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90C. Research Group Conference for Lower Division Students (1) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: lower division standing; consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (P/NP grading only.)
98. Directed Group Study (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor and lower division standing. (P/NP grading only.)
99. Special Study for Lower Division Students (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)
115. Introduction to Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists (3) I, II, III. Yeh, Cramer, De Groot
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 5, Mathematics 22B. Introduction to error analysis, roots of equations, interpolation, quadrature, eigenproblems, systems of linear algebraic equations, ordinary differential equations, and deterministic and stochastic algorithms. Lectures and computational assignments on the application of digital computers to problems in engineering and science.
116. Computer Solution of Physical Problems (3) III. Cramer, De Groot
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 115 or consent of instructor. Application of computers to solution of physical problems. Numerical solution of elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic partial differential equations; eigenvalue problems, Monte Carlo methods, linear programming.
137. Science and Technology of Nuclear Arms Effects and Control (3) I. Jungerman (Physics), Freeman
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: upper division standing; one course from Physics 1B, 5C, 9D, or 10. Scientific and technical aspects of nuclear arms effects and nuclear arms control including the nuclear physics of atomic and hydrogen bombs, blast and radiation effects, radioactivity, electromagnetic pulse, ICBM accuracy, laser weapons, verification safeguards, biological and ecological effects. Emphasis on order of magnitude calculations. (In the College of Engineering, students may receive only one unit of credit towards the Technical Electives requirement.) (Same course as Physics 137.) GE credit: SciEng or SocSci.
165A. Quantum Optics I (3) II. Yeh
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Physics 110A-110B or the equivalent. Quantum nature of light and matter. Statistics of photons in chaotic, coherent and mixed states. Concepts of photon coherence and correlation. Development of a coherent state from a chaotic photon distribution.
165B. Quantum Optics II (3) III. Yeh
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 165A or the equivalent. Quantum nature of interaction between light and matter: photoelectric counting statistics. Photon distributions in scattering processes and in nonlinear optical processes.
166A. Quantum Optics Laboratory (1) II. Yeh
Laboratory--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 165A concurrently. Hands on experience in working with lasers, photon spectroscopy, electro-optical devices and photoelectric counting statistics.
166B. Quantum Optics Laboratory (1) III. Yeh
Laboratory--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 165B concurrently. Continuation of course 166A.
171. Scanning Probe Microscopy (4) III. Yeh
Lecture--3 hours; laboratory--3 hours. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 130A, Engineering 102, Chemistry 110B or the equivalent. Physics of scanning microprobe techniques, scanning tunneling microscope and atomic force microscope will be studied, as will their applications to surfaces and structural biology. Operational STM and AFM will further students' experience in nano-scale science and technology.
180. Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (3) I. The Staff
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Physics 110B and 112A, or consent of instructor. Equilibrium plasma properties, plasma sources, plasma diagnostics, magnetohydrodynamics, kinetic theory, plasma stability, plasma confinement systems and approaches to controlled thermonuclear fusion.
181. Plasma Physics Laboratory (1) I. De Groot
Laboratory--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 180 concurrently. Langmuir probes, plasma sources, Landau damping of ion acoustic waves, ion acoustic shocks, ion-ion two-stream instability.
190C. Research Group Conference for Advanced Undergraduates (1) I, II, III. The Staff (Chairperson in charge)
Discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: advanced standing; consent of instructor. Weekly conference on research problems, progress and techniques in applied science. May be repeated for credit. (P/NP grading only.)
198. Group Study (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)
199. Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)
228A-228B-228C. Properties of Matter (3-3-3)
I-II-III. Freeman, Yeh, Baldis, McCurdy
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Mathematics 22B and Physics 112B. Microscopic and macroscopic descriptions of matter; thermodynamics and kinetics; constitutive, electrical, mechanical and thermal properties.
230A-230B-230C. Structure of Matter (3-3-3)
I-II-III. Yeh, Freeman, Orel, Krol
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: courses 205A, 205B, 205C (may be taken concurrently). Classical properties of matter; introduction of quantum mechanics by the correspondence principle; perturbation theory; electron theory of atoms, molecules, and solids; quantum theory of cooperative effects.
234A-234B-234C. Electromagnetic Theory
(3-3-3) I-II-III. Luhmann, Hwang, Freeman
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 131B. Review basic electromagnetic field theory. Special relativity. Charges in fields. Radiation from charges: generation, scattering, diffraction. Electrodynamics of continuous media: conductors, dielectrics, superconductors, magnetic materials, plasmas. Transmission of electromagnetic waves through material. Modern applications of theory.
271. Optical Methods in Biophysics (3) I. Yeh, Matthews
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Physics 110A-110B-110C, Chemistry 110A, 110B, or the equivalent. Physics of light-matter interactions used in biophysical research. Techniques of absorption, ellipsometry, fluorescence, phosphorescence, elastic and inelastic scattering, diffraction, and nonlinear optics are applied to the studies of proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and supra-molecular organizations in biological systems. Offered in alternate years.
280A-280B-280C. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (3-3-3) I-II-III. Luhmann, Hwang
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 234B or consent of instructor. Equilibrium plasma properties; single particle motion; fluid equations; waves and instabilities in a fluid plasma; plasma kinetic theory and transport coefficients; linear and nonlinear Vlasov theory; fluctuations, correlations and radiation; inertial and magnetic confinement systems in controlled fusion.
285A. Physics and Technology of Microwave Vacuum Electron Beam Devices I (4) III. Luhmann
Lecture--4 hours. Prerequisite: B.S. degree in physics or electrical engineering or the equivalent background. Physics and technology of electron beam emissions, flow and transport, electron gun design, space charge waves and klystrons. Offered in alternate years.
285B. Physics and Technology of Microwave Vacuum Electron Beam Devices II (4) I. Luhmann
Lecture--4 hours. Prerequisite: 285A. Theory and experimental design of traveling wave tubes, backward wave oscillators, and extended interaction oscillators. Offered in alternate years.
285C. Physics and Technology of Microwave Vacuum Electron Beam Devices III (4) II. Luhmann
Lecture--4 hours. Prerequisite: 285B. Physics and technology of gyrotrons, gyro-amplifiers, free electron lasers, magnetrons, crossfield amplifiers and relativistic devices. Offered in alternate years.
285D. Physics and Technology of Microwave Vacuum Electron Beam Devices IV (4) III. Luhmann
Lecture--4 hours. Prerequisite: 285C. Computational models of vacuum electron beam devices. Offered in alternate years.
289A-K. Special Topics in Applied Science
(1-5) I, II, III. The Staff
Lecture, laboratory, or combination. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Special topics in the following areas: (A) Atomic and Molecular Physics; (B) Chemical Physics; (C) Computational Physics; (D) Digital Media; (E) Materials Science; (F) Imaging Science and Photonics; (G) Nonlinear Optics; (H) Plasma Physics; (I) Quantum Electronics; (J) Solid State; (K) Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology. May be repeated for credit up to a total of 5 units per segment when topic differs.
290. Seminar (1-2) I, II, III. The Staff
Seminar--1-2 hours. (S/U grading only.)
290C. Graduate Research Group Conference (1) I, II, III. The Staff
Discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)
298. Group Study (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff
(S/U grading only.)
299. Research (1-12) I, II, III. The Staff
(S/U grading only.)
Courses in Engineering:
Applied Science--Livermore (EAL)
199. Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (P/NP grading only.)
201. Software Engineering (3) I. Blattner
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: data structures, elementary knowledge of software development methodology; knowledge of an object-oriented language is desirable. First part of course examines the development of large production-quality programs, project management techniques, software design methodologies. The second part covers automated and integrated software tools and object-oriented methods of design. Problems associated with user interface management systems are discussed. (Former course 201A.)
203. Computer Architecture (3) III. Vemuri
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Computer Science Engineering 250A. Topics in computer communication, hardware features to enhance operating systems, advanced architectures, memory hierarchy, parallel architectures, and vector computing.
204. Knowledge Representation (3) III. Blattner
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Computer Science Engineering 270 and 222A, or the equivalent. Course explores expressive adequacy, computational efficiency, non-deductive and non-monotonic reasoning associated with some knowledge representation schemes. Offered in alternate years.
205A. Mathematical Methods (3) I. Orel, Rodrigue, Freeman
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: calculus. Complex variables, theory of convergence, evaluation of definite integrals, factorial function (gamma function), asymptotic expansions, fourier analysis.
205B. Mathematical Methods (3) II. Orel, Rodrigue, Freeman
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 205A. Laplace transforms, Sturm-Liouville theory, solution of second order linear ODE, approximate solutions of ODE, calculus of variations, characteristics.
205C. Mathematical Methods (3) III. Orel, Rodrigue, Freeman
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 205B. Spherical harmonics, Bessel functions, conformal mapping, hypergeometric functions, elliptic functions.
207. Compiler Construction (3) I. Blattner
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Computer Science Engineering 240. Syntax-directed translation techniques are used to implement a compiler for a high-level programming language. Emphasis on semantic analysis and code generation and optimization.
210A. Numerical Methods in Applied Science (3) I. Rodrigue, Vemuri
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: calculus through differential equations and vector analysis. Numerical techniques used in a wide variety of applications of digital computers to problems in applied science. Emphasis placed on the common mathematical elements of the techniques developed.
210B. Numerical Methods in Applied Science (3) II. Rodrigue, Vemuri
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 210A. Numerical methods applicable to the solution of partial differential equations. Emphasis on finite-difference, finite-element, and spectral methods for linear hyperbolic, parabolic, and elliptic systems and nonlinear hyperbolic systems.
210C. Numerical Methods in Applied Science (3) III. Rodrigue, Vemuri
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 210B. Computational methods in various fields including: fluid mechanics, kinetic theory, solid mechanics, quantum mechanics.
211A. Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations I (3) I. Rodrigue
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 210A, 210B. Fundamentals of parallel computers, grid generation, domain decomposition, Poisson's equation, elliptic PDEs, Galerkin methods, numerical linear algebra, iterative acceleration.
211B. Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations II (3) II. Rodrigue
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 211A. Parabolic PDEs, stability, preconditioned time differencing, hyperbolic PDEs, modified differential equation,
advection-diffusion equations, wave equation, Burgers' equation, reaction-diffusion equations.
211C. Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations III (3) III. Rodrigue
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 211B. Conservation laws, fluid equations, turbulence, elasticity equations, electromagnetic equations, transport equations.
213A. Computer Graphics (3) II. Max
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Development of algorithms for perspective line drawings of three-dimensional objects, as defined by polygons or bicubic patches.
213B. Computer Graphics (3) III. Max
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 213A or Computer Science Engineering 175. Algorithms to produce color raster renderings of three-dimensional models.
214. Scientific Visualization (3) II. Max
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Computer Science Engineering 175 or consent of instructor. Visualization of 3D data, including scalar fields, vector fields, and molecular structures. Primary emphasis on volume visualization algorithm.
215. Computer Animation (4) III. Max
Lecture--3 hours; laboratory--3 hours. Prerequisite: Computer Science Engineering 175 or 177 or 178. Control of camera and object motion necessary to produce computer animation, modeling of articulated objects made from jointed segments, and of deformable objects. Students will complete a final animation project. (Same course as Computer Science Engineering 279). Offered in alternate years.
216A-G. Special Topics in Computer Science (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff
Lecture, laboratory, or combination. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Special topics in the following areas: (A) Architecture; (B) Software Systems; (C) Language Translation; (D) Language Design; (E) Operating Systems; (F) Foundations of Computing; (G) Computational Mathematics. May be repeated for credit for a total of 5 units per segment if topic differs.
217A-217B. Computational Science (3-3) I, II. Rodrigue
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: courses 205A and 205B (may be taken concurrently). Designed for physical scientists. Topics in computer science with applications to computational science. Computer organization and architecture, data structures, algorithms and complexity, software environments for scientific visualization, symbolic computation.
218. Signal Processing (3) I. Blattner, Dowla
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Mathematics 121A, 121B or the equivalent. Discrete-time and continuous-time signal processing. Fourier transforms, Laplace transforms, sampling and reconstruction. LTI systems: convolution. Discrete-time transforms: DFT, FFT, and Discrete wavelet transforms. Filters and filter designs.
219. Wavelets and Their Applications (3) II. Dowla
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 150A, Mathematics 167. Fourier transforms and digital filters; sampling theorem and analog-to-digital conversion, multirate signal processing; wavelet transforms and filter banks; fast algorithms: FFT, DWT, and pyramid; data compression with wavelets; spectral factorization; designing application-specific wavelets. Offered in alternate years.
220A. Artificial Neural Nets-I (3) I. Vemuri
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Mathematics 167; ability to use computers to solve problems using a traditional language or via tools like Matlab or Mathematica. Biological and Computational motivations. Models of neurons. Supervised and unsupervised learning. Correlation matrix memories. Discrete and continuous Hopfield nets. Self organization. Kohonen Net. Counter propagation. Perceptron. LMS methods. Back propagation. Offered in alternate years.
220B. Artificial Neural Nets-II (3) II. Vemuri
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 220A. Growing and pruning algorithms for multi-layer perceptrons, acceleration of convergence, conjugate gradient methods. RBF networks. Temporal processing. Modular networks. Reinforcement learning. Neurodynamics. Case studies. Offered in alternate years.
221. Genetic Algorithms and Optimization (3) III. Vemuri
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Mathematics 145 or the equivalent; graduate standing; ability to program in one of the modern programming languages. Introduction to genetic algorithms. Fundamental theorem; schema processing; genetic operators; applications to function optimization, scheduling, VLSI circuit layout. Implementation on parallel computers; genetic programming; evolutionary algorithms.
222. User Interfaces (3) II. Blattner
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Computer Science Engineering 110. Design and evaluation of the interface between systems and users. Covers user interaction styles and techniques, display formats, user
guidance, and methodologies for designing and evaluating user interfaces. Offered in alternate years.
223. Multimedia Interfaces (3) I. Blattner
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 222 recommended. Examines basic paradigms of multimedia interfaces and time-varying systems, navigation through the multimedia system, hypermedia as well as study of interaction devices such as audio, gesture, video, pen-based systems, and audio input and output. Virtual reality systems and intelligent interfaces will conclude the course. Offered in alternate years.
224. Theories of Human-Computer Interaction (3) I. Blattner
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: data structures and basic statistics; a course in user interfaces is desirable. Some basic cognitive science pertaining to computer usage is introduced (such as memory, sensory limits, and problem solving) followed by models of human activity; task analysis; different paradigms for computer use; models of cooperative activity; cultural differences in human-computer interaction; users
with disabilities; and adaptive interfaces. Offered in alternate years.
225. Computational Structures for Signal and Image Processing and Graphics (3) III. Vemuri
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Computer Science Engineering 40; course 210A. Tools for research in digital media. Relevant computer architectures, algorithms and languages for signal processing, image processing and graphics. Hardware and software issues in parallelism. Programming in SISAL. Parallel C and Parallel Fortran. Parallel algorithms using SISAL on parallel computers. Offered in alternate years.
226. Practical Data Communications in Digital Media (3) II. Vemuri, Dowla
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Computer Science Engineering 152. Tools for research in digital media. Communication protocols, algorithms and architectures suitable in modern networked environment. Transmission of digital data over voice-grade channels, telecommunications networks for data transport, Broadband multimedia communications, ATM, and Broadband ISDN. Offered in alternate years.
227. Chaos, Fractals and Nonlinear Phenomena (3) III. Hoover
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: courses 205A and 205B. A computational treatment of pervasive instabilities in simulation-- "sensitive dependence on initial conditions" --called "Chaos." Connecting the Second Law of Thermodynamics to nonlinear dynamics with "strange attractors;" these are generally "fractal" objects with great aesthetic and intellectual appeal.
228A-228B-228C. Statistical Mechanics (3-3-3) I-II-III. Freeman, Yeh, Baldis, McCurdy
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Mathematics 22B and Physics 112B. Microscopic and macroscopic descriptions of matter; thermodynamics and kinetics: constitutive, electrical, mechanical and thermal properties.
230A-230B-230C. Quantum Mechanics (3-3-3) I-II-III. Freeman, Orel, Krol
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: courses 205A-205B-205C (may be taken concurrently). Classical properties of matter; introduction to quantum mechanics by the correspondence principle; perturbation theory; electron theory of atoms, molecules and solids; quantum theory of cooperative effects.
233A-233B-233C. Theory and Applications of Solid-State Physics (3-3-3) I-II-III. Wooten, Terminello
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 230C or the equivalent. Structure and properties of crystals; theory of dielectrics, metals and alloys; magnetism, superconductivity, and semiconductors. Applications to various solid-state devices.
234A-234B-234C. Electromagnetic Theory
(3-3-3) I-II-III. Luhmann, Hwang, Freeman
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 131B. Review basic electromagnetic field theory. Special relativity. Charges in fields. Radiation from charges: generation, scattering, diffraction. Electrodynamics of continuous media: conductors, dielectrics, superconductors, magnetic materials, plasmas. Transmission of electromagnetic waves through material. Modern applications of theory.
255. Classical Mechanics (3) I. Baldis, Yeh
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. General principles of analytical mechanics; variational principles; Lagrange's and Hamilton's equations; kinematics; collisions.
256. Continuum Mechanics (3) II. Christensen
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 205C. Hydrodynamics of incompressible and compressible flows in two and three dimensions; problems of hydrodynamic instability; viscous hydrodynamics; boundary layer theory.
257. Computational Continuum Mechanics (3) Hoover
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: Mathematics 121A, 121B and 128C. Fundamental conservation and constitutive equations for continua, together with numerical techniques for their solution, including Eulerian, Lagrangian, and particle methods.
262A-262B-262C. Atomic and Molecular Interactions (3-3-3) I-II-III. Orel, Freeman
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 230A-230B-230C or the equivalent. Atomic structure and spectra, molecular structure and spectra, classical and quantum mechanical collision theory of electron and heavy particle scattering.
265A-265B. Laser Physics (3-3) I-II. Freeman, Krol, Kolner
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: courses 230A-230B-230C, 234A-234B-234C. Theory of generation of laser radiation and its interaction with matter. Dynamics of laser media, oscillators/amplifiers. Short pulse generation and propagation. Coherence properties of laser radiation. Fourier optics, resonators, and holography. Characteristics of laser devices. Laser spectroscopy.
266A-266B. Laser Physics Laboratory (3-3) I-II. Kolner, Krol
Lecture--1 hour; laboratory--6 hours. Prerequisite: course 265A-265B (may be taken concurrently). Experiments exploring principles of generation and propagation of laser radiation. Laser measurement techniques. Dynamics of laser media. Oscillators and amplifiers. Generation of short pulses. Coherence properties of laser radiation. Holography. Characteristics of laser devices. Laser spectroscopy.
267. Nonlinear Optics (3) III. Krol
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 265A-265B. Theory of the nonlinear interaction of radiation and matter. Nonlinear optical properties of materials. Crystal optics, electro-optics, and acousto-optics. Parametric oscillation and amplification. Harmonic conversion. Stimulated Raman and Brillouin scattering, self-focusing, four-wave mixing, phase conjugation and spectroscopy.
267L. Nonlinear Optics Laboratory (3) III. Krol
Lecture--1 hour; laboratory--6 hours. Prerequisite: course 265A-265B. Experiments exploring the principles of nonlinear optics. Phenomena studied selected from: crystal-optics, electro-optics, acousto-optics, parametric oscillation and amplification, harmonic conversion, stimulated Raman and Brillouin scattering, self-focusing, four-wave mixing, phase conjugation. Laser spectroscopy.
270A-270B. Advanced Laser Plasma Physics (3) I-II. Baldis
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 205A, 205B, 234. Laser-produced plasmas and advanced applications of high power lasers. Plasma formation with lasers, ponderomotive force, kinetic theory, waves in unmagnetized plasmas, non-linear effects, parametric instabilities, hydrodynamic instabilities, and radiation transport. Applications include ICF, X-ray lasers.
280A-280B-280C. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (3-3-3) I-II-III. Hwang, Luhmann
Lecture--3 hours. Prerequisite: course 234B or consent of instructor. Equilibrium plasma properties; single particle motion; fluid equations; waves and instabilities in a fluid plasma; plasma kinetic theory and transport coefficients; linear and nonlinear Vlasov theory; fluctuations, correlations and radiation; inertial and magnetic confinement systems in controlled fusion.
285A. Physics and Technology of Microwave Vacuum Electron Beam Devices I (4) III. Luhmann
Lecture--4 hours. Prerequisite: B.S. degree in physics or electrical engineering or the equivalent background. Physics and technology of electron beam emissions, flow and transport, electron gun design, space charge waves and klystrons. Offered in alternate years.
285B. Physics and Technology of Microwave Vacuum Electron Beam Devices II (4) I. Luhmann
Lecture--4 hours. Prerequisite: 285A. Theory and experimental design of traveling wave tubes, backward wave oscillators, and extended interaction oscillators. Offered in alternate years.
285C. Physics and Technology of Microwave Vacuum Electron Beam Devices III (4) II. Luhmann
Lecture--4 hours. Prerequisite: 285B. Physics and technology of gyrotrons, gyro-amplifiers, free electron lasers, magnetrons, crossfield amplifiers and relativistic devices. Offered in alternate years.
285D. Physics and Technology of Microwave Vacuum Electron Beam Devices IV (4) III. Luhmann
Lecture--4 hours. Prerequisite: 285C. Computational models of vacuum electron beam devices. Offered in alternate years.
289A-K. Special Topics in Applied Science
(1-5) I, II, III. The Staff
Lecture, laboratory, or combination. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Special topics in the following areas: (A) Atomic and Molecular Physics; (B) Chemical Physics; (C) Computational Physics; (D) Digital Media; (E) Materials Science; (F) Imaging Science and Photonics; (G) Nonlinear Optics; (H) Plasma Physics; (I) Quantum Electronics; (J) Solid State; (K) Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology. May be repeated up to a total of 5 units per segment when topic differs.
290. Seminar. (1-2) I, II, III. The Staff (Chair in charge)
Seminar--1-2 hours. (S/U grading only.)
290C. Graduate Research Group Conference (1) I, II, III. The Staff
Discussion--1 hour. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (S/U grading only.)
298. Group Study (1-5) I, II, III. The Staff
(S/U grading only.)
299. Research (1-12) I, II, III. The Staff (Chair in charge)
(S/U grading only.)
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