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Active

Electrodynamics

Last Updated: Tue, 04/14/2026
Syllabus
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
PHYS
Course number:
3123
Section:
A
CRN
85364
Department (you may add up to three):
Instructor first name:
Adam
Instructor last name:
Otte
Catalog Description

Second of two courses on the physics of electromagnetism. Topics include time-dependent phenomena including Faraday's Law, the Maxwell equations, electromagnetic radiation, and electromagnetic waves.

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Active