PHYSICS 237A · PHYS 237AString Theory
Physics · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Historical introduction to string theory, including classical bosonic string and its symmetries, light cone quantization, covariant quantization, conformal field theory, Polyakov path integral, tree level amplitudes, and loop amplitudes.
S/U grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 221A, 221B, 221C, 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 237A
- PHYSICS 221AQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 221BQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 221CQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 230AQuantum Field Theory
4 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 8 courses over 2 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 237A
- PHYSICS 237BString Theory
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.