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Physics (PHYS)
- http://physics.usc.edu
- D class assignments for undergraduates available in ACB; Phone: (213) 740-1140.
- D class assignments for undergraduates available in ACB439; phone (213) 740-1140 or email physics@dornsife.usc.edu.
The fundamentals of physics presented with emphasis on the structure and beauty of physical laws. Practical component will relate these laws to commonly encountered events. Not available for major credit.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Note: Register for lecture & one lab listed immediately following that lecture
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50310R | 060 | Lecture | 11:00-11:50am | MWF | 117 of 128 | Gene Bickers | ONLINE | PDF (44678 KB) | |
50311R | 060 | Lab | 10:00-11:50am | Tuesday | 15 of 16 | ONLINE | |||
50312R | 060 | Lab | 10:00-11:50am | Thursday | 16 of 16 | ONLINE | |||
50314R | 060 | Lab | 12:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 16 of 16 | ONLINE | |||
50315R | 060 | Lab | 12:00-1:50pm | Wednesday | 15 of 16 | ONLINE | |||
50316R | 060 | Lab | 12:00-1:50pm | Thursday | 16 of 16 | ONLINE | |||
50317R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-3:50pm | Tuesday | 14 of 16 | ONLINE | |||
50318R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-3:50pm | Wednesday | 15 of 16 | ONLINE | |||
50319R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-3:50pm | Thursday | 10 of 16 | ONLINE |
Fundamentals of physics and astronomy with emphasis on the tools and evidence leading to our current understanding of the physical Universe. Students who are interested in this course are encouraged to check out PHYS 111gx Representations of Physics and Astronomy in the Arts.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Note: This course is part of the pilot program in Integrative General Education, allowing students an in-depth exploration of a topic from more than one disciplinary perspective. Students who are interested in this course, PHYS 110lxg, might want to check out PHYS 111xg.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50300D | 060 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | Canceled | Vahe Peroomian,Dana Milstein | PDF (377732 KB) | ||
50302R | 060 | Lab | 12:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | Canceled |
Focus on how knowledge of the physical Universe is acquired and the expression of that knowledge through creative representation. Students who are interested in this course are encouraged to check out PHYS 110Lgx The Physical World and the Universe.
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Note: This course is part of the pilot program in Integrative General Education, allowing students an in-depth exploration of a topic from more than one disciplinary perspective. Students who are interested in this course, PHYS 111xg, might want to check out PHYS 110Lxg.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50305D | 060 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | Canceled | Dana Milstein, Vahe Peroomian | PDF (585688 KB) | ||
50306R | 060 | Discussion | 2:00-2:50pm | Friday | Canceled | ||||
50307R | 060 | Discussion | 3:00-3:50pm | Friday | Canceled |
Fundamental laws and principles of physics emphasizing areasrelated to life sciences. Prerequisite for Biological Sciences,Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy. Lecture, 4 hrs.; Lab, 3 hrs.
- Prerequisite: 1 from (MATH 108 or MATH 125 or MATH 126 or MATH 226)
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Note: Register for lecture, quiz and one lab. This course carries GE credit but it is intended for a specific group of students rather than a general student audience. It is part of the curriculum for majors and pre-professional students.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50340R | 060 | Lecture | 8:30-9:50am | Mon, Wed | 83 of 105 | Dennis Nemeschansky | ONLINE | ||
50342R | 060 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 44 of 105 | James Boedicker | ONLINE | PDF (280513 KB) | |
50343R | 060 | Quiz | 5:00-6:20pm | Wednesday | 127 of 210 | ONLINE | |||
50347R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 17 of 24 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50348R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Wednesday | 15 of 24 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50349R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Thursday | 13 of 24 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50350R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Friday | 8 of 20 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50351R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Wednesday | 11 of 20 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50352R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Thursday | 23 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50353R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Friday | 10 of 20 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50354R | 060 | Lab | 5:00-7:50pm | Tuesday | 13 of 19 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50355R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Tuesday | 17 of 20 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE |
Fundamental laws and principles of physics emphasizing areas related to life sciences. Prerequisite for Biological Sciences, Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy. Lecture, 4 hrs.; Lab, 3 hrs. (Duplicates credit in 105abLg and 125L).
- Prerequisite: PHYS 135A
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50362R | 060 | Lecture | 12:00-12:50pm | MWF | 130 of 140 | Christopher Sutherland | ONLINE | ||
50360R | 060 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 99 of 123 | Christopher Sutherland | ONLINE | ||
50361R | 060 | Quiz | 5:00-6:20pm | Tuesday | 229 of 243 | ONLINE | |||
50363R | 060 | Lab | 8:00-10:50am | Tuesday | 12 of 14 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50364R | 060 | Lab | 8:00-10:50am | Thursday | 15 of 16 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50365R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Thursday | 12 of 14 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50366R | 060 | Lab | 8:00-10:50am | Wednesday | 18 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50367R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 15 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50368R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Tuesday | 24 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50369R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Wednesday | 19 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50370R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Thursday | 24 of 32 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50371R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Friday | 28 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50372R | 060 | Lab | 5:00-7:50pm | Wednesday | 26 of 32 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50373R | 060 | Lab | 5:00-7:50pm | Thursday | 24 of 31 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50374R | 060 | Lab | 8:00-10:50am | Friday | 10 of 14 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE |
Laboratory component for PHYS 151Lg for transfer students with equivalent lecture credit from another institution. For transfer students immediately after matriculation. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50471D | 060 | Lecture-Lab | TBA | TBA | 3 of 4 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE |
Laboratory component for PHYS 152L for transfer students with equivalent lecture credit from another institution. For transfer students immediately after matriculation. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50478D | 060 | Lecture-Lab | TBA | TBA | 1 of 4 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE |
Gateway to the majors and minors in Physics and Astronomy. Statics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies, conservation principles, gravitation, simple harmonic oscillators, thermodynamics, heat engines, entropy.
- Prerequisite: 1 from (MATH 125 or MATH 126 or MATH 226 or MATH 129 or MATH 229)
- General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
- Note: Register for lecture, quiz, and one lab. This course carries GE credit but it is intended for a specific group of students rather than a general student audience. It is part of the curriculum for majors and pre-professional students.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50380R | 060 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | MWF | 116 of 143 | Vahe Peroomian | ONLINE | ||
50382R | 060 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Tue, Thu | 122 of 143 | Nicolas Moure | ONLINE | ||
50383R | 060 | Quiz | 5:00-6:20pm | Wednesday | 238 of 356 | ONLINE | |||
50386R | 060 | Lab | 8:00-10:50am | Tuesday | 20 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50388R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Wednesday | 22 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50389R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Thursday | 18 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50390R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Friday | 23 of 27 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50391R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Tuesday | 21 of 27 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50392R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Wednesday | 21 of 32 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50393R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Thursday | 22 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50394R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Friday | 31 of 32 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50395R | 060 | Lab | 5:00-7:50pm | Thursday | 17 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50396R | 060 | Lab | 5:00-7:50pm | Tuesday | 25 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50397R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 18 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE |
Electrostatics, magnetostatics, electrical circuits, wave motion, sound waves, electromagnetic waves.
- Prerequisite: PHYS 151 and 1 from (MATH 126 or MATH 129)
- Corequisite: 1 from (MATH 226 or MATH 229)
- Note: Register for one lecture, quiz immediately following that lecture & one lab
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50400R | 060 | Lecture | 11:00-12:20pm | Tue, Thu | 49 of 95 | Nicolas Moure | ONLINE | ||
50402R | 060 | Lecture | 9:30-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 113 of 115 | Christopher Sutherland | ONLINE | ||
50404R | 060 | Lecture | 2:00-3:20pm | Mon, Wed | 72 of 100 | Nicolas Moure | ONLINE | ||
50403R | 060 | Quiz | 5:00-6:20pm | Thursday | 234 of 290 | ONLINE | |||
50406R | 060 | Lab | 8:00-10:50am | Tuesday | 18 of 24 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50407R | 060 | Lab | 8:00-10:50am | Wednesday | 21 of 24 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50408R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 12 of 24 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50409R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Wednesday | 20 of 24 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50410R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Thursday | 9 of 24 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50411R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Friday | 28 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50413R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Tuesday | 23 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50414R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Wednesday | 18 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50415R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Thursday | 27 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50417R | 060 | Lab | 5:00-7:50pm | Friday | 23 of 24 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50418R | 060 | Lab | 5:00-7:50pm | Tuesday | 19 of 24 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50419R | 060 | Lab | 5:00-7:50pm | Wednesday | 14 of 23 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50498R | 060 | Lab | 8:00-10:50am | Thursday | 2 of 24 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE |
Geometrical optics, interference, diffraction, special relativity, quantum mechanics, atomic physics, solid state physics. Lecture: 3 hours; Laboratory: 3 hours.
- Prerequisite: PHYS 152
- Note: Register for lecture, quiz & one lab
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50420R | 060 | Lecture | 9:00-9:50am | MWF | 37 of 72 | Christopher Gould | ONLINE | ||
50421R | 060 | Quiz | 5:00-6:20pm | Wednesday | 37 of 72 | ONLINE | |||
50426R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 9 of 12 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50427R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Tuesday | 8 of 12 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50428R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Wednesday | 6 of 12 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50429R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Thursday | 8 of 12 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50430R | 060 | Lab | 5:00-7:50pm | Tuesday | 1 of 12 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50431R | 060 | Lab | 5:00-7:50pm | Thursday | 5 of 12 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE |
Electrostatics, magnetostatics, electrical circuits, electric and magnetic properties of matter, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, propagation of light.
- Prerequisite: MATH 226
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50550D | 060 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 50 of 93 | Gene Bickers | ONLINE | PDF (39142 KB) | |
50552R | 060 | Lab | 8:00-10:50am | Tuesday | 2 of 6 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50553R | 060 | Lab | 8:00-10:50am | Wednesday | 5 of 6 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50554R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Tuesday | 2 of 6 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50555R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Wednesday | 5 of 6 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50556R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Thursday | 4 of 6 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50557R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Friday | 2 of 6 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50560R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Wednesday | 5 of 6 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50563R | 060 | Lab | 5:00-7:50pm | Tuesday | 1 of 6 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50564R | 060 | Lab | 5:00-7:50pm | Wednesday | 3 of 6 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50565R | 060 | Lab | 5:00-7:50pm | Thursday | 21 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE |
Electric and magnetic fields; electromagnetic waves; optics. Emphasizes applications in the areas of applied physics and engineering.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50785D | 060 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 35 of 72 | Stephan Haas | ONLINE | PDF (125833 KB) | |
50786D | 060 | Discussion | 2:00-2:50pm | Tue, Thu | Canceled | ||||
50791R | 060 | Discussion | 10:00-10:50am | Tue, Thu | 35 of 72 | Rehan Kapadia | ONLINE | ||
50787R | 060 | Lab | 8:00-10:50am | Friday | 23 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50789R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Friday | 12 of 28 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE |
Quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, solid-state physics. Emphasizes applications in the areas of applied physics and engineering.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50790D | 060 | Lecture | 10:00-10:50am | Mon, Wed | 24 of 72 | Paolo Zanardi,Todd Brun | ONLINE | PDF (346357 KB) | |
50793R | 060 | Discussion | 4:00-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 24 of 72 | Todd Brun,Paolo Zanardi | ONLINE | ||
50794R | 060 | Lab | 8:00-10:50am | Friday | 6 of 16 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50795R | 060 | Lab | 11:00-1:50pm | Friday | 6 of 16 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE | ||
50796R | 060 | Lab | 2:00-4:50pm | Friday | 12 of 16 | Gokhan Esirgen | ONLINE |
Introduction to current research activities of the faculty of the Department; topics of current and popular interest among the wider community of physicists. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50470R | 060 | Lecture | 1:00-1:50pm | Wednesday | 62 of 72 | Christopher Gould | ONLINE |
a: Electrostatics; thermal, chemical, magnetic effects of steady currents; DC circuits.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50506D | 060 | Lecture | 10:00-11:20am | MWF | 42 of 46 | Rosa Di Felice | ONLINE |
Relativity, atomic spectra, quantum statistics, nuclear models, nuclear reactions, elementary particles.
- Prerequisite: PHYS 438A
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50512R | 060 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 28 of 35 | Eli Levenson-Falk | ONLINE | PDF (522597 KB) |
Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50516D | 001 | 2.0-8.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 12 | OFFICE |
Projects will include experiments in mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism. Emphasis on laboratory work with discussion of theoretical background. Lecture, 2 hours; laboratory, 6 hours.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50518D | 060 | Lecture | 1:00-1:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 18 | Jack Feinberg | ONLINE | ||
50519D | 060 | Lab | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 15 of 18 | Jack Feinberg | ONLINE |
An original project will be constructed applying computer technology (in either hardware or software) to produce a result useful in the physics classroom or laboratory.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50526D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 4 | Krzysztof Pilch | OFFICE |
Topics of current research interest in physics and astronomy. Lectures directed to physics graduate students by faculty of the department and by outside speakers. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50600R | 060 | Lecture | 12:00-1:20pm | Wednesday | 22 of 60 | Stephan Haas | ONLINE |
Newtonian formulation of dynamics; Hamilton's principle; Lagrangian formulation; rigid body motion; Hamiltonian formulation; Hamilton-Jacobi theory; vibrations.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50604R | 060 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 12 of 24 | Itzhak Bars | ONLINE | PDF (573146 KB) |
a: Electrostatics, boundary value problems, multiple expansions, microscopic models of matter, magnetostatics. b: Maxwell's equations, potentials and gauge transformations; electromagnetic waves; wave guides; electromagnetic radiation; special relativity.
- Prerequisite: PHYS 508A
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50608R | 060 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Mon, Wed | 8 of 24 | Clifford Johnson | ONLINE |
Vector analysis; infinite, asymptotic Fourier series; complete sets; Dirac delta function; Fourier, Laplace transforms; Legendre functions; spherical harmonics; Sturm-Liouville theory; orthogonal polynomials; gamma-factorial function; complex variables.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50610R | 060 | Lecture-Lab | 10:00-11:50am | Mon, Wed | 11 of 24 | Krzysztof Pilch | ONLINE |
Principles of, and relations between, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics; ensembles, partition function formalism; quantum statistics; fluctuations.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50616R | 060 | Lecture | 10:00-11:50am | Tue, Thu | 15 of 24 | Christoph Haselwandter | ONLINE |
b: Approximation schemes and application to atomic and molecular physics and scattering theory; identical particles; electromagnetic properties of atoms.
- Prerequisite: PHYS 558a
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50628R | 060 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 4 of 24 | Robin Shakeshaft | ONLINE |
Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50632D | 001 | Lecture-Lab | TBA | TBA | 36 of 36 | Stephan Haas | OFFICE |
Practical principles for the long-term development of effective teaching within the physical sciences. Intended for teaching assistants in Dornsife College. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50633R | 060 | Lecture | 8:30-9:20am | Friday | 19 of 20 | Moh El-Naggar | ONLINE | PDF (69241 KB) |
Credit on acceptance of thesis.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50634D | 001 | Lecture-Lab | TBA | TBA | 0 of 12 | OFFICE |
Part-time or full-time, practical work experience in the students field of study. The internship must be located at an off-campus facility. Students are individually supervised by faculty. May not be taken until the student has completed at least one semester of enrollment in the graduate program with a cumulative 3.0 GPA.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Physics
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
- Restriction: Registration open to the following school(s): Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Section | Session | Units | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50679D | 001 | 1.0 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 10 | OFFICE |
Fundamental physics of low dimensional systems, with an emphasis on nanoscale materials (e.g. nanodot, nanowire, graphene) and state-of-the-art research topics, including characterization of nanostructure materials and device concepts that take the advantage of low dimensionality.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50639R | 060 | Lecture | 12:00-1:20pm | Tue, Thu | 3 of 12 | Grace Lu | ONLINE |
Magnetism, magnons; superconductivity; transport phenomena; many-body effects; interacting electron gas; Hartee-Fock theory; neutron and x-ray scattering; and other selected topics. Recommended preparation PHYS 540 and PHYS 558b.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50640R | 060 | Lecture | 2:00-3:50pm | Tue, Thu | 4 of 19 | Gerd Bergmann | ONLINE |
Coursework taken on campus at Caltech as part of the Caltech-USC cross-registration program. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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07975D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 12 | OFFICE |
Course content will vary yearly with current interest. Topics covered may include artificial intelligence techniques, Monte Carlo simulations, numerical renormalization group and tensor networks.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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Theoretical Aspects of Machine Learning and Its Applications to Physics | |||||||||
50666D | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Mon, Wed | Canceled |
Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department. Graded CR/NC.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50668D | 001 | Lecture-Lab | TBA | TBA | 0 of 12 | OFFICE |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
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50670D | 001 | Lecture-Lab | TBA | TBA | 1 of 12 | OFFICE |