Fall Term 2025 (1930)
PHYS 458 - Special and General Relativity
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
Special Relativity: space-time; Lorentz transformations; definitions of scalars, vectors and tensors; motion of a relativistic particle; energymomentum tensor and equations of motion; transformation of electromagnetic fields. General Relativity: geometry of curved space-time; equivalence principle; gravity as curvature; Einstein equations; black hole and cosmological solutions; gravitational waves. Prerequisites: MA PH 251 or MATH 337 or ECE 341, PHYS 244. Corequisite: PHYS 481.
LECTURE A01 (53585)
2025-09-02 - 2025-12-08
MWF 15:00 - 15:50
Winter Term 2026 (1940)
EN PH 131 - Mechanics
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-1S-3/2)
Kinematics and dynamics of particles; gravitation; work and energy; linear momentum; angular momentum; systems of particles; introduction to dynamics of rigid bodies. Prerequisites: MATH 100 or 117, and ENGG 130. Corequisite: MATH 101 or 118. Restricted to Engineering students. Other students who take this course will receive 3 units.
LECTURE EB07 (80195)
2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
MWF 13:00 - 13:50
PHYS 590 - Particle Physics II
3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
Field theory and symmetries; gauge theories; spontaneous symmetry breaking; electroweak interactions of quarks and leptons; quantum chromodynamics; unified theories.
LECTURE B01 (87725)
2026-01-05 - 2026-04-10
TR 11:00 - 12:20