Topical Areas for Written Qualifying Examination WQE

WQE Topics

Topical Exam Area: Concepts in Electromagnetism

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHYS 321	Electricity and Magnetism I	4

Topical Exam Area: Solid State Physics

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHYS 431	Solid State Physics	3

Topical Exam Area: Concepts in Quantum Mechanics

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHYS 331	Quantum Physics I	4

Topical Exam Area: Statistical Physics

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHYS 340	Thermal & Statistical Physics	4

Topical Exam Area: Manifolds

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
MATH 395	Special Topics in Mathematics	4

Topical Exam Area: Concepts in Nano Physics

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHYS 350	Introduction to Nanophysics	3

Topical Exam Area: Intermediate Mechanics

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHYS 311	Intermediate Mechanics	3

Topical Exam Area: Optics

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHYS 231	Optics	4

Topical Exam Area: Nuclear and Particle Physics

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHYS 450	Nuclear and Particle Physics	3

Topical Exam Area: Observational and Stellar Astrophysics

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHYS 403	Observational Stellar and Galactic Astrophysics	3

Topical Exam Area: Astrophysics and Astroparticle Physics

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHYS 404	High-Energy Astrophysics	3

Topical Exam Area: Concepts in Atomic Physics

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
PHYS 420	Atomic and Molecular Physics	3