Physics Minor
General Recommendations:
This minor can cater to diverse sets of interests ranging from quantum mechanics to solid-state physics to astrophysics to relativity. You need to do 5 courses of 6 credits each (30+ credits). There are three compulsory minor courses and you can select the other two courses from the basket of courses that the Department of Physics offers (Handbook).
3rd Semester:
- PH251: Classical Mechanics (or equivalent PH217 (EP core course))
- PH403: Equivalent of PH252
4th Semester:
- PH252: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (or equivalent PH225 (EP core course))
- PH216(EP core course)/PH410/PH438: Equivalent of PH253
5th Semester:
- PH253: Thermal and Statistical Physics
- PH436: Equivalent of PH352
6th Semester:
PH352: Introduction to Condensed Matter Physics (recommended minor course)
7th Semester:
PH353: Light Matter Interaction (recommended minor course)
Note:
- If you are comfortable with QM-I, you can skip that course, and take QM-II directly as an equivalent to PH252, so that you can complete PH540 Elementary Particle Physics as the 5th course of minor.
- Any quantum mechanics related course can be considered equivalent to PH252. Any statistical physics course can be considered as an equivalent to PH253.
Suggestions:
| Interest | Even Summer Electives | Odd Summer Electives |
| High Energy Physics | PH422: Quantum Mechanics II | PH309: Quantum Mechanics II |
| PH540: Elementary Particle Physics (pre-req: PH422, PH523) | PH523: Quantum Mechanics III | |
| PH564: Methods in Experimental Nuclear and Particle Physics | PH505: Introduction to Nuclear & Particle Physics | |
| PH572: Special Topics in Elementary Particle Physics | PH815: Standard Model of Particle Physics | |
| Relativity | PH544: General Theory of Relativity | PH821: Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy |
| Astrophysics | PH556: Astrophysics | PH819: Advanced Astrophysics |
| Computing | PH601: Advanced Quantum Information and Computation | PH534: Quantum Information and Computing |
| Light and Optics | PH314: Molecular spectroscopy and optical physics | PH561: Ultrafast Sciences |
| PH546: Quantum Optics | PH312: Electromagnetic Theory | |
| PH424/PH444: Electromagnetic Theory I/td> | ||
| PH510: Electromagnetic Theory II | ||
| Solid-State Physics | PH574: Physics of Semiconductor Devices | PH569: Applied Solid State Physics |
| PH576: Nanoscale Quantum Transport | PH575: Nanoscience: Fundamentals to Fabrication | |
| PH578: Nanodevices and Applications | ||
| Miscellaneous | PH500: Thin film Physics and Technology | PH543: Advanced Statistical Mechanics |
| PH550: Soft Matter Physics | PH549: Physics of Biological Systems | |
| PH554: Computational Many Body Physics | PH563: Group Theory Methods in Physics | |
| PH562: Continuum Mechanics | PH567: Nonlinear Dynamics | |
| PH580: Magnetism and Superconductivity |