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Cheers<br>
Iris<br>
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<td>[Wda_phystheory] Upcoming specialised courses at UVic,
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<td>Tue, 8 Jul 2025 22:16:48 +0000</td>
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<td>Thomas E. Baker <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bakerte@uvic.ca"><bakerte@uvic.ca></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wda_phystheory@lists.uvic.ca">wda_phystheory@lists.uvic.ca</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:wda_phystheory@lists.uvic.ca"><wda_phystheory@lists.uvic.ca></a></td>
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Hi everyone,
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<div>This is a list of specialised courses at SFU, UBC, and UVic
in the upcoming academic year. Please circulate to any of your
students who want to take them. The deadline to fill out the
Western Dean’s Agreement is coming up soon!</div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b><u>SFU</u></b></span></div>
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2025:</b></span></div>
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813 Advanced Mechanics (Herbut)</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">PHYS
855 Modern Optics (Higginbottom): will consider hybrid for
remote participants</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">PHYS
881 Nonlinear Physics (Bechhoefer): will consider hybrid for
remote participants</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">PHYS
891 Cosmology (Pogosian): will consider hybrid for remote
participants </span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Spring
2026:</b></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">PHYS
812 Intro to Quantum Field Theory (DeBenedictis): in-person
only</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">PHYS
816 Intro to Quantum Information (Higginbottom): will
consider hybrid for remote participants</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">PHYS
861 Intro to Solid State (Sonier)</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">PHYS
871 Particle Physics (Stelzer): will consider hybrid for
remote participants</span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b><u>UVic</u></b></span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Fall
2025:</b></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">P507A
Solid State Physics I (R. de Sousa)</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">P515
Data Analysis Techniques (D. Karlen, F. Herwig)</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">P550
Topics in Condensed Matter Physics (R. de Sousa)</span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Spring
2026:</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">A507
Stellar Archaeology (K. Venn)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">A511
Advanced Topics: Astronomy (S. Ellison)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">P522
Topics in Accelerator Physics (T. Junginger)</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">P555
Physics & Astronomy Advanced Computing (H. Teimoorinia)</span></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Aptos; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b><u>UBC</u></b></span></div>
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2025:</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">PHYS
502 Condensed Matter Physics I (M. Franz): in person only</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">PHYS
506 Elementary particle Physics (O. Stelzer-Chilton): in
person only</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">PHYS
509C Theory of Measurements (C. Gay): In person only</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">PHYS
526 Quantum Field Theory I (Semenoff) — MWF 11AM, begins
Sept 3 (willing to livestream)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: blue;"><u><a data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="http://www.phas.ubc/" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAce3ba85e-5493-4d57-8d40-0a552bea10d6" target="_blank" href="http://www.phas.ubc/" originalsrc="http://www.phas.ubc/" style="margin: 0px;" moz-do-not-send="true">www.phas.ubc</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">.ca/~seme/526 </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">
</span></div>
<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Spring
2026:</b></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">PHYS
501 Quantum Mechanics II (P. Stamp): in person only</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">PHYS
503 Condensed Matter Physics II (M. Franz): in person only</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 36pt; background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">·</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">PHYS
505 Nuclear Physics (Davids & Behr)—If interested,
please contact John Behr at <a data-linkindex="1" title="mailto:behr@triumf.ca" class="OWAAutoLink moz-txt-link-freetext" id="OWA28b86d22-729a-6afa-48d8-a11b31afa3aa" href="mailto:behr@triumf.ca" style="margin: 0px;" moz-do-not-send="true">behr@triumf.ca</a></span></div>
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508 Quantum Field Theory II (Semenoff) — MWF 2PM, begins Jan
5 (willing to livestream)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: blue;"><u><a data-linkindex="2" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="http://www.phas.ubc.ca/~seme/508" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAd79fa04e-d456-51ae-261d-cf36cf0ac24a" target="_blank" href="http://www.phas.ubc.ca/~seme/508" originalsrc="http://www.phas.ubc.ca/~seme/508" style="margin: 0px;" moz-do-not-send="true">www.phas.ubc.ca/~seme/508</a></u></span></div>
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521 Group Theory (Semenoff) — MWF 11AM, begins Jan 5
(willing to livestream) </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: blue;"><u><a data-linkindex="3" data-auth="NotApplicable" rel="noopener noreferrer" title="http://www.phas.ubc.ca/~seme/521" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAb061b2e6-712d-f10d-2a39-35c32c42be97" target="_blank" href="http://www.phas.ubc.ca/~seme/521" originalsrc="http://www.phas.ubc.ca/~seme/521" style="margin: 0px;" moz-do-not-send="true">www.phas.ubc.ca/~seme/521</a></u></span></div>
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528 Standard Model of Particles (Morrissey)</span></div>
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530B: Topics in General Relativity Theory (W. Unruh)</span></div>
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: Quantum Information and Computation (J. Salfi)</span></div>
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_________________________________<br>
Thomas E. Baker<br>
Canada Research Chair in Quantum Computing for Modelling of
Molecules and Materials (<a href="https://sites.google.com/view/bakerte" originalsrc="https://sites.google.com/view/bakerte" moz-do-not-send="true">website</a>)</div>
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Member of <a href="https://quantum-bc.ca/" originalsrc="https://quantum-bc.ca/" moz-do-not-send="true">Quantum BC</a><br>
Department of Physics & Astronomy<br>
Department of Chemistry<br>
University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada<br>
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