PHYSICS 221A · PHYS 221AQuantum Mechanics
Physics · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Fundamentals of quantum mechanics, Hilbert spaces, correspondence principle, quantum dynamics, and rotations and angular momentum. Special topics such as Bell inequalities, and aspects of quantum information.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
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Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
PHYSICS 221A
- PHYSICS 213AAdvanced Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
- PHYSICS 213BAdvanced Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
- PHYSICS 221BQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 221CQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 230AQuantum Field Theory
- PHYSICS 241ASolid-State Physics
- PHYSICS 242AAdvanced Solid-State Theory
- PHYSICS 242BAdvanced Solid-State Theory
- PHYSICS 242CTopology of Condensed Matter
- PHYSICS 226AElementary Particle Physics
- PHYSICS 226DBeyond the Standard Model
- PHYSICS 291Research Tutorial: Elementary Particle Theory
- PHYSICS 226BElementary Particle Physics
- PHYSICS 226CElementary Particle Physics
- PHYSICS 226EParticle Astrophysics: Exploring Earliest and Extreme Universe
- PHYSICS 230DQuantum Field Theory
- PHYSICS 231BMethods of Mathematical Physics
- PHYSICS 237AString Theory
- PHYSICS 237BString Theory
11 courses list this as a requisite. Showing 32 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.