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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMYContact InformationPhysics and Astronomyhttps://physics.rice.edu/201 Brockman Hall713-348-4938

Douglas NatelsonDepartment Chairnatelson@rice.edu

Stanley A. DoddsAssociate Chairdodds@rice.edu

The Department of Physics and Astronomy offers undergraduate andgraduate programs for a wide range of interests. The bachelor of artsdegree with majors in physics or astronomy is suitable for students whowish to obtain a broad liberal arts education with a concentration in aphysical science. The bachelor of science degree with majors in physics,astrophysics, or chemical physics provides preparation for employmentor further study in physics, astrophysics, and related technical fields. Theminor in physics provides a solid foundation in physics with additionaladvanced physics topics of the student's choosing.

Research facilities and thesis supervision are available for MS andPhD students in atomic, molecular, and optical physics; biophysics;condensed matter physics; galactic astronomy; high energy astrophysics,nuclear and particle physics; and space physics.

Bachelor's Programs• Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree with a Major in Astronomy (https://

ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments-programs/natural-sciences/physics-astronomy/astronomy-ba/)

• Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree with a Major in Physics (https://ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments-programs/natural-sciences/physics-astronomy/physics-ba/)

• Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree with a Major in Astrophysics(https://ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments-programs/natural-sciences/physics-astronomy/astrophysics-bs/)

• Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree with a Major in Physics • and a Major Concentration in Applied Physics (https://

ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments-programs/natural-sciences/physics-astronomy/applied-physics-bs/)

• and a Major Concentration in Biological Physics (https://ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments-programs/natural-sciences/physics-astronomy/biological-physics-bs/)

• and a Major Concentration in Computational Physics (https://ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments-programs/natural-sciences/physics-astronomy/computational-physics-bs/)

• and a Major Concentration in General Physics (https://ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments-programs/natural-sciences/physics-astronomy/general-physics-bs/)

Minor• Minor in Physics  (https://ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments-

programs/natural-sciences/physics-astronomy/physics-minor/)

Coordinated Program• Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree with a Major in Chemical Physics

(https://ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments-programs/natural-sciences/chemical-physics/chemical-physics-bs/)*

* This degree is jointly managed by the Department of Chemistry andthe Department of Physics and Astronomy. For more information,see Chemical Physics. (https://ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments-programs/natural-sciences/chemical-physics/chemical-physics-bs/)

Master's Program

• Master of Science (MS) Degree in the field of Physics*

Doctoral Program• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree in the field of Physics  (https://

ga.rice.edu/programs-study/departments-programs/natural-sciences/physics-astronomy/physics-phd/)

* Although students are not normally admitted to a Master of Science(MS) degree program, graduate students may earn the MS as they worktowards the PhD.

Coordinated Program• Master of Science Teaching (MST) Degree (https://ga.rice.edu/

programs-study/departments-programs/natural-sciences/science-teaching/teaching-mst/)

ChairDouglas Natelson

ProfessorsDavid AlexanderMatthew G. BaringAnthony A. Chan

Cecilia ClementiPengcheng DaiMichael W. DeemF. Barry DunningKarl M. EcklundFranciscus Johannes Maria GeurtsJason H. HafnerNaomi J. HalasPatrick M. HartiganHuey W. HuangRandall G. HuletChristopher M. Johns-KrullThomas C. KillianAnatoly B. KolomeiskyJunichiro KonoEugene H. LevyEdison P. LiangFrederick C. MacKintoshEmilia Morosan

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Peter NordlanderJose Nelson OnuchicB. Paul PadleyHan PuPatricia H. ReiffJabus B. Roberts Jr.Gustavo E. ScuseriaQimiao SiFrank R. ToffolettoPeter C. Wolynes

Associate ProfessorsStephen J. BradshawStanley A. DoddsMatthew S. FosterChing-Hwa KiangWei LiAndriy Nevidomskyy

Assistant ProfessorsMustafa AminKaden HazzardAndrea IsellaAndrew LongGuido PaganoChristopher TunnellMing Yi

Professors EmeritiPaul A. CloutierThomas W. HillNeal F. LaneCarl RauRichard A. Wolf

Associate Research ProfessorsStanislav SazykinPablo P. Yepes

Assistant Research ProfessorPetr Chaguine

InstructorsRobert BeairdMichael ConeJared StensonLam Yu

Adjunct FacultyJames L. BurchFranklin R. Chang DiazStefan KirchnerHui LiCarolyn SumnersJon C. WeisheitJian-Xin Zhu

For Rice University degree-granting programs:

To view the list of official course offerings, please see Rice’sCourse Catalog (https://courses.rice.edu/admweb/!SWKSCAT.cat?p_action=cata/)To view the most recent semester’s course schedule, please see Rice'sCourse Schedule (https://courses.rice.edu/admweb/!SWKSCAT.cat)

Astronomy (ASTR)ASTR 100 - EXPLORING THE COSMOSShort Title: EXPLORING THE COSMOSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: SeminarCredit Hour: 1Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: Introduction to concepts, methods and discoveries ofastronomy and astrophysics, with a theme to be chosen from the frontiertopics of modern astrophysics. Will emphasize student presentations.Designed for first year students interested in science or engineering, butother majors are welcome.

ASTR 201 - STARS, GALAXIES, AND THE UNIVERSEShort Title: STARS, GALAXIES & THE UNIVERSEDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureDistribution Group: Distribution Group IIICredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: An introductory course for students in academic programs.The formation, evolution, and death of stars; the composition andevolution of galaxies; the structure and evolution of the universe.

ASTR 202 - EXPLORATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEMShort Title: EXPLORATN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEMDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureDistribution Group: Distribution Group IIICredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: The physical processes governing the nature and behaviorof the various Solar System bodies are discussed with a focus on theorigins, evolution and fate of the Solar System and its parts. This broadercontext leads to a deeper understanding of the Earth as a life-supportingplanet.

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ASTR 221 - OBSERVING THE NIGHT SKYShort Title: OBSERVING THE NIGHT SKYDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: Lecture/LaboratoryCredit Hours: 2Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: An introduction to the celestial sphere and movements ofthe sun, moon, and planets. Students will gain hands-on experience usingcomputerized telescopes, binoculars, digital imagers, and planetariumsoftware to study astronomical objects. Intended for students in all typesof academic programs.

ASTR 230 - ASTRONOMY LABShort Title: ASTRONOMY LABDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LaboratoryCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: A hands-on introduction to modern techniques ofobservational astronomy. Students use telescopes, CCDs, and computersto obtain and analyze their own images and spectra of solar system,galactic, and extragalactic objects. The course employs the campusobservatory, dark sky observing sites, and state of the art data analysissoftware. Instructor Permission Required.

ASTR 238 - SPECIAL TOPICSShort Title: SPECIAL TOPICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: Internship/Practicum, Seminar, Lecture, LaboratoryCredit Hours: 1-4Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: Topics and credit hours vary each semester. Contactdepartment for current semester's topic(s). Repeatable for Credit.

ASTR 243 - LIVING WITH A STAR: THE PHYSICS OF THE SUN-EARTHCONNECTIONShort Title: LIVING WITH A STARDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelPrerequisite(s): (MATH 102 or MATH 106) and (PHYS 102 or PHYS 126)Description: Introduction to astrophysical processes, particularly theeffect of the Sun on the Earth. Possible effects of solar variability will beconsidered, especially global warming. The observational and theoreticalbasis of our current understanding will be presented.

ASTR 350 - INTRODUCTION TO ASTROPHYSICS-STARSShort Title: INTRO ASTROPHYSICS-STARSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): MATH 211 and PHYS 202Description: Introduction to celestial mechanics, radiative transfer,stellar structure, and stellar remnants (including black holes andneutron stars). Aspects of stellar atmospheres may also be explored.Together, ASTR 350 and ASTR 360 provide a comprehensive survey ofmodern astrophysics needed for senior research and graduate study inastronomy. Either ASTR 350 or 360 may be taken first. RecommendedPrerequisite(s): MATH 212

ASTR 360 - INTRODUCTION TO ASTROPHYSICS-GALAXY AND COSMOShort Title: INTRO ASTROPHYSIC-GALAXY&COSMODepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): MATH 211 and PHYS 202 (may be taken concurrently)Description: Morphology, kinematics, and dynamics of the Milky Wayand external galaxies, including interstellar matter and evidence for darkmatter. Peculiar and active galaxies, including interacting systems andevidence for super massive black holes in active galactic nuclei such asquasars. Large-scale structure and expansion of the universe, includingvarious cosmologies ranging from the inflationary big bang theory tosteady state and anthropic concepts. Either ASTR 350 or 360 may betaken first. PHYS 202 may be taken as a prereq or concurrently withASTR 360.

ASTR 400 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINARShort Title: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINARDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Satisfactory/UnsatisfactoryCourse Type: SeminarCredit Hour: 1Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelDescription: Seminar on current research topics in astronomy,astrophysics, and space physics for juniors and seniors. Students willbe expected to give one oral presentation each semester. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ASTR 500. Repeatable for Credit.

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ASTR 408 - STATISTICAL METHODS IN PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMYShort Title: STATISTICS IN PHYS AND ASTRDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): (PHYS 101 or PHYS 111) and (PHYS 102 or PHYS 112)and MATH 212Description: Statistical methods commonly used in the analysisof astronomical, laboratory, and survey data. Topics include curvefitting, parametric and non-parametric hypothesis testing, clusteranalysis, principal component analysis, time-series data, and truncateddata. Fundamentals of statistics, including probability distributions,means, variances, the Central Limit Theorem, hypothesis testing, errorpropagation, Bayesian analysis, jacknife, and bootstrap are covered. Theclass introduces students to the R programming language. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ASTR 508. Mutually Exclusive: Cannotregister for ASTR 408 if student has credit for ASTR 508.

ASTR 451 - ASTROPHYSICS I: SUN AND STARSShort Title: ASTROPHYSICS I: SUN AND STARSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): (ASTR 350 or ASTR 360) and (PHYS 301 and PHYS 302)Description: Physics of stellar atmospheres, interiors and evolution.Polytropes, nucleosynthesis, radiative transfer, convection, oscillations,opacities, curves of growth, spectral line theory and observation.

ASTR 452 - ASTROPHYSICS II: GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGYShort Title: ASTROPHYS II:GALAXY&COSMOLOGYDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): (ASTR 350 or ASTR 360) and (PHYS 301 and PHYS 302)Description: Study of physical cosmology models. Description of theevolution of the universe, including nucleosynthesis, cosmic backgroundradiation, large-scale structure, galaxy formation and evolution, and highredshift phenomena.

ASTR 470 - SOLAR SYSTEM PHYSICSShort Title: SOLAR SYSTEM PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): PHYS 301 and PHYS 302Description: The Sun, solar-terrestrial relationships, solar wind;planetary atmospheres, ionospheres and magnetospheres. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ASTR 570. Mutually Exclusive: Cannotregister for ASTR 470 if student has credit for ASTR 570.

ASTR 477 - SPECIAL TOPICSShort Title: SPECIAL TOPICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: Internship/Practicum, Lecture, Seminar, LaboratoryCredit Hours: 1-4Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelDescription: Topics and credit hours may vary each semester. Contactdepartment for current semester's topic(s). Repeatable for Credit.

ASTR 500 - GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINARShort Title: GRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINARDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Satisfactory/UnsatisfactoryCourse Type: SeminarCredit Hour: 1Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: A presentation of current research programs in thedepartment. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ASTR 400. Repeatablefor Credit.

ASTR 502 - TEACHING EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCEShort Title: TEACHNG EARTH & SPACE SCIENCEDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Overview of the Earth and the solar system: structure,evolution, and dynamics. Includes non-calculus mathematics: algebra,logarithms and simple trigonometry, including Kepler's laws. Observingsessions at campus observatory and George Observatory TBD. Designedfor inservice and preservice science teachers (grades 4-12), but opento undergraduates considering a teaching career. Mutually Exclusive:Cannot register for ASTR 502 if student has credit for ASTR 402.

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ASTR 503 - ASTRONOMY FOR TEACHERSShort Title: ASTRONOMY FOR TEACHERSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Overview of the Sun, stars, galaxies, and the Universeat a non-calculus level. Methods to help students master content,including lab activities suitable for K-12. Observing sessions at Ricecampus observatory and George Observatory TBD. Designed for inserviceand preservice teachers (grades 5-12), but open to undergraduatesconsidering a teaching career.

ASTR 505 - PROCESSES IN COSMIC PLASMASShort Title: PROCESSES IN COSMIC PLASMASDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduatePrerequisite(s): ASTR 470 and PHYS 480Description: Study of plasma phenomena that occur widely in nature.May include quasi-static equilibrium, magnetic equilibrium, magneticreconnection, particle acceleration, plasma winds and jets, andinterchange instabilities.

ASTR 508 - STATISTICAL METHODS IN PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMYShort Title: STATISTICS IN PHYS AND ASTRDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Statistical methods commonly used in the analysisof astronomical, laboratory, and survey data. Topics include curvefitting, parametric and non-parametric hypothesis testing, clusteranalysis, principal component analysis, time-series data, and truncateddata. Fundamentals of statistics, including probability distributions,means, variances, the Central Limit Theorem, hypothesis testing, errorpropagation, Bayesian analysis, jacknife, and bootstrap are covered. Theclass introduces students to the R programming language. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ASTR 408. Mutually Exclusive: Cannotregister for ASTR 508 if student has credit for ASTR 408.Course URL: www.sparky.rice.edu/~hartigan/astr600/astr600.html(http://www.sparky.rice.edu/~hartigan/astr600/astr600.html)

ASTR 530 - TEACHING ASTRONOMY LABORATORYShort Title: TEACHING ASTRONOMY LABORATORYDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LaboratoryCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduatePrerequisite(s): ASTR 230 or ASTR 350 or ASTR 360 or ASTR 402 orASTR 403 or ASTR 502 or ASTR 503Description: Methods of observational astronomy for public education:telescopes, astronomical binoculars, portable planetariums, digitalcameras, and photography (still, 3D, and time lapse). Students will trainbeginners in the use of telescopes and carry out a modest observationalprogram. The course requires one public presentation. Topics vary witheach offering. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ASTR 530 if studenthas credit for ASTR 430.

ASTR 542 - NEBULAR ASTROPHYSICSShort Title: NEBULAR ASTROPHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduatePrerequisite(s): ASTR 451Description: The physics of emission nebulae, including radiativetransfer, photo ionization and thermal equilibria, and internal gaseousdynamics. Physical processes in the interstellar medium. RecommendedPrerequisite(s): PHYS 541.

ASTR 554 - ASTROPHYSICS OF THE SUNShort Title: ASTROPHYSICS OF THE SUNDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Analysis of physical processes at work in the sun, such ashelioseismology, solar variability, solar activity, magnetic reconnection,heliosphere interactions and modern observational techniques.

ASTR 555 - PROTOSTARS AND PLANETSShort Title: PROTOSTARS AND PLANETSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduatePrerequisite(s): ASTR 451Description: Physics of star and planet information, including molecularcloud dynamics and chemistry, circumstellar accretion disks, jets,dust, debris disks, atmospheres rotation, and magnetic fields of youngstars, binaries, brown dwarfs, comets, Kuiper belt objects, giant planetformation and discoveries of extra solar planets.

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ASTR 565 - COMPACT OBJECTSShort Title: COMPACT OBJECTSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Selected topics involving white dwarfs, neutron stars, blackholes and their environments, e.g., pulsars, supernova remnants, andaccretion disks.

ASTR 570 - SOLAR SYSTEM PHYSICSShort Title: SOLAR SYSTEM PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: The Sun, solar-terrestrial relationships, solar wind; planetaryatmospheres, ionospheres and magnetospheres. Includes a researchpaper and presentation on a physical process in the solar system.Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ASTR 470. Mutually Exclusive:Cannot register for ASTR 570 if student has credit for ASTR 470.

ASTR 600 - ADVANCED TOPICS IN ASTROPHYSICSShort Title: ADV TOPICS IN ASTROPHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: SeminarCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Lecture/seminars which treat topics of departmentalinterest. Not offered every year. Repeatable for Credit.

ASTR 677 - SPECIAL TOPICSShort Title: SPECIAL TOPICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: Internship/Practicum, Lecture, Seminar, LaboratoryCredit Hours: 1-4Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Visiting Graduate levelstudents.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Topics and credit hours vary each semester. Contactdepartment for current semester's topic(s). Repeatable for Credit.

Physics (PHYS)PHYS 100 - EXPLORING PHYSICSShort Title: EXPLORING PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: SeminarCredit Hour: 1Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: Introduction to concepts, methods, debates, and discoveriesof physics, with a theme to be chosen from one of many fields of modernphysics research. Designed for students interested in understandingscience. This includes both science and non-science majors.

PHYS 101 - MECHANICS (WITH LAB)Short Title: MECHANICS (WITH LAB)Department: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: Lecture/LaboratoryDistribution Group: Distribution Group IIICredit Hours: 4Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelCorequisite: PHYS 103Description: A calculus-based introduction to mechanics. Includesclasses and lab exercises on kinematics, Newton's Laws, work andenergy, conservation laws and rotational motion. Primarily for physicalscience and engineering students. May receive credit for only one ofPHYS 101, 111, 125, AP-Physics-B (Phys 141 and 142) and AP Physics-CMECH. Students must register for PHYS 103.

PHYS 102 - ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM (WITH LAB)Short Title: ELECTRICITY&MAGNETISM W/LABDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: Lecture/LaboratoryDistribution Group: Distribution Group IIICredit Hours: 4Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelCorequisite: PHYS 104Description: A calculus-based introduction to electricity and magnetism.Includes classes and lab exercises on electric and magnetic fields,Maxwell's equations in integral form, and AC and DC circuits. Primarilyfor physical science and engineering students. May receive credit for onlyone of PHYS 102, 112, 126, AP Physics-B (PHYS 141 and 142) and APPhysics-C E&M. Students must also register for PHYS 104.

PHYS 103 - MECHANICS DISCUSSIONShort Title: MECHANICS DISCUSSIONDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Satisfactory/UnsatisfactoryCourse Type: SeminarCredit Hours: 0Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelCorequisite: PHYS 101Description: Small group discussion section to extend and reinforceconcepts presented in PHYS 101. Students must also register forPHYS 101.

PHYS 104 - ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM DISCUSSIONShort Title: E & M DISCUSSIONDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Satisfactory/UnsatisfactoryCourse Type: SeminarCredit Hours: 0Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelCorequisite: PHYS 102Description: Small group discussion section to extend and reinforceconcepts presented in PHYS 102. Students must also register forPHYS 102.

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PHYS 111 - HONORS MECHANICS (WITH LAB)Short Title: HONORS MECHANICS (WITH LAB)Department: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: Lecture/LaboratoryDistribution Group: Distribution Group IIICredit Hours: 4Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: A more intensive treatment of topics covered in PHYS 101,intended for physical science and engineering students with strong highschool backgrounds in physics and particularly calculus. May receivecredit for only one of PHYS 101, 111, 125, AP Physics-B (PHYS 141 and142) and AP Physics-C MECH.

PHYS 112 - HONORS ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM (WITH LAB)Short Title: HONORS E&M (WITH LAB)Department: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: Lecture/LaboratoryDistribution Group: Distribution Group IIICredit Hours: 4Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: A more intensive treatment of topics covered in PHYS 102,intended for physical science and engineering students with strong highschool backgrounds in physics and particularly calculus. May receivecredit for only one of PHYS 102, 112, 126, AP Physics-B (PHYS 141 and142 ), and AP Physics-C, E&M.

PHYS 116 - SEMINAR IN PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY AT RICE ANDBEYONDShort Title: SEMINAR IN PHYS & ASTRO @ RICEDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: SeminarCredit Hour: 1Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: This half-semester seminar course will meet in the first halfof the Spring semester to introduce prospective and current science andengineering majors to the exciting research in physics and astronomyat Rice and beyond. The course will provide students with the context tothink about how the facts presented in physics and astronomy textbooksare applied to real-world research. Undergraduate students in a smallgroup will meet weekly with a graduate student to explore a publishedresearch article by a local lab, learning about what was done and why itwas important. Toward the end of the course, the group will tour the labthat produced the featured article. All students are eligible to enroll inPHYS 116 regardless of the intended area of study.

PHYS 125 - GENERAL PHYSICS (WITH LAB)Short Title: GENERAL PHYSICS (WITH LAB)Department: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: Lecture/LaboratoryDistribution Group: Distribution Group IIICredit Hours: 4Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: A calculus-based survey of mechanics primarily intended forbioscience and premedical students. Includes classes and lab exerciseson kinematics, Newton's Laws, work and energy, rotational motion, fluids,oscillations and waves. May receive credit for only one of PHYS 101, 111,125, AP Physics-B (PHYS 141 and 142), and AP Physics-C, MECH.

PHYS 126 - GENERAL PHYSICS II (WITH LAB)Short Title: GENERAL PHYSICS II (WITH LAB)Department: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: Lecture/LaboratoryDistribution Group: Distribution Group IIICredit Hours: 4Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelPrerequisite(s): PHYS 125 or PHYS 101 or PHYS 111 or PHYS 141Description: A calculus-based survey of E&M and optics primarilyintended for bioscience and premedical students. Includes classesand lab exercises on wave and ray optics, electric field and potential,magnetic fields and induction, and DC circuits. May receive credit for onlyone of PHYS 102, 112, 126, AP Physics B (PHYS 141 and 142), and APPhysics-C, E&M.

PHYS 141 - CONCEPTS IN PHYSICS IShort Title: CONCEPTS IN PHYSICS IDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureDistribution Group: Distribution Group IIICredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: For AP credit only. May receive credit for only one ofPHYS 101, PHYS 111, PHYS 125, AP Physics-B, and AP Physics-C (Mech).

PHYS 142 - CONCEPTS IN PHYSICS IIShort Title: CONCEPTS IN PHYSICS IIDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureDistribution Group: Distribution Group IIICredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: For AP credit only. May receive credit for only one ofPHYS 102, PHYS 112, PHYS 126, AP Physics-B, and AP Physics-C (E&M).

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PHYS 143 - PHYSICS FOR CITIZENSHIPShort Title: PHYSICS FOR CITIZENSHIPDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureDistribution Group: Distribution Group IIICredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: Physics is critical to our understanding of nuclear weapons,radiation, electronics, energy and global warming. The most interestingand important topics in physics, with applications to current events willbe presented. Topics covered may include energy and conservation,radioactivity, nuclear physics, the Theory of Relativity, lasers, explosionsand quantum physics.

PHYS 144 - THE PHYSICS OF MUSIC AND SOUNDShort Title: THE PHYSICS OF MUSIC AND SOUNDDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureDistribution Group: Distribution Group IIICredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: This course explores our scientific understanding of soundand music by studying the properties of sound and its production by avariety of musical instruments. Additional topics include an analysis ofmusical scales, the physiology of hearing, and the technology of soundreproduction. For non-science and non-engineering majors.

PHYS 201 - WAVES, LIGHT, AND HEATShort Title: WAVES, LIGHT, AND HEATDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: Mathematical descriptions of fundamental topics ofclassical physics: oscillations, mechanical waves, electromagneticwaves, physical optics and thermodynamics.

PHYS 202 - MODERN PHYSICSShort Title: MODERN PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelPrerequisite(s): (PHYS 101 or PHYS 111 or PHYS 125 or PHYS 141) and(PHYS 102 or PHYS 112 or PHYS 126 or PHYS 142)Description: An introductory course in modern physics. Topics includespecial relativity, early quantum theory, quantum mechanics, atomicphysics, statistical physics, nuclear and particle physics. The courseis descriptive in nature with emphasis on phenomena rather than oncalculations.

PHYS 231 - ELEMENTARY PHYSICS LABShort Title: ELEMENTARY PHYSICS LABDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LaboratoryCredit Hour: 1Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: Laboratory on waves, optics and modern physics.

PHYS 238 - SPECIAL TOPICSShort Title: SPECIAL TOPICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: Lecture/Laboratory, Internship/Practicum, IndependentStudy, Laboratory, Lecture, SeminarCredit Hours: 1-4Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Lower-LevelDescription: Topics and credit hours may vary each semester. Contactdepartment for current semester’s topic(s). Repeatable for Credit.

PHYS 301 - INTERMEDIATE MECHANICSShort Title: INTERMEDIATE MECHANICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 4Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): PHYS 201Description: Classical mechanics and appropriate mathematicalmethods. Emphasis on problem solving.

PHYS 302 - INTERMEDIATE ELECTRODYNAMICSShort Title: INTERMEDIATE ELECTRODYNAMICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 4Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): PHYS 201Description: Classical electrodynamics and appropriate mathematicalmethods. Emphasis on problem solving.

PHYS 311 - INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM PHYSICS IShort Title: INTRO TO QUANTUM PHYSICS IDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): PHYS 202Description: Fundamentals of quantum mechanics and applications toatomic and molecular structure.

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PHYS 312 - INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM PHYSICS IIShort Title: INTRO TO QUANTUM PHYSICS IIDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelDescription: Continuation of PHYS 311.

PHYS 331 - JUNIOR PHYSICS LAB IShort Title: JUNIOR PHYSICS LAB IDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LaboratoryCredit Hours: 2Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelDescription: Lab exercises in electronics, noise reduction, statistics andparticle counting.

PHYS 332 - JUNIOR PHYSICS LAB IIShort Title: JUNIOR PHYSICS LAB IIDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LaboratoryCredit Hours: 2Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelDescription: Lab exercises illustrating topics in the upper-division physicscurriculum.

PHYS 355 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL PHYSICSShort Title: INTRO TO BIOLOGICAL PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelDescription: Definition and basic concepts of biological physics. Proteinsand nucleic acids. Diffusion and random walks and their applicationto biological systems. Biological motors and membranes. Folding ofbiomolecules. Gene regulation. Modern techniques and their applicationsto biomolecules.

PHYS 411 - INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEAR & PARTICLE PHYSICSShort Title: INTRO NUCLEAR&PARTIC PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): PHYS 311Description: Survey of history and current state of nuclear and particlephysics. The emphasis is on experimental results and how they led toour current understanding of the strong and electroweak interactions.Some recent advances are discussed in detail. Graduate/UndergraduateEquivalency: PHYS 542. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for PHYS 411if student has credit for PHYS 542.

PHYS 412 - SOLID STATE PHYSICSShort Title: SOLID STATE PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): (PHYS 311 and PHYS 425) or ELEC 361Description: Introduction to topics in solid state physics, including crystalstructure, lattice vibrations, electronic band structure and transport.

PHYS 416 - COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICSShort Title: COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelDescription: Use of computational techniques to solve selected physicsproblems. Examine benefits and pitfalls of doing physics by computation.Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: PHYS 517. Mutually Exclusive:Cannot register for PHYS 416 if student has credit for PHYS 517.

PHYS 425 - STATISTICAL & THERMAL PHYSICSShort Title: STATISTICAL & THERMAL PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): PHYS 301 and PHYS 311Description: Includes classical thermodynamics; classical & quantumstatistical mechanics; Fermi, Bose, and classical gases; magneticsystems; and phase equilibria.

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PHYS 461 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCHShort Title: INDEPENDENT RESEARCHDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: ResearchCredit Hours: 1-6Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelDescription: Mentored research under the supervision of a Physics andAstronomy faculty member. To register, students must provide a researchplan approved by the faculty mentor. Instructor Permission Required.Repeatable for Credit.

PHYS 462 - INDEPENDENT RESEARCHShort Title: INDEPENDENT RESEARCHDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: ResearchCredit Hours: 1-6Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelDescription: Mentored research under the supervision of a Physics andAstronomy faculty member. To register, students must provide a researchplan approved by the faculty mentor. Instructor Permission Required.Repeatable for Credit.

PHYS 465 - REU RESEARCH IN PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMYShort Title: REU RESEARCH IN PHYS & ASTRDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: ResearchCredit Hours: 1-3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelDescription: Repeatable for Credit.

PHYS 477 - SPECIAL TOPICSShort Title: SPECIAL TOPICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: Internship/Practicum, Seminar, Lecture, LaboratoryCredit Hours: 1-4Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelDescription: Topics and credit hours may vary each semester. Contactdepartment for current semester's topic(s). Repeatable for Credit.

PHYS 480 - INTRODUCTION TO PLASMA PHYSICSShort Title: INTRODUCTION TO PLASMA PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Undergraduate, UndergraduateProfessional or Visiting Undergraduate level students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): PHYS 302Description: Fundamental processes in cosmic and laboratory plasmas.Basic plasma characteristics, charged particle motion, waves in plasmas,magnetohydrodynamics, kinetic theory. Graduate/UndergraduateEquivalency: PHYS 580. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for PHYS 480if student has credit for PHYS 580.

PHYS 491 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHShort Title: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: ResearchCredit Hours: 2Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Junior orSenior. Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Astronomy,Astrophysics, Chemical Physics or Physics. Enrollment is limited toUndergraduate, Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduatelevel students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): PHYS 301 and PHYS 302 and PHYS 311Description: Research projects conducted under supervision ofdepartmentally approved faculty. Open to juniors and seniors majoring inphysics and astronomy. May be repeated for credit. PHYS 493/494 mustbe taken concurrently with PHYS 491/492 when used in partial fulfillmentof B.S. degree requirements. Repeatable for Credit.

PHYS 492 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHShort Title: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: ResearchCredit Hours: 2Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Junior orSenior. Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Astronomy,Astrophysics, Chemical Physics or Physics. Enrollment is limited toUndergraduate, Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduatelevel students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): PHYS 491Description: Research projects conducted under supervision ofdepartmentally approved faculty culminating in a thesis. Open to juniorsand seniors majoring in physics and astronomy. May be repeated forcredit. PHYS 493/494 must be taken concurrently with PHYS 491/492when used in partial fulfillment of B.S. degree requirements. Repeatablefor Credit.

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PHYS 493 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINARShort Title: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINARDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: SeminarCredit Hour: 1Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Junior orSenior. Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Astronomy,Astrophysics, Chemical Physics or Physics. Enrollment is limited toUndergraduate, Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduatelevel students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): PHYS 301 and PHYS 302 and PHYS 311Description: Weekly seminar for juniors and seniors in whichpresentations on research topics and/or topics in the scientific literaturewill be given. Open to juniors and seniors majoring in physics andastronomy. Repeatable for Credit.

PHYS 494 - UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINARShort Title: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINARDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: SeminarCredit Hour: 1Restrictions: Enrollment limited to students with a class of Junior orSenior. Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Astronomy,Astrophysics, Chemical Physics or Physics. Enrollment is limited toUndergraduate, Undergraduate Professional or Visiting Undergraduatelevel students.Course Level: Undergraduate Upper-LevelPrerequisite(s): PHYS 493Description: Weekly seminar for juniors and seniors in whichpresentations on research topics and/or topics in the scientific literaturewill be given. Open to juniors and seniors majoring in physics andastronomy department. Repeatable for Credit.

PHYS 501 - PHYSICS OF HAM RADIO FOR TEACHERSShort Title: PHYSICS OF HAM RADIO TEACHERSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Fundamentals of electromagnetic waves and propagation,the ionosphere and space weather. Basic electronics, antenna designand safety, magnetism. Provides information necessary to pass the’Technician’ level of ham radio license. Non-calculus mathematics. Othertopics include: use of GPS, geocaching. Mutually Exclusive: Cannotregister for PHYS 501 if student has credit for PHYS 401.

PHYS 510 - MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICSShort Title: MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Plasma physics of the earth's magnetosphere, includinginteractions of the magnetosphere with the solar wind and theionosphere. The emphasis is on large-scale phenomena, but small scale(kinetic) physics is discussed in cases where it affects the large-scalephenomena.

PHYS 515 - CLASSICAL DYNAMICSShort Title: CLASSICAL DYNAMICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics.

PHYS 516 - MATHEMATICAL METHODSShort Title: MATHEMATICAL METHODSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Survey of analytical methods used by research physicistsand astronomers. Includes complex variables, ordinary differentialequations, infinite series, evaluation of integrals, integral transforms,normal-mode analysis, special functions, partial differential equations,eigenfunctions, Green's functions, and variational calculus.

PHYS 517 - COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICSShort Title: COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Use of computational techniques to solve selected physicsproblems. Examine benefits and pitfalls of doing physics by computation.Requires completion of project using a low-level programming language.Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: PHYS 416. Mutually Exclusive:Cannot register for PHYS 517 if student has credit for PHYS 416.

PHYS 519 - PLASMA KINETIC THEORYShort Title: PLASMA KINETIC THEORYDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Plasma kinetic equations (Klimontovich, Liouville, BBGKY,Balescu-Lenard, Fokker-Planck, Vlasov), Vlasov theory of waves andinstabilities, connections to fluid plasma models.

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PHYS 521 - QUANTUM MECHANICS IShort Title: QUANTUM MECHANICS IDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Graduate level course on non-relativistic quantummechanics. Topics include early quantum theory, one-dimensionalsystems, matrix formulation, quantum dynamics, symmetries andconservation laws, bound states, scattering, spin, and identical particles,perturbation theory.

PHYS 522 - QUANTUM MECHANICS IIShort Title: QUANTUM MECHANICS IIDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Continuation of PHYS 521.

PHYS 526 - STATISTICAL PHYSICSShort Title: STATISTICAL PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Selected topics in statistical mechanics, including phasetransitions and transport phenomena.

PHYS 532 - CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICSShort Title: CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Maxwell's equations, wave propagation, special relativity andcovariant formulation, charged-particle dynamics, and radiation.

PHYS 533 - NANOSTRUCTURE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY IShort Title: NANOSTRUCTURE/NANOTECHNOLOGDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Physics of structures and devices at the nanometer scale.After a review of solid state physics, topics include nanostructuredmaterials, nanoelectronics, and nanomagnetism. Emphasis on relevanceof nanophysics to current and future technologies.

PHYS 534 - NANOSTRUCTURE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY IIShort Title: NANOSTRUCTURE&NANOTECHNOLGY IIDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Physics of structures and devices at the nanometer scale.Topics include nanomechanics, bionanotechnology, advanced sensorsand photonics. Continuation of PHYS 533.

PHYS 535 - CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND DIFFRACTIONShort Title: CRYSTALLOGRAPHY & DIFFRACTIONDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Study of crystals by diffraction techniques, focusing onx-ray, with an overview of electron and neutron diffraction as well ascomplementary techniques. Provides mathematical foundations andnomenclature for diffraction and related phenomena. Includes basicsof crystallographic analysis and surface/point/space group symmetry,experiment design (courses, geometry, detectors), and data analysisand interpretation. Required for undergraduate MSNE major. Meetswith MSNE 435 (additional work for the graduate version). Cross-list:MSNE 535.

PHYS 537 - METHODS OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS IShort Title: METHODS EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS IDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: Lecture/LaboratoryCredit Hours: 4Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: A course to familiarize students with basic experimentaltechniques that are common in academic and industrial laboratories.Topics will include lab safety, mechanical design, LabVIEW(TM)programming, statistics, laboratory electronics, particle detectionand vacuum technology. PHYS 537 and PHYS 538 may be takenindependently of each other.

PHYS 538 - METHODS OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS IIShort Title: METH EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS IIDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: Lecture/LaboratoryCredit Hours: 4Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: A course to familiarize students with basic experimentaltechniques that are common in academic and industrial laboratories.Topic will include computer interfacing and data acquisition, chargedparticle optics, light optics, thermal measurement and control, andcryogenics. PHYS 537 and PHYS 538 may be taken independently of eachother.

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PHYS 539 - CHARACTERIZATION AND FABRICATION AT THENANOSCALEShort Title: CHARACTER&FABRICATN NANOSCALEDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Introduction to study and creation of nanoscale structures,emphasizing relevant physical principles. Techniques covered includeoptical, X-ray, electron-based and scanned-probe characterization, as wellas patterning, deposition and removal of material.

PHYS 541 - RADIATIVE PROCESSESShort Title: RADIATIVE PROCESSESDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Radiation processes and their applications to astrophysicalphenomena and space science. The course treats radiative transfer,radiation from moving charges, relativistic covariance and kinematics,bremsstrahlung, synchrotron radiation, Compton scattering, some plasmaeffects, and radiative transitions in atoms and molecules.

PHYS 542 - INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICSShort Title: INTRO NUCLEAR&PARTIC PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduatePrerequisite(s): PHYS 311Description: Survey of history and current state of nuclear and particlephysics with the emphasis on experimental results and how they led toour current understanding of the strong and electroweak interactions.Some recent advances are discussed in detail. Requires completion ofa Monte Carlo simulation project. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency:PHYS 411. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for PHYS 542 if studenthas credit for PHYS 411.

PHYS 543 - PHYSICS OF QUARKS AND LEPTONSShort Title: PHYSICS OF QUARKS AND LEPTONSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: A continuation of PHYS 542.

PHYS 551 - BIOLOGICAL PHYSICSShort Title: BIOLOGICAL PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Introduction to biological physics. Review of basicphysical concepts. Cells and their components. Diffusion and randomwalks. Entropy and energy concepts and their roles in biologicalsystems. Modern experimental methods. Applications to biologicalmacromolecules.

PHYS 552 - TOPICS IN BIOLOGICAL PHYSICSShort Title: TOPICS IN BIOLOGICAL PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Topics will be selected based on special or current researchinterests.

PHYS 561 - GENERAL RELATIVITYShort Title: GENERAL RELATIVITYDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduatePrerequisite(s): PHYS 532Description: Study of Einstein's theory of gravitation, includingcosmological models.

PHYS 563 - INTRODUCTION TO SOLID STATE PHYSICS IShort Title: INTRO TO SOLID STATE PHYSICS IDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Fundamental concepts of crystalline solids, including crystalstructure, band theory of electrons, and lattice vibration theory. Cross-list:ELEC 563.

PHYS 564 - INTRODUCTION TO SOLID STATE PHYSICS IIShort Title: INTRO SOLID STATE PHYSICS IIDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Continuation of PHYS 563, including scattering of wavesby crystals, transport theory, and magnetic phenomena. Cross-list:ELEC 564.

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PHYS 566 - SURFACE PHYSICSShort Title: SURFACE PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: An introduction to surface- and low-dimensional physicscovering experimental surface physics and ultra-high vacuum technology,crystal structure, chemical analysis, epitaxy, nanoscale electronicand magnetic structures and devices, elementary excitations, opticalproperties and nanoscale sensitive magnetic and non-magneticspectroscopies.

PHYS 567 - QUANTUM MATERIALSShort Title: QUANTUM MATERIALSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduatePrerequisite(s): (PHYS 425 or PHYS 526) and (PHYS 311 or PHYS 521)Description: This course uses real data on archetypal materials toillustrate the thermodynamic and transport properties of solids,and principles of materials synthesis. The goal is building aphenomenological understanding of topics including the origin ofmagnetism; interactions and long range order; phase transitions(magnetism; superconductivity); quantum oscillations and Landau levels.

PHYS 568 - QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONSShort Title: QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Introductory course for graduate students. Topics includethe concepts of classical and quantum phase transitions, mean fieldtheory, renormalization group and quantum phase transitions inmagnetic, fermionic, and bosonic systems.

PHYS 569 - ULTRAFAST OPTICAL PHENOMENAShort Title: ULTRAFAST OPTICAL PHENOMENADepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: This course covers the generation, propagation, andmeasurement of short laser pulses, of duration less than one picosecond.Concepts include mode locking, the effects of dispersion, optical pulseamplification, and time-domain non-linear optical phenomena. Intendedas an introduction to ultrafast phenomena for graduate students oradvanced undergraduates; a basic understanding of electromagneticwaves and of quantum mechanics is assumed. Cross-list: ELEC 569.Course URL: www.ece.rice.edu/~daniel/569/569files.html (http://www.ece.rice.edu/~daniel/569/569files.html)

PHYS 571 - MODERN ATOMIC PHYSICSShort Title: MODERN ATOMIC PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: This is an introductory course at the graduate level.Topics to be discussed include: atomic structure, principles of lasers,fundamental interactions of atoms with electro-magnetic radiation,including coherent effects, laser spectroscopy, quantum optics, and lasercooling and trapping of atoms, and Bose-Einstein condensation.

PHYS 572 - FUNDAMENTALS OF QUANTUM OPTICSShort Title: FUNDAMENTALS OF QUANTUM OPTICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Discussion of quantization and statistical properties of lightfields; interaction between atoms and light; non-classical states; basiclaser theory; quantum effects of nonlinear optics; introduction to atomoptics.

PHYS 580 - INTRODUCTION TO PLASMA PHYSICSShort Title: INTRODUCTION TO PLASMA PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Fundamental processes in cosmic and laboratoryplasmas. Basic plasma characteristics, charged particle motion,waves in plasmas, magnetohydrodynamics, kinetic theory. Includes asubstantial computational project related to plasma physics. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: PHYS 480. Mutually Exclusive: Cannotregister for PHYS 580 if student has credit for PHYS 480.

PHYS 600 - ADVANCED TOPICS IN PHYSICSShort Title: ADVANCED TOPICS IN PHYSICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Lecture/seminars which treat topics of departmentalinterest. Repeatable for Credit.

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PHYS 601 - FRONTIERS IN CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICSShort Title: FRONTIERS IN CONDENSED MATTERDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Satisfactory/UnsatisfactoryCourse Type: SeminarCredit Hour: 1Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: This seminar will serve as an introduction to current researchtopics in modern condensed matter physics. Lectures will be given byexperts in condensed matter physics at Rice, Columbia University, andother international locations. Repeatable for Credit.

PHYS 605 - COMPUTATIONAL ELECTRODYNAMICS ANDNANOPHOTONICSShort Title: ELECTRODYNAMICS & NANOPHOTONICDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: This course covers computational and numerical methodsfor calculating electromagnetic fields and propagation in complexgeometries on the nano and microscale. Methods include the finitedifference time domain method, boundary element methods, Greensfunctions methods, finite element methods, the discrete dipoleapproximation and relaxation methods. Cross-list: ELEC 605. Repeatablefor Credit.

PHYS 610 - BIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR SIMULATIONShort Title: METHODS OF MOLECULAR SIMULDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduatePrerequisite(s): CHBE 611 or BIOC 589 or BIOE 589 or BIOS 589 orCHEM 520 or PHYS 526Description: Modern simulation techniques for classical atomisticsystems. Review of statistical mechanical systems. Monte Carlo andmolecular dynamics simulation techniques. Extensions of the basicmethods to various ensembles. Applications to simulations of largemolecules such as proteins. Advanced techniques for simulation ofcomplex systems, including constraint satisfaction, cluster moves, biasedsampling, and random energy models. Cross-list: BIOE 610.

PHYS 622 - QUANTUM FIELD THEORYShort Title: QUANTUM FIELD THEORYDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: An introduction to relativistic quantum field theory. Topicsinclude: quantization of scalar, spinor, and vector fields; Feynmandiagrams; gauge theories, including QED and QCD; renormalization; andfunctional-integral methods.

PHYS 643 - CELL MECHANICS, MECHANOTRANSDUCTION AND THECELL MICROENVIRONMENTShort Title: MECHANOTRANSDUCTIONDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Mechanotransduction is a fundamental process essentialfor living systems and plays a fundamental role in cell signaling, cancermetastasis and stem cell differentiation. Additionally, fundamentalbiological processes such as endocytosis cell fusion and cell migrationare driven by a coordinated interplay of molecular interactions thatdrive membrane deformation. This course will survey the currentunderstanding of mechanotransduction and the mechanical properties ofcells and their microenvironment, including membrane and cytoskeletalmechanics. Experimental approaches for measuring and manipulatingthe material properties of cells and their environment; includingoptical, electrical and magnetic techniques will be covered. A varietyof application will be covered, including manipulation in engineering ofmechanotransduction pathways to drive cell migration and stem celldifferentiation. Instructor Permission Required. Cross-list: BIOC 643,BIOE 643.

PHYS 663 - CONDENSED MATTER THEORY: APPLICATIONSShort Title: CONDENSED MATTER THRY:APLICATNDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Applications of techniques developed in PHYS 664.

PHYS 664 - CONDENSED MATTER THEORY: MANY-BODY FORMALISMShort Title: COND MATTR THRY:MANY BODY FORMDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Formal structure of many-body theory as used in condensedmatter physics.

PHYS 665 - THEORETICAL TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY QUANTUMPHYSICSShort Title: CONTEMPORARY QUANTUM THEORYDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: LectureCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduatePrerequisite(s): PHYS 521Description: The course covers advanced mathematical methods andtechniques used in contemporary research in theoretical quantumphysics. This course builds upon the foundations of many-body theoryand focuses on its applications to more advanced problems. It may beuseful for students pursuing theoretical research in CM or AMO physics,or anyone interested in modern theoretical developments.

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PHYS 677 - SPECIAL TOPICSShort Title: SPECIAL TOPICSDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: Internship/Practicum, Seminar, Lecture, LaboratoryCredit Hours: 1-4Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate or Visiting Graduate levelstudents.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Topics and credit hours vary each semester. Contactdepartment for current semester's topic(s). Repeatable for Credit.

PHYS 700 - TEACHING PRACTICUMShort Title: TEACHING PRACTICUMDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: Internship/PracticumCredit Hours: 3Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Supervised teaching for graduate students. Repeatable forCredit.

PHYS 710 - GRADUATE SEMINAR IN PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMYShort Title: GRAD SEMINAR IN PHYS & ASTRDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Satisfactory/UnsatisfactoryCourse Type: SeminarCredit Hour: 1Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Participation in department colloquia and additionalsessions on topics of interest to entering graduate students. Requiredof all Physics and Astronomy graduate students during their first Fallsemester at Rice.

PHYS 800 - GRADUATE RESEARCHShort Title: GRADUATE RESEARCHDepartment: Physics and AstronomyGrade Mode: Standard LetterCourse Type: ResearchCredit Hours: 1-15Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students.Course Level: GraduateDescription: Thesis research under the supervision of department faculty.Repeatable for Credit.

Description and Code LegendNote: Internally, the university uses the following descriptions, codes, andabbreviations for this academic program. The following is a quick reference: 

Course Catalog/Schedule: • Course offerings/subject code for Astronomy: ASTR• Course offerings/subject code for Physics: PHYS

Department Description and Code• Physics and Astronomy: PHYS 

Undergraduate Degree Descriptions and Codes• Bachelor of Arts degree: BA • Bachelor of Science degree: BS 

Undergraduate Major Descriptions and Codes• Major in Physics (attached to the BA and BS degrees): PHYS• Major in Astronomy (attached to the BA degree): ASBA • Major in Astrophysics (attached to the BS degree): ASTR • Major in Chemical Physics (attached to the BS degree): CPHY

Undergraduate Major Concentration Descriptions andCodes

• Major Concentration in Applied Physics (BS degree-PHYS majors):APPS 

• Major Concentration in Biological Physics (BS degree-PHYS majors):BIPS 

• Major Concentration in Computational Physics (BS degree-PHYSmajors): COPS

• Major Concentration in General Physics (BS degree-PHYS majors):GEPS 

Undergraduate Minor Description and Code • Minor in Physics: PHYM  

Graduate Degree Descriptions and Codes• Master of Science Teaching degree: MST• Master of Science degree: MS• Doctor of Philosophy degree: PhD

Graduate Degree Program Description and Code• Degree Program in Physics: PHYS• Degree Program in Science Teaching: STEA 

CIP Code and Description 1

• ASBA Major/Program: CIP Code/Title: 40.0201 - Astronomy• ASTR Major/Program: CIP Code/Title: 40.0202 - Astrophysics• CPHY Major/Program: CIP Code/Title: 40.0508 - Chemical Physics• PHYS Major/Program: CIP Code/Title: 40.0801 - Physics, General• STEA Major/Program: CIP Code/Title: 13.1316 - Science Teacher

Education/General Science Teacher Education• APPS Major Concentration: CIP Code/Title: 40.0899 - Physics, Other• BIPS Major Concentration: CIP Code/Title: 26.0203 - Biophysics• COPS Major Concentration: CIP Code/Title: 40.0899 - Physics, Other• GEPS Major Concentration: CIP Code/Title: 40.0801 - Physics, General• PHYM Minor: CIP Code/Title: 40.0801 - Physics, General

1 Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) 2010 Codesand Descriptions from the National Center for EducationStatistics: https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/