Physics at University of Illinois Chicago

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate PHYS work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 54 PHYS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 22 more PHYS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on PHYS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in PHYS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 11 courses deep, ending at PHYS 533

  1. MATH 121Precalculus Mathematics
  2. MATH 180Calculus I.
  3. MATH 181Calculus II.
  4. MATH 210Calculus III.
  5. PHYS 215Computational and Mathematical Methods for the Physical Sciences
  6. PHYS 411Quantum Mechanics I.
  7. PHYS 412Quantum Mechanics II.
  8. PHYS 511Quantum Mechanics I.
  9. PHYS 512Quantum Mechanics II.
  10. PHYS 532Solid State Physics II.
  11. PHYS 533Solid State Physics III.

• 8 courses deep, ending at PHYS 572

  1. MATH 121Precalculus Mathematics
  2. MATH 180Calculus I.
  3. MATH 181Calculus II.

• 8 courses deep, ending at PHYS 581

  1. MATH 121Precalculus Mathematics
  2. MATH 180Calculus I.
  3. MATH 181Calculus II.

• 7 courses deep, ending at PHYS 402

  1. MATH 121Precalculus Mathematics
  2. MATH 180Calculus I.
  3. MATH 181Calculus II.

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PHYS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PHYS yet.

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Department events

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