PHYSICS 230D · PHYS 230DQuantum Field Theory
Physics · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Topics in modern quantum field theory, including solitons, instantons, and other topological defects, large N methods, finite temperature field theory, lattice field theory, effective field theory methods and chiral Lagrangians, conformal field theory, and topological aspects of anomalies.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 221A, 221B, 221C.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
PHYSICS 230D
- PHYSICS 221AQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 221BQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 221CQuantum Mechanics
3 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 6 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.