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63 courses with the subject PHYS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

PHYS 1111Introduction to Astronomy4

The following courses may be counted toward major electives, if they are listed as applicable options in the approved curriculum:

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 1125Introduction to Network Science: From the Human Cell to Facebook
Subject
PHYS
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 1132Energy, Environment, and Society
Subject
PHYS
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 1141General Physics4

SEMESTER 2

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 1145Physics for Life Sciences1

and PHYS 1146 and Lab for PHYS 1145

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 1147Physics for Life Sciences 25

and PHYS 1148 and Lab for PHYS 1147

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
5
Credits (max)
5
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 1151Physics for Engineering1

and PHYS 1152 and Lab for PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1153 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1151

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 1155Physics for Engineering2

and PHYS 1156 and Lab for PHYS 1155

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
2
Credits (max)
2
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 1156(AD)1

PHYS 1157 1 18 0 Year 3 Fall Hours Spring Hours Summer 1

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 11571 EE/CE Fundamental5

EECE 2150 or 2160 4 General Elective 4 EECE 2140 4 17 19 Year 3 Fall Hours Spring Hours Summer 1 EE/CE Fundamental 4 Co-op Co-op EE/CE Fundamental 4 EE/CE Fundamental 4 General Elective 4 theastern University Undergraduate Catalog 1239

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
5
Credits (max)
5
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 1161Physics1

and PHYS 1162 and Lab for PHYS 1161 and PHYS 1163 and Recitation for PHYS 1161

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 1165Physics2

and PHYS 1166 and Lab for PHYS 1165 and PHYS 1167 and Recitation for PHYS 1165 Computer Science Writing Requirement Code Title Hours

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
2
Credits (max)
2
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 1171Physics 1 for Bioscience and Bioengineering5

and PHYS 1172 and Lab for PHYS 1171 and PHYS 1173 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1171 or PHYS 1151 Physics for Engineering 1 and PHYS 1152 and Lab for PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1153 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1151

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
5
Credits (max)
5
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 1175Physics 2 for Bioscience and Bioengineering5

and PHYS 1176 and Lab for PHYS 1175 and PHYS 1177 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1175 or PHYS 1155 Physics for Engineering 2 and PHYS 1156 and Lab for PHYS 1155 and PHYS 1157 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1155

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
5
Credits (max)
5
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 1191Foundations of Theoretical Physics

and PHYS 1192 and Lab for PHYS 1191 Physics 2 Complete one of the following: 5

Subject
PHYS
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 1211Computational Problem Solving in Physics4

or PHYS 1130 Computing, Data, and Science or GE 1111 Engineering Problem Solving and Computation

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 2303(ND)4

17 18 Year 3 Fall Hours Spring Hours Summer 1 Co-op 0 CHME 3312 4 PHYS 3600 (ND, AD, ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) 4 General Elective CHME 3305 4 and CHME 3306

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 2371Electronics4

and PHYS 2372 and Lab for PHYS 2371

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 23721 PHIL elective4

16 17 Year 3 Fall Hours Spring Hours Summer 1 Co-op 0 PHIL 4500 4 PHYS 3600

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 3111Astrophysical Processes: Decoding the Universe4
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 3600(ND, AD, WI)4

General elective 4

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 3601(ND)4

16 17 Year 4 Fall Hours Spring Hours Co-op 0 CHME 4703 4 and CHME 4705 (EI, CE, WI) ENCP 3000 1

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 3602(ND)4

EE fundamentals 4 CE fundamentals 4 17 0 Year 4 Fall Hours Spring Hours

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 3603Electricity and Magnetism 24
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 4111Multimessenger Astrophysics4
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 4115Quantum Mechanics4

or PHYS 5116 Network Science 1

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 4305(in EVEN years4

elective in ODD years)

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 4606Mathematical and Computational Methods for Physics
Subject
PHYS
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 4621Biological Physics1
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 4623Medical Physics
Subject
PHYS
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 4651Medical Physics Seminar1
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 4652Medical Physics Seminar2
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
2
Credits (max)
2
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 4996Experiential Education Directed Study4
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 5113Particle Physics
Subject
PHYS
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 5116Network Science1

Data and Computational Methods Code Title Hours Complete one of the following: 4

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 5117Advanced Astrophysics Topics4

or PHYS 5118 General Relativity and Cosmology

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 5118General Relativity and Cosmology
Subject
PHYS
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 5125Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Subject
PHYS
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 5260Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Students may petition for additional science and/or engineering courses to be counted towards the electives if the course content falls within the concentration focus. Students may also petition for independent research to be counted towards the non-CHME engineering elective.

Subject
PHYS
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 5318(ND, AD, WI, CE)4

0 17 Total Hours: 135 FOUR YEARS, ONE CO-OP IN SPRING/SUMMER 1 Year 1 Fall Hours Spring Hours Summer 1 CHEM 1151 4 CHME 2308 4 MATH 2321 (FQ) and CHEM 1153 (ND) ENGW 1111 (WF) 4 GE 1502 (ER) 4 PHYS 1155 and PHYS 1156 and PHYS 1157 (ND) GE 1000 1 MATH 1342 (FQ) 4 GE 1501 4 PHYS 1151 5 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153 (ND)

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 5352Quantum Computation and Information

Students may petition for additional science and/or engineering courses to be counted towards the electives if the course content falls within the concentration focus. Students may also petition for independent research to be counted towards the non-CHME engineering elective.

Subject
PHYS
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7210Introduction to Research in Physics (Take this repeatable course twice)
Subject
PHYS
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7301Classical Mechanics/Math Methods4
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7302Electromagnetic Theory4

University Graduate Catalog 483

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7305Statistical Physics4
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7315Quantum Theory1
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7316Quantum Theory2
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
2
Credits (max)
2
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7321(can be taken year 1 or year4

2) Year 2 Fall Hours Elective or thesis 4

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7322Nonequilibrium Physics
Subject
PHYS
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7323Elementary Particle Physics4
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7324Condensed Matter Physics4
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7325Quantum Field Theory1
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7332Network Science Data 24
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7335Dynamical Processes in Complex Networks4
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7731Biological Physics1

MICROSYSTEMS, MATERIALS, AND DEVICES Code Title Hours

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7733Topics: Elementary Particle Physics and Cosmology4
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7734Topics: Condensed Matter Physics4
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7741Biological Physics2
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
2
Credits (max)
2
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 7990Thesis (A minimum ofis required and up to 8 semester hours1

may be used toward the thesis option.) Complete a minimum of 8 semester hours of specialization coursework in consultation with your faculty advisor. Program Credit/GPA Requirements 32 total semester hours required Minimum 3.000 GPA required Note that the specialization will not appear on the degree diploma or on the official transcript but can be listed as the field of study on CVs and grant proposals.

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Credit unit
semester hour
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 9984Advanced Research1-8
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
8
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 9990Dissertation Term1
Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 9991Dissertation Term2

Complete the following (repeatable) course until graduation:

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
2
Credits (max)
2
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu
PHYS 9996Dissertation Continuation1

Program Credit/GPA Requirements 42 total semester hours required Minimum 3.000 GPA required Methods for Teaching in the Introductory Physics Laboratory 1 (PHYS 7220) and Methods for Teaching Introductory Physics Laboratory 2 (PHYS 7230) are required for students awarded a Teaching Assistantship. Note that the specialization will not appear on the degree diploma or on the official transcript but can be listed as the field of study on CVs and grant proposals. By approval of the graduate committee, biological physics students may substitute graduate courses in biology, physics, or chemistry from the following list instead of Biological Physics 2 (PHYS 7741): Biochemistry (BIOL 6300), Molecular Cell Biology (BIOL 6301), (CHEM 5613), Molecular Modeling (CHEM 5638), . Additional appropriate courses may also be substituted by approval of the physics graduate committee. Elementary Particle Physics (PHYS 7323) is required for a specialization in particle physics. The advanced elective may be Topics: Elementary Particle Physics and Cosmology (PHYS 7733).

Subject
PHYS
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
1
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
catalog.northeastern.edu

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