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INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM MECHANICS

PHYSICS 531
Course Description

Historical background and experimental basis of quantum mechanics; de Broglie waves, correspondence principle, uncertainty principle, Schrodinger equation, hydrogen atom, electron spin, Pauli principle; applications of wave mechanics.

Prerequisites

(PHYSICS 205 , PHYSICS 241 , 244, PHYSICS 249 , or ECE/PHYSICS 235 ) and PHYSICS 311 and PHYSICS 322 , or graduate/professional standing

Satisfies
Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.12

0.75% from Historical

Completion Rate
97.56%

3.6% from Historical

A Rate
12.2%

-61.57% from Historical

Class Size
41

61.75% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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