Graduate Course Offerings

Undergraduate Courses Carrying Graduate Credit:

Fall:

PHYS 1351      Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism (3cr)
PHYS 1370      Introduction to Quantum Mechanics 1 (3cr)

Spring:

PHYS 1331       Mechanics (3cr)
PHYS 1341       Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (3cr)
PHYS 1371       Introduction to Quantum Mechanics 2 (3cr)
PHYS 1372      Electromagnetic Theory (3cr)

Core Graduate Courses:

Fall:

PHYS 2373       Math Methods in Physics (3cr)
PHYS 2513       Dynamical Systems (3cr)
PHYS 2565       Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics 1 (3cr)

Spring:

PHYS 2541       Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (3cr)
PHYS 2555       Advanced Classical Electricity and Magnetism (4cr)
PHYS 2566       Non-Relativistic Quantum Mechanics 2 (3cr)

Colloquium Course:

Fall and Spring:

PHYS 2999       Physics and Astronomy Colloquium (1cr)

Teaching Instruction Courses:

Fall:

PHYS 2997       Teaching of Physics (1cr)
PHYS 2998       Teaching of Physics Practicum (1cr or 2cr)
ASTRON 2998       Teaching of Astronomy Practicum (1cr or 2cr)

Spring:

PHYS 2998       Teaching of Physics Practicum (1cr or 2cr)
ASTRON 2998       Teaching of Astronomy Practicum (1cr or 2cr)

Skills Courses and Internships:

Fall:

PHYS 2274      Computational Methods (3cr)
PHYS 2426      Graduate Modern Physics Lab (3cr, renamed - 1000 added to number)

Any Term:
PHYS 2900      Research Internship (Experimental or Theoretical)
ASTRON 2900      Research Internship (Observational or Theoretical)

Advanced Graduate Courses (all 3cr):

PHYS 3542      Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics 2
PHYS 3707      Intermediate Quantum Mechanics (CMU's "Quantum Mechanics III")
PHYS 3715      Solid State Physics
PHYS 3717      Particle Physics (CMU's "Intro to Nuclear and Particle Physics")
PHYS 3718      Advanced Particle Physics (CMU's "Nuclear and Particle Physics II")
PHYS 3725      General Relativity 1
PHYS 3726      General Relativity 2
PHYS 3765      Field Theory 1 (CMU's "Quantum Mechanics IV")
PHYS 3766      Field Theory 2 (CMU's "Quantum Mechanics V")
ASTRON 2550      Stellar Structure (also PHYS 3750)
ASTRON 2551       Interstellar Medium (also PHYS 3751)
ASTRON 2580      Galactic and Extragalactic Astronomy (also PHYS 3580)
ASTRON 2701       Radiative Processes in Astrophysics (also PHYS 3701)
ASTRON 3705      Astronomical Techniques (no PHYS number)
ASTRON 3785      Cosmology (PHYS 3785)
CMU 33-777       Introductory Astrophysics
CMU 33-783      Theory of Solids I
CMU 33-791      Group Theory with Physics Applications
CMU 33-792      Special Topics in Quantum Physics: Quantum Optics
CMU 33-79x      Various Graduate Seminars

Directed Study Courses (3cr to 15cr - taken prior to signing a research agreement):

PHYS 390x      Directed Study
ASTRON 390x      Directed Study

Research/Thesis/Dissertation Courses (3cr to 15cr - taken with a research agreement after passing the comprehensive exam and until 72 required credits are earned):

PHYS 2000      Research and Thesis (MS Degree)
ASTRON 2000      Research and Thesis (MS Degree)
PHYS 3000      Research and Dissertation (PhD Degree)
ASTRON 3000      Research and Dissertation (PhD Degree)

Full-Time Dissertation Study Courses (0cr - taken with a research agreement after passing the comprehensive exam and after completion of 72 required credits):

FTDB 3999       Full-Time Dissertation Study

Special Topics Courses:

PHYS 310x      Special Topics (recent titles below):

• Oxide Nanoelectronics (Levy)
• Particle Astrophysics from Stars to Cosmology (Boyanovsky)
• NanoTechnology (Dutt)
• NanoScience (D'Urso)
• Biophysics (two different courses by Salman and Wu)
• Bose-Einstein Condensation, Superconductors, & Superfluids (Snoke)
• See older list at: http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/academics/graduate/sp_topics.php