GRADUATE INTRODUCTORY SEMINARS
Designed to give new students an introduction to the broad range of modern research going on at UW Physics, and to help students find research opportunities in the department. Each week, faculty from each major research area will present their research in a seminar setting. The research areas will include selected topics both in theory and experiment from biophysics; atomic, molecular, and optical physics; plasma; condensed matter; quantum information and computation; high energy and nuclear physics; particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Gains a broad awareness of the status of contemporary research in physics Audience: Graduate 2. Learns to engage and communicate with other research professionals Audience: Graduate 3. Learn how to work with the scientific literature Audience: Graduate 4. Learn professional standards for the responsible conduct of research Audience: Graduate 5. Learn responsibilities of authors and co-authors and acceptable authorship practices Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Gains a broad awareness of the status of contemporary research in physics Audience: Graduate 2. Learns to engage and communicate with other research professionals Audience: Graduate 3. Learn how to work with the scientific literature Audience: Graduate 4. Learn professional standards for the responsible conduct of research Audience: Graduate 5. Learn responsibilities of authors and co-authors and acceptable authorship practices Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027