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PHYS 349 - Advanced Computational Physics

Algorithms for solving differential equations; Monte Carlo techniques; Fourier transforms; programming and computational techniques using Python, applied to physical problems such as astrophysics, electricity and magnetism, classical and quantum mechanics; introduction to machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Prerequisites

PHYS234, PHYS242; AMATH271 or PHYS263; One of PHYS267, PHYS236 or PHYS249 (taken prior to fall 2025).

Corequisites

None

Antirequisites

PHYS239

Offerings

Winter 2026 [1261]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001717855 / 12013:00 - 14:20 T,Th

Winter 2025 [1251]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001731558 / 12018:30 - 19:50 T,Th

Winter 2024 [1241]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001739373 / 12016:00 - 17:20 T,Th

Winter 2023 [1231]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001754832 / 12013:00 - 14:20 T,ThMC 4059Mike Hudson

Winter 2022 [1221]

SectionClassEnrolledTimeDaysLocationInstructor
LEC 001827828 / 12014:30 - 15:50 T,ThMC 4059Mike Hudson

UW Flow Ratings

Liked: 25.00%

25.00%

Easy: 75.00%

75.00%

Useful: 58.33 %

58.33%

PHYS 349 leads to

PHYS 449 - Machine Learning in Physics