Physics (PHYS)

Code	Title	SH	Usually offered	NUpath	Prerequisites	Recent instructors
PHYS 1000	Physics at Northeastern	1
PHYS 1111	Introduction to Astronomy	4	fall, spring	ND		Alessandra Di Credico Jacqueline McCleary James Hudon Stefan Kautsch
PHYS 1115	Life in the Universe	4	fall	ND		James Hudon
PHYS 1122	Modern Science: A Voyage into Matter, Life, and Mind	4	fall, spring	ND		Nikolaos Soukos
PHYS 1125	Introduction to Network Science: From the Human Cell to Facebook	4	fall	ND, SI		Dmitri Krioukov
PHYS 1130	Computing, Data, and Science	4		AD
PHYS 1132	Energy, Environment, and Society	4	fall	ND, SI		Alessandra Di Credico Nathan Israeloff
PHYS 1141	General Physics	4	fall, spring	ND		Haridas Kumarakuru Meni Wanunu
PHYS 1145	Physics for Life Sciences 1	4	fall, spring, summer	ND		Ankita Sarkar Assad Fotovatian Bryan Spring Latika Menon Louise Skinnari Matthew Webber Paul Stevenson Stefan Kautsch Vivek Venkatachalam
PHYS 1146	Lab for PHYS 1145	1	fall, spring, summer	AD		Aaron Mutchler Audrey Lindsay Ayushi Shirke David Andersen Harrison Adler Jacob March Kristiana Ramos Li Feng Muhammad Abdullah Mutahar Nathan Hall Samuel Dai Yasaman Yaghoobi Yasamin Masoumi Sefidkhani Yunhao Zhu
PHYS 1147	Physics for Life Sciences 2	4	fall, spring, summer	ND	one of: PHYS 1145 (min D-) PHYS 1149 (min D-) PHYS 1151 (min D-) PHYS 261M PHYS 1161 (min D-) PHYS 1171 (min D-)	Alberto De la Torre Duran Alessandra Di Credico Assad Fotovatian Latika Menon Sergey Kravchenko
PHYS 1148	Lab for PHYS 1147	1	fall, spring, summer	AD		Ahmed Fadul Audrey Lindsay Ayushi Shirke Harrison Adler Jacob March Junwen Zheng Li Feng Lincoln Curtis Muhammad Abdullah Mutahar Nicole Voce Paul Champion Samuel Frank Sara Moezzi Yunhao Zhu
PHYS 1151	Physics for Engineering 1	3	fall, spring, summer	ND	one of: MATH 1241 (min D-) MATH 1251 (min D-) MATH 1340 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 1341 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 21EM MATH 1342 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 211M MATH 2321 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 316M	Alessandra Di Credico Ankita Sarkar Camille Gomez-Laberge Haridas Kumarakuru Ismet Altunkaynak Rosa Alvis Thomas Kelley
PHYS 1152	Lab for PHYS 1151	1	fall, spring, summer	AD		David Andersen Giuliano Porciuncula Guedes James Liu Jonathan Letai Kishan Gupta Mehul Madhukar Nathan Hall Paul Champion Quinton Reece Rosa Alvis Sabrina Barbaro Sara Mohamed Yidi Qi
PHYS 1153	Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1151	1	fall, spring, summer			Alessandra Di Credico Assad Fotovatian Camille Gomez-Laberge Haridas Kumarakuru Ismet Altunkaynak Matthew Webber Rosa Alvis Stefan Kautsch
PHYS 1155	Physics for Engineering 2	3	fall, spring	ND	all of: one of: PHYS 1151 (min D-) PHYS 261M PHYS 1161 (min D-) PHYS 1171 (min D-) one of: MATH 1242 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 1342 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 211M MATH 2321 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 316M	Alessandra Di Credico Ankita Sarkar Camille Gomez-Laberge Enrique Moreno Rosa Alvis Thomas Kelley
PHYS 1156	Lab for PHYS 1155	1	fall, spring	AD		Bijin Joseph Giuliano Porciuncula Guedes Hung-Yi Ly James Liu John Aremu Jose Gustavo Bravo Flores Li Feng Manas Dogra Paul Champion Rosa Alvis Yunhao Zhu
PHYS 1157	Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1155	1	fall, spring			Assad Fotovatian Camille Gomez-Laberge Enrique Moreno Haridas Kumarakuru J Timothy Sage Matthew Webber Nathan Israeloff Vivek Venkatachalam
PHYS 1161	Physics 1	4	fall	ND	one of: MATH 1241 (min D-) MATH 1251 (min D-) MATH 1341 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 21EM MATH 1342 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 211M MATH 2321 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 316M	Camille Gomez-Laberge Louise Skinnari Toyoko Orimoto
PHYS 1162	Lab for PHYS 1161	1	fall	AD		Arathi Suraj Nathan Hall Paul Champion Zhou Li
PHYS 1163	Recitation for PHYS 1161	0	fall			August Klappenbach Ian Berry Ibrahim Almetwale
PHYS 1165	Physics 2	4	spring	ND	all of: one of: PHYS 1151 (min D-) PHYS 261M PHYS 1161 (min D-) PHYS 1171 (min D-) PHYS 1191 (min D-) one of: MATH 1342 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 211M MATH 2321 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 316M	Jonathan Blazek Toyoko Orimoto
PHYS 1166	Lab for PHYS 1165	1	spring	AD		Bijin Joseph Jonathan Letai Luke Sherozia Yasaman Yaghoobi
PHYS 1167	Recitation for PHYS 1165	0	spring			James McMillen Muhammad Abdullah Mutahar Quinton Reece
PHYS 1171	Physics 1 for Bioscience and Bioengineering	3	spring	ND	one of: MATH 1241 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 1251 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 1340 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 1341 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 21EM MATH 1342 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 211M MATH 2321 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 316M	Enrique Moreno
PHYS 1172	Lab for PHYS 1171	1	spring	AD		Aaron Mutchler Luke Sherozia Muhammad Abdullah Mutahar Yidi Qi
PHYS 1173	Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1171	1	spring			Enrique Moreno
PHYS 1175	Physics 2 for Bioscience and Bioengineering	3	fall	ND	all of: one of: PHYS 1151 (min D-) PHYS 261M PHYS 1161 (min D-) PHYS 1171 (min D-) one of: MATH 1242 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 1342 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 211M MATH 2321 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 316M	Enrique Moreno
PHYS 1176	Lab for PHYS 1175	1	fall	AD		August Klappenbach David Andersen Luigi Angelini Paul Champion
PHYS 1177	Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1175	1	fall			Enrique Moreno
PHYS 1191	Foundations of Theoretical Physics	4		FQ, ND	one of: MATH 1241 (min D-) MATH 1242 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 1341 (min D-) MATH 21EM MATH 1342 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 211M MATH 2321 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 316M	Camille Gomez-Laberge
PHYS 1192	Lab for PHYS 1191	1		AD		Manas Dogra Taehyun Ko
PHYS 1193	Recitation for PHYS 1191	0				Sara Mohamed
PHYS 1211	Computational Problem Solving in Physics	4	fall, spring	AD, ND	all of: one of: PHYS 1155 (min D) (may be taken concurrently) PHYS 1165 (min D) (may be taken concurrently) PHYS 1175 (min D) (may be taken concurrently) one of: MATH 1342 (min D) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 211M MATH 2321 (min D) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 316M	Ismet Altunkaynak Thomas Kelley
PHYS 1990	Elective	1–4
PHYS 2303	Modern Physics	4	fall, spring, summer	ND	all of: one of: PHYS 1155 (min D-) PHYS 1165 (min D-) PHYS 1175 (min D-) one of: MATH 2321 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 316M	Alessandra Di Credico Emanuela Barberis Ismet Altunkaynak Johan Bonilla Louise Skinnari Nathan Israeloff Qimin Yan Thomas Kelley
PHYS 2371	Electronics	3	fall	ND	one of: PHYS 1165 (min D-) PHYS 1155 (min D-) PHYS 1175 (min D-)	Haridas Kumarakuru
PHYS 2372	Lab for PHYS 2371	1	fall	EI		Haridas Kumarakuru
PHYS 2990	Elective	1–4
PHYS 2991	Research in Physics	1–4
PHYS 3111	Astrophysical Processes: Decoding the Universe	4	fall		all of: one of: PHYS 1155 (min D-) PHYS 1165 (min D-) PHYS 2303 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)	Alessandra Di Credico
PHYS 3211	Advanced Computational Problem Solving in Physics	4	spring	AD	all of: one of: MATH 2331 (min C-) MATH 2341 (min C-) MATH 315M PHYS 2303 (min C-)	Thomas Kelley
PHYS 3600	Advanced Physics Laboratory	4	summer	AD, ND, WI	all of: PHYS 2303 (min D-) one of: ENGL 1102 (min C) ENGL 1111 (min C) ENGW 1102 (min C) ENGW 1111 (min C) WRIT 201M ENGW 1113 (min C) ENGW 1114 (min C)	Haridas Kumarakuru Ismet Altunkaynak
PHYS 3601	Classical Dynamics	4	fall, spring	ND	all of: one of: PHYS 1155 (min D-) PHYS 1165 (min D-) PHYS 1175 (min D-) one of: MATH 2341 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 315M MATH 2351 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)	Armen Stepanyants Camille Gomez-Laberge Ismet Altunkaynak Michele Di Pierro
PHYS 3602	Electricity and Magnetism 1	4	fall, spring	ND	all of: one of: PHYS 1155 (min D-) PHYS 1165 (min D-) PHYS 1175 (min D-) one of: MATH 2321 (min D-) MATH 316M one of: MATH 2341 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 315M MATH 2351 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently)	Darien Wood J Timothy Sage Thomas Kelley Yu Qing Tang
PHYS 3603	Electricity and Magnetism 2	4	fall, spring	ND	PHYS 3602 (min D-)	Enrique Moreno J Timothy Sage
PHYS 3990	Elective	1–4
PHYS 4111	Multimessenger Astrophysics	4	spring		PHYS 2303 (min D-)	Jacqueline McCleary Tsuguo Aramaki
PHYS 4112	Principles of Radio Astronomy	4	fall		PHYS 2303 (min C)	Ismet Altunkaynak
PHYS 4115	Quantum Mechanics	4	fall, spring	FQ, ND	PHYS 2303 (min D-)	Gregory Fiete Hai-Ping Cheng James Halverson Ning Bao Yizhi You
PHYS 4211	Artificial Intelligence for Physical Science	4	spring		all of: one of: EECE 2140 (min D+) PHYS 1211 (min D+) PHYS 3211 (min D+) (may be taken concurrently) PHYS 2303 (min D+) (may be taken concurrently)	Qimin Yan
PHYS 4305	Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics	4	fall, spring	ND	all of: one of: PHYS 1155 (min D-) PHYS 1165 (min D-) PHYS 1175 (min D-) one of: MATH 2321 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) MATH 316M PHYS 2303 (min D-)	Ankita Sarkar Armen Stepanyants Brent Nelson Camille Gomez-Laberge Ismet Altunkaynak
PHYS 4606	Mathematical and Computational Methods for Physics	4	spring	FQ	all of: PHYS 2303 (min D-) one of: MATH 2321 (min D-) MATH 316M one of: MATH 2341 (min D-) MATH 315M MATH 2351 (min D-)	Armen Stepanyants Fabian Ruehle
PHYS 4621	Biological Physics 1	4		ND	PHYS 2303 (min D-)	J Timothy Sage Michele Di Pierro
PHYS 4623	Medical Physics	4			one of: MATH 2321 (min D-) MATH 316M	Ankita Sarkar
PHYS 4651	Medical Physics Seminar 1	4	fall		PHYS 4623 (min D-)	John Wolfgang
PHYS 4652	Medical Physics Seminar 2	4	spring		PHYS 4623 (min D-)	Nikolaos Soukos
PHYS 4949	Experiential Physics	0	fall, spring			Louise Skinnari Nathan Israeloff
PHYS 4970	Junior/Senior Honors Project 1	4
PHYS 4971	Junior/Senior Honors Project 2	4			PHYS 4970 (min D-)
PHYS 4990	Elective	1–4
PHYS 4991	Research	4		EX
PHYS 4992	Directed Study	1–4
PHYS 4996	Experiential Education Directed Study	4		EX
PHYS 5113	Particle Physics	4	fall	ND	one of: all of: PHYS 2303 (min D-) PHYS 4115 (min D-) graduate program admission	Emanuela Barberis Johan Bonilla Tsuguo Aramaki
PHYS 5114	Physics and Applications of Quantum Materials	4	spring	ND	one of: all of: PHYS 2303 (min D-) PHYS 3602 (min D-) one of: PHYS 2305 (min D-) PHYS 4305 (min D-) PHYS 4115 (min D-) (may be taken concurrently) graduate program admission	Paul Stevenson
PHYS 5116	Network Science 1	4	fall	ND	one of: PHYS 2303 (min D-) graduate program admission	Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
PHYS 5117	Advanced Astrophysics Topics	4	fall		one of: all of: PHYS 2303 (min D-) one of: PHYS 2305 (min D-) PHYS 4305 (min D-) graduate program admission	Jacqueline McCleary Jonathan Blazek
PHYS 5118	General Relativity and Cosmology	4	spring		one of: all of: PHYS 2303 (min D-) one of: PHYS 2305 (min D-) PHYS 4305 (min D-) graduate program admission	Brent Nelson Jonathan Blazek Kirsten Hall
PHYS 5125	Advanced Quantum Mechanics	4	fall		one of: PHYS 4115 (min D-) graduate program admission	Adrian Feiguin Yizhi You
PHYS 5211	Introduction to Scientific Computing	4		AD, ND	one of: one of: MATH 2331 (min C+) MATH 2341 (min C+) MATH 315M graduate program admission
PHYS 5260	Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology	4		ND	one of: PHYS 2303 (min D-) graduate program admission	Latika Menon
PHYS 5318	Principles of Experimental Physics	4	spring	AD, CE, ND, WI	one of: PHYS 2303 (min D-) graduate program admission	Bryan Spring Johan Bonilla Maijia Liao Nathan Israeloff
PHYS 5352	Quantum Computation and Information	4	fall			Ning Bao Yu Qing Tang
PHYS 5608	Magnetic Materials for Next-Generation Electronics	4			one of: all of: one of: MATH 2321 (min D-) MATH 316M one of: PHYS 1155 (min D-) PHYS 1165 (min D-) graduate program admission
PHYS 6962	Elective	1–4
PHYS 7052	Computational Methods for Network Science	4			one of: NETS 5116 (may be taken concurrently) PHYS 5116 (may be taken concurrently)
PHYS 7200	Methods of Advanced Problem Solving	4				Ismet Altunkaynak Paul Whitford
PHYS 7210	Introduction to Research in Physics	0	fall, spring			Jacqueline McCleary Johan Bonilla Maijia Liao
PHYS 7220	Methods for Teaching in the Introductory Physics Laboratory 1	0	fall			Ismet Altunkaynak
PHYS 7230	Methods for Teaching Introductory Physics Laboratory 2	0	spring		PHYS 7220 (min S)	Ismet Altunkaynak
PHYS 7301	Classical Mechanics/Math Methods	4	fall			Paul Whitford Sarah Harrison
PHYS 7302	Electromagnetic Theory	4	fall			Adrian Feiguin
PHYS 7305	Statistical Physics	4	spring			Dapeng Bi Enrique Moreno Gregory Fiete
PHYS 7315	Quantum Theory 1	4	fall			Pran Nath
PHYS 7316	Quantum Theory 2	4	spring		PHYS 7315 (min C-)	Pran Nath
PHYS 7321	Computational Physics	4	fall			James Halverson
PHYS 7322	Nonequilibrium Physics	4	fall		PHYS 7305 (min C)	Alain Karma
PHYS 7323	Elementary Particle Physics	4	fall			Tomasz Taylor
PHYS 7324	Condensed Matter Physics	4	fall			Gregory Fiete Hai-Ping Cheng
PHYS 7325	Quantum Field Theory 1	4	fall			Fabian Ruehle
PHYS 7326	Quantum Field Theory 2	4	spring		PHYS 7325 (min C-)	James Halverson Tomasz Taylor
PHYS 7332	Network Science Data 2	4	fall		all of: PHYS 5116 (min C) PHYS 7331 (min C)	Brennan Klein
PHYS 7335	Dynamical Processes in Complex Networks	4	spring		one of: NETS 5116 (min C-) PHYS 5116 (min C-)	Alessandro Vespignani
PHYS 7731	Physics of Biological Processes and Living Systems 1	4	fall			Alain Karma Herbert Levine
PHYS 7733	Topics: Elementary Particle Physics and Cosmology	4	spring			Fabian Ruehle Tomasz Taylor
PHYS 7734	Topics: Condensed Matter Physics	4	spring		PHYS 7324 (min C-)	Yizhi You
PHYS 7741	Physics of Biological Processes and Living Systems 2	4	spring		all of: PHYS 7731 (min C-) PHYS 7321 (min C-)	Alain Karma Herbert Levine
PHYS 7962	Elective	1–4
PHYS 7976	Directed Study	1–4	fall			Mauricio Santillana Guzman Ning Bao Oleg Batishchev
PHYS 7990	Thesis	1–4				Swastik Kar
PHYS 7996	Thesis Continuation	0			PHYS 7990 (min C-)
PHYS 9000	PhD Candidacy Achieved	0
PHYS 9984	Advanced Research	1–8	fall, spring			Adrian Feiguin Alberto De la Torre Duran Emanuela Barberis Fabian Ruehle Herbert Levine Qimin Yan Sarah Harrison
PHYS 9986	Research	0	summer			Alberto De la Torre Duran Arun Bansil Gregory Fiete Jonathan Blazek Meni Wanunu Paul Whitford Swastik Kar
PHYS 9990	Dissertation Term 1	0	fall		PHYS 9000 (min S)	Arun Bansil James Halverson Michele Di Pierro Paul Whitford
PHYS 9991	Dissertation Term 2	0	fall, spring		PHYS 9990 (min S)	Alberto De la Torre Duran Arun Bansil James Halverson Michele Di Pierro Paul Whitford Qimin Yan Tsuguo Aramaki
PHYS 9996	Dissertation Continuation	0	fall, spring		one of: PHYS 9991 (min S) Dissertation Check with a score of REQ	Adrian Feiguin Bryan Spring Dapeng Bi Gregory Fiete Tsuguo Aramaki

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