PHYS 295 - Intermediate Special Topics in Physics

Credits: 3

Prerequisite: Vary with topic. Intermediate work in nuclear physics, optics, photonics, condensed matter, complex systems, nanotechnology, astrophysics, computational physics, or other topics according to faculty expertise and student interest. May be repeated for degree credit for a maximum of six credits with permission and if the topics are different.

Winter 2020, PHYS 295A-01: Topic: Trends in Interdisciplinary Physics (3). Prerequisite PHYS 112 or instructor consent. Current ideas and developments in interdisciplinary physics. The topics covered are from the fields of econophysics, sociophysics, biophysics, and applications of machine learning and data science to physics. Includes traditional lectures as well as computational workshops, student presentations, and a term-long research project. I. Mazilu.