PHYS 5318 — Principles of Experimental Physics
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureNUpath ADNUpath CENUpath NDNUpath WIusually offered: springtypical days: TBostonTraditional
Designed to introduce students to the techniques of modern experimental physics. Topics include communication and information physics, signal processing and noise physics, applied relativity physics, detector techniques, semiconductor and superconductor physics, nanoscale microscopy and manipulation, and lasers and quantum optics.
Prerequisites
- one of:
- PHYS 2303 (min D-)
- graduate program admission
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 6 | 77 | 66 | 117% | 0.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 6 | 73 | 96 | 76% | 3.8 |
| Spring 2026 | 4 | 50 | 64 | 78% | 3.5 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 65% · W 0% · Th 21% · F 14%
Common patterns: T (65% of sections), R (21% of sections), F (14% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Bryan Spring (33% of students) · reviews
- Nathan Israeloff (30% of students) · reviews
- Maijia Liao (14% of students) · reviews
- Johan Bonilla (8% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
Official catalog (PHYS course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All PHYS courses · Plan it at numap.app