No requirement for students with a declared major or minor in the Department of Anthropology, Department of Biology, Department of Chemistry, Department of Environmental Science, Department of Physics, Bioinformatics, Forensic Science or Neuroscience. For non-science majors. Selected topics from classical and modern physics emphasizing beauty, symmetry, and simplicity. Contemporary issues of physics and society.

No requirement for students with a declared major or minor in the Department of Anthropology, Department of Biology, Department of Chemistry, Department of Environmental Science, Department of Physics, Bioinformatics, Forensic Science or Neuroscience. This course covers the astronomy of the solar system and planetary science as well as the astronomy of stars and galaxies. This includes study of earth and comparative study of all the planets, as well as the birth, evolution, and death of stars, the clustering of stars and galaxies, the expanding universe and cosmology.

No requirement for students with a declared major or minor in the Department of Anthropology, Department of Biology, Department of Chemistry, Department of Environmental Science, Department of Physics, Bioinformatics, Forensic Science or Neuroscience. Language, structure, history and styles of music; motion, force, energy and waves applied to production of sound; physical properties of instruments and musical acoustics.

Non-calculus introduction to vectors, kinematics, Newtonian mechanics of translational, rotational, and oscillatory motion, energy and momentum conservation, and thermodynamics.

Laboratories cover selected topics in introductory mechanics, including freefall, uniform circular motion, work-energy, collisions, rotational motion, and harmonic motion.

PHYS 111 and 112 provide a non-calculus introduction to physics. Topics include electricity and magnetism, sound, optics, and selected topics from modern physics.

Laboratories cover selected topics in electrical circuits and optics, including DC circuits, resonance in AC circuits, ray optics, and prism and grating spectrometers.

Calculus based introduction to vectors, kinematics, Newtonian mechanics of translational, rotational, and oscillatory motion, energy and momentum conservation, and thermodynamics.

PHYS 121 and 122 provide a calculus based introduction to physics. Topics include electricity and magnetism, sound, optics, and selected topics from modern physics.

This is a calculus-based introductory course that covers Mechanics and Thermodynamics. It is designed for physics majors or minors and dual-degree engineering students.

Laboratories cover selected topics in introductory mechanics, including freefall, uniform circular motion, work-energy, collisions, rotational motion, and harmonic motion. Includes a freshmen project.

A continuation of PHYS 125, covering Electricity and magnetism, sound, optics.

Under the guidance of a faculty member students carry out research in the area of mechanics, waves or thermodynamics. The project must involve submission of a proposal, building of a setup, carrying out related theoretical calculation followed by experimentation.

Laboratories cover selected topics in electrical circuits and optics, including DC circuits, resonance in AC circuits, ray optics, and prism and grating spectrometers. Includes a freshmen project.

This is an introductory computational physics course. The course will cover basic computational skills using Python and common scientific Python packages. We will solve a set of programming exercises that enhances both the understanding of introductory physics (Newton's laws, work, energy, momentum) and physics problem solving skills.

This course covers the Special Theory of Relativity and Introductory Quantum Mechanics.

Modern physics experiments including electromagnetic waves (microwaves), interferometry, spectroscopy, electron and quantum physics, and solid-state physics.

Combinatorial and sequential logic devices, oscillators and timers, microprocessor components, CPU operation, computer architecture and digital/analog conversion.

Study of analog electronics, including direct and alternating circuit analysis, resonant circuits, diodes, transistors, amplifiers, operational amplifiers, noise, feedback and oscillators.

Students will learn to use various electronic components, instruments, techniques, and applications. This course complements PHYS 303, which is a co-requisite or a prerequisite.

Electromagnetic nature of light, geometrical optics, polarization, Fresnel relations, interference, Fraunhofer and Fresnel diffraction, Fourier optics, lasers, and holography.

Students will learn to use various optical components, instruments, techniques, and applications. This course complements PHYS 310, which is a co-requisite or a prerequisite.

Newtonian particle dynamics, conservation theorems, oscillations, gravitation, generalized coordinates, Lagrange and Hamilton formalisms.

This course is a continuation of PHYS 314 and covers dynamics of system of particles, moving coordinates, rigid body dynamics, systems of oscillators, motion in a central force field, relativity.

This course examines the fundamental concepts of temperature, entropy, and thermodynamic equilibrium, the first and second law, engines, the third law, and Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac, and Bose-Einstein statistics.

Lab course with advanced experiments in mechanics, biophysics, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, solid state, and particle physics. Students will receive training in data analysis methods, data acquisition systems, signal processing, and 3D fabrication. Students will work in teams on a final independent project.

Electrostatics and magnetostatics in a vacuum as well as in linear media, and an introduction to electrodynamics.

Introduction to electrodynamics and the special theory of relativity.

Non-relativistic quantum mechanics.

An upper-level course in biological physics focused on a quantitative description of the physical processes driving molecular and cellular processes with an emphasis on experiment design and analysis.

This variable (1-3) credit enrichment course introduces students to a topic not generally covered in other courses. This course can be repeated.

This variable (1-3) credit enrichment course introduces students to a topic not generally covered in other courses. This course can be repeated.

Research in physics or an associated field. This is a variable credit course and can be repeated.

Study and research at the Argonne National Laboratory. Only those students who are accepted into the Argonne National Laboratory's student program (or similar programs elsewhere) are eligible. No tuition is charged.

Study and research at the Argonne National Laboratory. Only those students who are accepted into the Argonne National Laboratory's student program (or similar programs elsewhere) are eligible. No tuition is charged.

A course that investigates the role of energy in physical systems such as thermosphere and also various sources of energy.