Current and past semester course listings are available below. Syllabi are available upon request by emailing dmoy@gc.cuny.edu.

Courses are also available on CUNY's website:

Dynamic Course Schedule

Spring 2023

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Electromagnetic Theory I [Class #56803] - PHYS 71500 [Open to all levels]
Graduate Center campus  Tu, Th, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.  Room 6496   4.000 Credits    Timothy Boyer

Quantum Mechanics II [Class #56848] - PHYS 72600 [Open to all levels]
Graduate Center campus   Tu, Th, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.   Room 6496   4.000 Credits    Peter Orland

Statistical Mechanics [Class #56851] - PHYS 74100 [Open to all levels]
Graduate Center campus   Tu, Th, 11:15 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.   Room 6496   4.000 Credits    Anatoly Kuklov

Astrophysics I [Class #56852] - PHYS 75700 [Open to all levels]
Graduate Center campus   F, 12:40 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.  Room 3207    4.000 Credits    Tim Paglione

Geometry and Symmetry in Physics [Class #56908] - PHYS 85200 [Open to 2nd year or higher]
Graduate Center campus   M, 11:45 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.  Room 6495     4.000 Credits    V. Parameswaran Nair

Special Topics in Quantum Field Theory [Class #56911] - PHYS 85200 [Open to all levels]
Graduate Center campus   W, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.  Room 6421    1.000 Credit    Vladimir Rosenhaus
HYBRID Format
1st class meeting: April 12, 2023

Photonics II – Quantum Optics [Class #56916] - PHYS 85200 [Open to 2nd year or higher]
Graduate Center Advanced Science Research Center (at uptown campus at the City College of New York)
W, 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  GC ASRC 5th floor Data Visualization room   3.000 Credits     Gabriele Grosso
[Open to all levels, students in Physics, Chemistry, Engineering and Material Science]

Frontiers in Photonics [Class #56917] - PHYS 85200 [Open to 2nd year or higher]
Graduate Center Advanced Science Research Center (at uptown campus at the City College of New York)
F, 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.  GC ASRC Room #2.322 & Auditorium #1.220   3.000 Credits     Andrea Alu
[Open to all levels, students in Physics, Chemistry, Engineering and Material Science]

Machine Learning for Physics and Astronomy [Class #56913] - PHYS 85200
[Open to level I & II]
Graduate Center campus   Tu, Th, 10:00 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.   Room 3207   4.000 Credits    Viviana Acquaviva
[Open to students in Physics doctoral and Master’s Astrophysics programs; No auditors allowed]

Research Rotation II [Class #56853] - PHYS 85600 [Open to 1st-year Physics students only] 
Graduate Center campus   [Rotation instructors and schedule to be determined]
3.000 Credits   Alexios Polychronakos
[1st-year Physics students are required to take this course; grading is Pass/Fail]

Independent Study - PHYS 89900 [Open to Physics students in 2nd year or higher only]
Graduate Center campus   1.000 – 4.000 Credits 
[Open to Physics students with less than 60.0 cumulative credits; limited to 1 Independent Study course per semester; requires permission of Executive Officer; schedule is determined between instructor and student]

Dissertation Supervision - PHYS 90000 [Open to Level 3 Physics students only]

Past Semesters

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Mathematical Methods in Physics [Class # 57929] – PHYS 70100 [Open to all levels]
Graduate Center Campus M, W 2:10 pm – 3:55 pm Room # C200(a) 4.000 Credits Sriram Ganeshan

Analytical Dynamics [Class # 57930] – PHYS 71100 [Open to all levels]
Graduate Center Campus M, W 11:15 am – 1:00 pm Room # C200(a) 4.000 Credits Sebastián Franco

Photonics [Class # 57931] – PHYS 71200 [Open to all levels]
Graduate Center Campus-ASRC(b) T, Th 9:00 am – 10:45 am 1.131 Seminar Room 4.000 Credits Matthew Sfeir

Electromagnetic Theory II [Class # 57935] – PHYS 71600 [Open to all levels]
Graduate Center Campus Tu, Th 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Room # 4102 (Science Ctr) 4.000 Credits Timothy Boyer

Quantum Mechanics I [Class # 57933] – PHYS 72500 [Open to all levels]
Graduate Center Campus M, W 9:00 am – 10:45 am Room # C200(a) 4.000 Credits Giovanni Ossola

Solid State Physics [Class # 57937] – PHYS 74500
[Open to all levels, non-physics major subject to instructor approval]
Graduate Center Campus Tu 11:00 am – 2:15 pm Room # 4102 (Science Ctr) 4.000 Credits So Takei

Astrophysics I [Class # 57939] – PHYS 75700 [Open to all levels]
Graduate Center Campus F 12:45 pm – 4:00 pm Room # 7314 4.000 Credits Tim Paglione Nano and Micro Photonics [Class # 57950] – PHYS 81700
[Open to all levels, requires permission of physics program]
Graduate Center Campus W 9:45 am – 12:45 pm Room # 4102 (Science Ctr) 4.000 Credits Matthew Sfeir
[Cross-listed with M.S. Nanoscience program]

Quantum Theory of Fields I [Class # 57941] – PHYS 82500 [Open to 2nd year or higher]
Graduate Center Campus Th 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Room # 4102 (Science Ctr) 4.000 Credits Daniel Kabat

Special Topics: Many-body Quantum Chaos [Class # 57943] – PHYS 85200 [Open to all levels]
Graduate Center Campus M 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Room # 4102 (Science Ctr) 4.000 Credits Vladimir Rosenhaus

Survey of Research Opportunities at CUNY [Class # 57947] – PHYS 85400
[Open to 1st-year physics students only]
Graduate Center Campus F 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Room # 9205-9206 3.000 Credits Azriel Genack
[1st-year students are required to take this course; Grading is Pass/Fail]

Research Rotation I [Class # 57949] – PHYS 85500 [Open to 1st-year physics students only]
Graduate Center Campus [rotation faculty and schedules to be announced] 1.000 Credit
Alexios Polychronakos
[1st-year students are required to take this course; Grading is Pass/Fail]

Independent Study – PHYS 89900 [Open to Level I and II Physics students only]
Graduate Center Campus 1.000 Credits
[Students are limited to 1 Independent Study course per semester, requires permission
of instructor, and open to students with less than 60 total credits]

Dissertation Supervision – PHYS 90000 [Open to Level III Physics students only]

(a) room #C200 (Proshansky Auditorium) is located at the concourse level.
(b) this course is taught at the uptown Graduate Center facility; Advanced Science Research Center, at the City College of New York campus