Annual 2025-2026 Class Schedule

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Course #	Course Title	Fall	Winter
FIRST YEAR STUDENTS
MAT SCI 401 (or PHYS 416 in winter Yr1)	Chemical & Statistical Thermodynamics of Materials	MoWeFr 10:00AM-10:50am
PHYSICS 411-1	Methods of Theoretical Physics	TuTh 2:00PM-3:20PM
PHYSICS 412-1 LEC	Quantum Mechanics	TuTh 12:30PM- 1:50PM
GEN ENG 519 or CHEM 519	Responsible Conduct of Research Training Responsible Conduct of Research Training	TBA Wed 12:00PM-12:50PM
PHYSICS 412-2	Quantum Mechanics		TBA
PHYSICS 414-1	Electrodynamics		TBA
PHYSICS 416-0 (or MAT SCI 401 in fall Yr1)	Introduction to Statistical Mechanics		TBA
MAT SCI 405 (or PHYS 422-1 in fall yr2)	Physics of Solids		TBA
Computational Methods of Applied Physics (see course options below)	1 Computational Methods of Applied Physics course must be chosen before the end of the 3rd year
Experimental Methods of Applied Physics (see course options below)	1 Experimental Methods of Applied Physics course must be chosen before the end of the 3rd year
Electives (2)	2 additional 400-level electives must be chosen before the end of the 3rd year
SECOND YEAR OR LATER STUDENTS
PHYSICS 422-1 (or MAT SCI 405 in winter Yr1)	Condensed-Matter Physics	TuTh 2:00PM - 3:20PM
Computational Methods of Applied Physics (see course options below)	Computational Methods of Applied Physics
Experimental Methods of Applied Physics (see course options below)	Experimental Methods of Applied Physics
Electives (2)	2 additional 400-level electives must be chosen before the end of the 3rd year

Funded students should always be registered full-time (3-4 units or TGS 500).
During your first eight quarters, if you can't register for 3 courses, you will need to add 1-3 units of APP PHYS 590 to reach full-time registration.
Third year and beyond, students should register for TGS 500: Advanced Doctoral Studies.
Download here the list of course options for Computational Methods of Applied Physics and Experimental Methods of Applied Physics.