Physics

2026–2027

84 courses

PHYS 100EXPLORING PHYSICS
PHYS 101MECHANICS (WITH LAB)
PHYS 102ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM (WITH LAB)
PHYS 103MECHANICS DISCUSSION
PHYS 104ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM DISCUSSION
PHYS 111HONORS MECHANICS (WITH LAB)
PHYS 112HONORS ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM (WITH LAB)
PHYS 116SEMINAR IN PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY AT RICE AND BEYOND
PHYS 125GENERAL PHYSICS (WITH LAB)
PHYS 126GENERAL PHYSICS II (WITH LAB)
PHYS 127GENERAL PHYSICS DISCUSSION
PHYS 128GENERAL PHYSICS II DISCUSSION
PHYS 141CONCEPTS IN PHYSICS I
PHYS 142CONCEPTS IN PHYSICS II
PHYS 143PHYSICS FOR CITIZENSHIP
PHYS 144THE PHYSICS OF MUSIC AND SOUND
PHYS 145TRACES OF LIFE
PHYS 146HISTORY OF PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY: SCIENCE, SOCIETY, AND STORIES OF DISCOVERY
PHYS 201WAVES, LIGHT, AND HEAT
PHYS 202MODERN PHYSICS
PHYS 231ELEMENTARY PHYSICS LAB
PHYS 238SPECIAL TOPICS
PHYS 301INTERMEDIATE MECHANICS
PHYS 302INTERMEDIATE ELECTRODYNAMICS
PHYS 311INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM PHYSICS I
PHYS 312INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM PHYSICS II
PHYS 331JUNIOR PHYSICS LAB I
PHYS 332JUNIOR PHYSICS LAB II
PHYS 355INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
PHYS 411INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
PHYS 412SOLID STATE PHYSICS
PHYS 413INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL RELATIVITY
PHYS 416COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
PHYS 425STATISTICAL & THERMAL PHYSICS
PHYS 449PROJECTS IN DATA-ENABLED PHYSICS THROUGH DATA SCIENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING
PHYS 461INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
PHYS 465REU RESEARCH IN PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
PHYS 477SPECIAL TOPICS
PHYS 480INTRODUCTION TO PLASMA PHYSICS
PHYS 491UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
PHYS 492UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
PHYS 493UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR
PHYS 494UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SEMINAR
PHYS 501PHYSICS OF HAM RADIO FOR TEACHERS
PHYS 510MAGNETOSPHERIC PHYSICS
PHYS 512MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING WITH QUANTUM PHOTONICS
PHYS 513INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL RELATIVITY
PHYS 515CLASSICAL DYNAMICS
PHYS 516MATHEMATICAL METHODS
PHYS 517COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
PHYS 519PLASMA KINETIC THEORY
PHYS 521QUANTUM MECHANICS I
PHYS 522QUANTUM MECHANICS II
PHYS 526STATISTICAL PHYSICS
PHYS 532CLASSICAL ELECTRODYNAMICS
PHYS 533NANOSTRUCTURE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY I
PHYS 534NANOSTRUCTURE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY II
PHYS 535CRYSTALLOGRAPHY & DIFFRACTION
PHYS 541RADIATIVE PROCESSES
PHYS 542INTRODUCTION TO NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS
PHYS 543PHYSICS OF QUARKS AND LEPTONS
PHYS 549PROJECTS IN DATA-ENABLED PHYSICS THROUGH DATA SCIENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING
PHYS 551BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
PHYS 552TOPICS IN BIOLOGICAL PHYSICS
PHYS 561GENERAL RELATIVITY
PHYS 563INTRODUCTION TO SOLID STATE PHYSICS I
PHYS 564INTRODUCTION TO SOLID STATE PHYSICS II
PHYS 567QUANTUM MATERIALS
PHYS 568QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS
PHYS 569ULTRAFAST OPTICAL PHENOMENA
PHYS 571MODERN ATOMIC PHYSICS
PHYS 572FUNDAMENTALS OF QUANTUM OPTICS AND CAVITY QED
PHYS 580INTRODUCTION TO PLASMA PHYSICS
PHYS 600ADVANCED TOPICS IN PHYSICS
PHYS 601FRONTIERS IN CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
PHYS 605COMPUTATIONAL ELECTRODYNAMICS AND NANOPHOTONICS
PHYS 622QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
PHYS 663CONDENSED MATTER THEORY: APPLICATIONS
PHYS 664CONDENSED MATTER THEORY: MANY-BODY FORMALISM
PHYS 665TOPOLOGY IN MODERN QUANTUM PHYSICS AND FIELD THEORY