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Cross-disciplinary course is a prerequisite for each IGERT Fellow and participating department. In general, at least one course from each Core Area is the minimum for the IGERT Fellows to be familiar with, and can be used to satisfy the PhD degree course requirements. To ensure a diversity of coursework, at least 12 credit points (typically 3 to 4 classes) must be taken outside of the student’s home department or in the cross-cutting course category (part 4 below).

1. Core Area I: Functional Materials: synthesis, nanofabrication, and theory
   APMA E6301        Analytic methods for PDEs
   APPH E4090        Nanotechnology
   APPH E4100        Quantum physics of matter
   APPH E6081        Solid state physics I
   CHEM G4221       Quantum chemistry I
   ELEN E4944        Principles of device microfabrication
   ELEN E6945        Device nanofabrication
   MECE E4212       Microelectromechanical systems
   MECE E6710       Nanofabrication laboratory
   PHYS G6082       Condensed matter physics
2. Core Area II: Optical Processes, Physics, and Networks
   APPH 4110          Modern optics
   APPH 4112          Laser physics                                                          
   APPH E6110        Laser interactions with matter
   ELEN E4411        Fundamentals of photonics
   ELEN E4488        Optical Systems
   ELEN E4501        Electromagnetic devices and energy conversion
   ELEN E6412        Lightwave devices
   ELEN E6430        Applied quantum optics
   PHYS G6092       Electromagnetic theory
   PHYS G6060       Atomic physics
3. Core Area III: Renewable Energy and Sustainability
   APPH E4130       Physics of solar energy
   COED K4734       Earth institute practicum
   EAEE E4190       Photovoltaic systems engineering
   EAEE W4200      Alternative energy resources
   MECE E4210      Energy infrastructure planning
   MECE E4211      Energy sources and conversion
   MECE E4312      Solar thermal engineering
4. New multidisciplinary courses:
   To be prepared in the first year of this program.