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PHY 342 — COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS (CUR-432)

Summary 🔴 ✓

  • Resource type: course
  • Owner Unit: Physics and Astrophysics
  • College/School: College of Science and Health
  • Curriculum section: Physics and Astrophysics
  • Catalog: PHY 342
  • Last Verified: 2026-07-01

Course access

  • Level: red (Major Required)
  • Rationale: 300- and 400-level physics courses require enrollment in the Physics and Astrophysics major.
  • Prerequisites:
  • PHY 301 is a prerequisite

Verification

Catalog description

Computational solution and simulation of physical systems; applications chosen from nonlinear dynamics, optics, central-force motion, fluids, condensed matter. PHY 301 is a prerequisite for this course.

Hardware relevance

Catalog course linked to map themes/programs: optics_laser.

Notes

Catalog course key: PHY 342.

Provenance (promotion record)

  • Promotion date: 2026-07-01
  • Promotion batch: catalog-course-promotion-2026-06-30
  • Provenance kernel:
  • depaul/XTR-000371 ← depaul/SRC-001104 (catalog_description)
  • Extraction status: linked
  • Evidence packets:
  • 2026-06-30-thematic-fab-optics-quantum-id-evidence
  • 2026-06-30-engineering-catalog-evidence
  • Discovery themes: optics_laser
  • Schedule (capture): 2026-2027 Autumn — Jesus Pando
  • Evidence captures:
  • Catalog: sources/inbox/2026-06-30-thematic-fab-optics-quantum-id-evidence/source_snapshot/captured/catalog-search-PHY-342.html
  • Schedule: sources/inbox/2026-06-30-thematic-fab-optics-quantum-id-evidence/source_snapshot/captured/schedule-PHY-342.json
  • Catalog: sources/inbox/2026-06-30-engineering-catalog-evidence/source_snapshot/captured/catalog-search-PHY-342.html
  • Schedule: sources/inbox/2026-06-30-engineering-catalog-evidence/source_snapshot/captured/schedule-PHY-342.json
  • Notes: Promoted from catalog discovery evidence packets; XTR/SRC linkage to be completed in forthcoming provenance refactor.