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The Department offers a wide variety of physics courses for undergraduate physics majors, engineers, students of the sciences and the general university population. 

Physics Undergraduate Course Information
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Schedule of Physics Classes: Fall 2026
Schedule of Physics Classes: Spring 2026

UMD maintains a central repository of syllabi to help students select courses. An instructor can add a syllabus via ELMS: https://tltc.umd.edu/instructors/resources/syllabi-repository

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Physics 102: Physics of Music
Physics 103: Physics of Music Laboratory
Physics 104: How Things Work
Physics 105: A Global Challenge: Energy and Climate Change
Physics 106: Light, Perception, Photography & Visual Phenomena
Physics 107: Light, Perception, Photography & Visual Phenomena Laboratory
Physics 115: Inquiry into Physics
Physics 121: Fundamentals of Physics I
Physics 122: Fundamentals of Physics II
Physics 131: Fundamentals of Physics for Biologists
Physics 132: Fundamentals of Physics for Biologists II
Physics 141: Principles of Physics I
Physics 142: Principles of Physics II
Physics 161: General Physics: Mechanics and Particle Dynamics
Physics 170 Professional Physics Seminar
Physics 171: Introductory Physics Mechanics
Physics 172: Succeeding in Physics: Applications, Resources and Concepts
Physics 174: Physics Laboratory Introduction
Physics 235: The Manhattan Project
Physics 260: General Physics: Electricity, Magnetism and Thermodynamics

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