Courses

• GRS PY 745: Experimental Surface Physics and Chemistry
  Introduction to the principles and experimental techniques of surface and interface physics and chemistry. Electronic, structural, vibrational, and magnetic properties of solid surfaces and interfaces. Emphasis on how these properties are measured. Also vacuum technology and x-ray generation.
• GRS PY 747: Advanced Statistical Mechanics
  Introduction to classical and quantum chaos: Random Matrix Theory. Eigenstate thermalization hypothesis. Doubly-stochastic evolution. Fluctuation theorems and other thermodynamic relations. Integrable systems, Many-body localization. Dynamics of Hamiltonian systems close to the adiabatic limit. Counter-adiabatic driving. Non-adiabatic response and quantum geometry.
• GRS PY 751: High-Energy Physics 1
  Yearlong course (with GRS PY 752) on phenomenological aspects of modern high-energy physics. Principal topics are the standard model of strong and electro-weak interactions and the physics of electro-weak symmetry breaking. Intended for both theoretical and experimental students; emphasis on current calculational techniques.
• GRS PY 752: High-Energy Physics 2
  Yearlong course (with GRS PY 751) on phenomenological aspects of modern high-energy physics. Principal topics are the standard model of strong and electro-weak interactions and the physics of electro-weak symmetry breaking. Intended for both theoretical and experimental students; emphasis on current calculational techniques.
• GRS PY 771: Systems Biology for Physical Scientists and Engineers
  Focus is modern work on modeling biochemical networks. Core material includes signaling, genetic switches, biological oscillators and development. Begins with chemical kinetics in the context of molecular biology. Simple yet informative models based on physics approaches are emphasized.
• GRS PY 782: Advanced Materials Characterization
  Introduction to the principles and applications of advanced materials characterization including study of atomic structure, electronic structure, defects, mechanical properties, transport properties, and carrier dynamics.
• GRS PY 811: Advanced Quantum Field Theory
  Covers advanced methods in quantum field theory. Topics vary with interests of the instructor and students as well as the state of current research.
• GRS PY 841: Symmetry in Condensed Matter Physics
  Theories of finite groups and their irreducible representations (Irreps), symmetry projection operators. Product groups and product representations. Crystalline symmetry, symmorphic and non-symmorphic space groups and induction of their Irreps. Spin-1/2 double groups, magnetic color groups. Time-reversal symmetry and co-representations.
• GRS PY 895: Seminar: Special Topics in Theoretical Physics
  Theoretical research topics include general relativity, quantum field theory, high energy and particle physics, phase transitions, renormalization group, laser physics, kinetic equations, biophysics, computational physics, and selected topics in mathematical physics.
• GRS PY 896: Seminar: Special Topics in Theoretical Physics
  Theoretical research topics include general relativity, quantum field theory, high energy and particle physics, phase transitions, renormalization group, laser physics, kinetic equations, biophysics, computational physics, and selected topics in mathematical physics.
• GRS PY 897: Seminar: Special Topics in Experimental Physics
  Surface physics; intermediate energy nuclear physics experiments; low temperature techniques; liquid and solid helium; and magnetism at low temperatures. Raman effect, gels, and biophysics. High-energy physics experimental techniques.
• GRS PY 901: Research in Physics
  
• GRS PY 902: Research in Physics
  
• GRS PY 909: Directed Study in Physics
  
• GRS PY 910: Directed Study in Physics
  
• GRS PY 961: Scholarly Methods in Physics 1
  Introduction to scholarly methods in physics teaching and research: effective STEM instructional techniques; successful oral and written presentations; reading and reporting scientific literature; ethical obligations in physics teaching and research; career paths in physics. Required of first-semester doctoral students.
• GRS PY 962: Scholarly Methods in Physics 2
  Continuation of GRS PY 961. Scholarly methods in physics teaching and research: reading and reporting scientific literature; ethical obligations in teaching and research; priority and other publication issues; career issues in physics. Required of second-semester doctoral students.
• GRS RN 601: Varieties of Early Christianity
  Surveys the many different and often competing forms of Christianity that arose and flourished in the second to the seventh Century, from the "apostolic period" to the Arab conquest in the Middle East.
• GRS RN 602: Early Christian Women
  An examination of the lives, concerns, and roles of women during the first four Christian centuries. Engages texts that present women as disciples, missionaries, ascetics, and church leaders, with attention to ancient gender constructions.
• GRS RN 607: Medieval Christian Spirituality
  Explores Christian beliefs and practices in medieval Europe within and outside formal church structures. Topics include accommodation of pagan culture, constructing identity, clerical and lay piety, heterodox practice and institutional response, and encounter with non-Christian traditions.

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