The Department of Physics offers a range of courses, including general physics courses, introductory courses for scientists and engineers, upper division elective courses, and upper division courses intended for those majoring in the sciences or engineering. The courses with numbers 300 and above are taught as small sections.

Electives include:

PHY319 Astrobiology (Alternate Falls) This course studies the emergence and development of life in the universe, using our knowledge on the development of and state of the Universe. Includes searches for extraterrestial life.		PHY307 Science and Computers (Fall) This course is an introduction to using computers to solve scientific problems, using simulations. Programming tools and physical examples are developed.
PHY312 Relativity and Cosmology: Einstein and Beyond (Spring) Learn why you can't go faster than the speed of light, about warped spacetime, and black holes.		PHY315 Biological and Medical Physics (Spring) Study the physics of the cell, including molecular machines, senses and illusions, and about the physical tools for studying biology.
PHY399 Practicum & Seminar in Physics Educations (Fall & Spring) Where do those undergraduates who teach PHY211 and other courses come from? They take this course. Get behind the scenes and teach physics.		PHY361 Modern Physics (Fall) This course is required for a major, but is often taken by students in other departments. Learn about quantum mechanics, slowing down light, lasers, and superconductors.
PHY317 Stellar & Interstellar Astrophysics (Alternate Falls) Are you curious about how stars form, generate energy, and sometimes end catastrophically? What is between the stars (and neutron stars and black holes)?		PHY351 Modern Instrumentation (Fall) In this course, students learn modern signal processing and data analysis techniques used in physics research and modern medicine. The course introduces analog electronics and instrumentation in laboratory work.

For links to other courses, including introductory
100 and 200 level courses and some upper division courses, see
the main Physics Department course page. For the catalog course descriptions,
see the Arts and Sciences section (PDF).

Department of Physics Syracuse University
201 Physics Building Syracuse, NY 13244-1130
Phone (315) 443-3901 Fax (315) 443-9103 E-mail physics@phy.syr.edu