PHYSICS 230D

Quantum Field Theory

Physics · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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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.

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Requisites

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Requisites: courses 221A, 221B, 221C.

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PHYSICS 230D

PHYSICS 221AQuantum Mechanics
PHYSICS 221BQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 221AQuantum Mechanicsanother path to it
PHYSICS 221CQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 221AQuantum Mechanicsanother path to it

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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

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