Courses Taught


  • PH105, General Physics with Calculus I. Taught in a studio format where lecture and laboratory are combined
  • PH106, General Physics with Calculus II. The second semester of physics in the engineering curriculum
  • PH126, Honors General Physics with Calculus II. The second semester of physics in the engineering curriculum for honors students
  • BUI301, The Science of Survival. Topical scientific problems facing our world; including energy demand, global warming, preservation of species and overpopulation
  • PH334, Analog Electronics. The basics of analog electronics for scientific measurements
  • PH434/534, Digital Electronics and Computer Interfacing. Trains users of the LabVIEW computer language to develop programs for the collection and analysis of scientific data
  • PH491/591, Advanced Experimental Physics. Spectroscopy, diffraction and microscopy
  • PH531, Electromagnetic Theory. Graduate level course in electrodynamics
  • PH532, Electromagnetic Theory. Continuation of PH531
  • PH411/511, Biophysics. Introduction to biophysics
  • PH482/582, Optics. Advanced course in the basic principles of optics.

For more information see catalog.ua.edu/graduate/arts-sciences/physics-astronomy/