PHYSICS 230B · PHYS 230BQuantum Field Theory
Physics · 6 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Perturbative methods for quantization of interacting quantum field theories. Topics include functional methods in scalar field theory, perturbation theory for scalar field theory, Feynman rules, UV regularization and renormalization, perturbation theory for quantum electro-dynamics (QED), Ward identities, renormalization of QED, and anomalies in QED.
S/U or 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
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 230A.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
confidence 1.00 · from textRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
PHYSICS 230B
- PHYSICS 230AQuantum Field Theory
- PHYSICS 221CQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 221AQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 221BQuantum Mechanics
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 4 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
PHYSICS 230B
- PHYSICS 226AElementary Particle Physics
- PHYSICS 226BElementary Particle Physics
- PHYSICS 226CElementary Particle Physics
- PHYSICS 226DBeyond the Standard Model
- PHYSICS 230CQuantum Field Theory
- PHYSICS 291Research Tutorial: Elementary Particle Theory
6 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 11 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.