Course Offerings
The Department offers a wide variety of physics and astronomy courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level of instruction. In addition to the course list below, see the SJSU Academic Catalog for information on these courses, and see also the Department's undergraduate course map [pdf], which provides a graphical illustration of prominent undergraduate courses and prerequisites along with typical semesters (i.e., fall vs. spring) in which these courses are offered.
Undergraduate Courses
- ASTR 10: Descriptive Astronomy
- ASTR 101: Modern Astronomy
- ASTR 117A: Astrophysics I
- ASTR 117B: Astrophysics II
- ASTR 155: Topics in Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics
- PHYS 1: Elementary Physics
- PHYS 2A: Fundamentals of Physics
- PHYS 2B: Fundamentals of Physics
- PHYS 20: Invitation to Physics and Astronomy
- PHYS 23: Animation Physics
- PHYS 40: Introduction to Computational Physics
- PHYS 49: Introduction to Physics
- PHYS 50: General Physics/Mechanics
- PHYS 50W: General Physics/Mechanics Workshop
- PHYS 51: General Physics/Electricity and Magnetism
- PHYS 52: General Physics/Heat and Light
- PHYS 100W: Methods of Research and Communication in Physics
- PHYS 105A: Advanced Mechanics I
- PHYS 105B: Advanced Mechanics II
- PHYS 107: Waves and Oscillations
- PHYS 110A: Electricity and Magnetism I
- PHYS 110B: Electricity and Magnetism II
- PHYS 120A: Intermediate Physics Lab: Electronics, Data Acquisition & Analysis
- PHYS 120B: Advanced Scientific Measurements Lab
- PHYS 120C: Advanced Physics Lab: Optics
- PHYS 122: Modern Physics
- PHYS 130: Mathematical Methods in Physics
- PHYS 140: Computational Methods in Physics
- PHYS 155: Topics in Physics and Astronomy
- PHYS 158: Modern Optics
- PHYS 160: Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics
- PHYS 161: Fundamentals of Quantum Information
- PHYS 163: Quantum Mechanics
- PHYS 168: Lasers
- PHYS 175A: Solid State Physics
- PHYS 180: Individual Studies
- PHYS 184: Directed Reading
Graduate Courses
- PHYS 205: Advanced Dynamics
- PHYS 208: Introduction to Electro-Optics
- PHYS 210: Electromagnetic Theory
- PHYS 220E: Graduate Optics Lab
- PHYS 230: Methods in Mathematical Physics
- PHYS 240: Computational Physics
- PHYS 255: Advanced Physics
- PHYS 255C: Celestial Mechanics
- PHYS 258: Optics
- PHYS 260: Statistical Mechanics
- PHYS 263A: Quantum Theory
- PHYS 268: Laser Spectroscopy
- PHYS 275: Solid State Physics
- PHYS 277: Magnetism and Superconductivity (LEC and LAB)
- PHYS 285: Seminar
- PHYS 297: Directed Research
- PHYS 298: Research
- PHYS 299: Master's Thesis
