QNT SCI 403Theory of Quantum Devices
Quantum Science and Technology · 4 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)
Study of advanced theories, with some elements of quantum transport and advanced many-body physics. Introduction and comparison of different types of physical building blocks available for quantum computing. Addresses practical issues, such as scalability and comparison between different physical platforms and associated devices.
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: course 402, Physics 245.
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QNT SCI 403
- QNT SCI 402Quantum Information
- PHYSICS 245Quantum Computation
- PHYSICS 115AQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 105AAnalytic Mechanics
- PHYSICS 115BQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 105BAnalytic Mechanics
- PHYSICS 115CQuantum Mechanics
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields2 more beneath
- PHYSICS 1BHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields (Honors)2 more beneath
- PHYSICS 1CPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity1 more beneath
2 direct requisites. Showing 21 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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