Applied & Engineering Physics (AEP)Engineering

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Course descriptions provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

AEP 1100

Lasers have had an enormous impact on communications, medicine, remote sensing, and material processing. This course reviews the properties of light that are essential to understanding the underlying principles ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: ENGRI 1100

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  4944 AEP 1100   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Moses, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4945 AEP 1100   LAB 401

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Moses, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4946 AEP 1100   LAB 402

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Moses, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4947 AEP 1100   LAB 403

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Moses, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4948 AEP 1100   LAB 404

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Moses, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 1200

Lecture/laboratory course designed to introduce first-year students to some of the ideas and concepts of nanoscience and nanotechnology with stronger emphasis on nanobiotechnology in the spring semester. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: ENGRI 1200

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 11681 AEP 1200   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Fatemi, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11682 AEP 1200   LAB 401

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Fatemi, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11683 AEP 1200   LAB 402

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Fatemi, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11684 AEP 1200   LAB 403

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Fatemi, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 11685 AEP 1200   LAB 404

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Fatemi, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 2170

Second in a three semester introductory physics sequence. Explores quantitative modeling of the physical world through a study of electricity and magnetism. More mathematical and abstract than a typical ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHYS 2217

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10779 AEP 2170   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Pollack, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10780 AEP 2170   DIS 201

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Pollack, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10781 AEP 2170   DIS 202

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Pollack, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 3330

Newtonian mechanics, especially with dissipative forces; objects rotating around a constant direction and possibly translating, using both torque and energy; coupled and damped-driven linear oscillations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 5330

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4901 AEP 3330   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Wickham, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4902 AEP 3330   DIS 201

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Wickham, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 3560

Second course in theory of electromagnetism: Magnetic materials, Faraday's law, Maxwell equations, electromagnetic waves, reflection and transmission, guided waves, and radiation. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 5560

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4903 AEP 3560   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shvets, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4904 AEP 3560   DIS 201

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shvets, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 3610

Introductory course in quantum mechanics. Topics include Schrodinger's equation and the statistical interpretation of the wavefunction, potentials in 1 to 3 dimensions, Dirac notation and Hilbert space, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 5610

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4905 AEP 3610   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Katz, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4906 AEP 3610   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Katz, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 4200

Covers Fourier and Laplace transforms, ordinary and partial differential equations, separation of variables, Method of Frobenius, Laplace transform techniques. Green's functions, wave and diffusion equations, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 5200

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4957 AEP 4200   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Disa, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4958 AEP 4200   DIS 201

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Disa, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 4230

Quantum statistical basis for equilibrium thermodynamics, microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles, and partition functions. Classical and quantum ideal gases, paramagnetic and multiple-state ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 5230PHYS 4230

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4907 AEP 4230   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rivera, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4908 AEP 4230   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rivera, N

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rivera, N

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rivera, N

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rivera, N

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rivera, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 4380

Introduction to Numerical computation (e.g., derivatives, integrals, differential equations, matrices, boundary-value problems, FFT's, Monte Carlo methods) as applied to engineering physics problems that ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AEP 5380

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4911 AEP 4380   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kirkland, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 4500

Introduction to the physics of crystalline solids. Covers crystal structures; diffraction; electronic states and density functional theory; lattice vibrations; and metals, insulators, and semiconductors. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 5502PHYS 4454

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10708 AEP 4500   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Muller, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    For Physics course enrollment help, please see: https://physics.cornell.edu/enrollment-guide.

  • 10709 AEP 4500   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Muller, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 4900

Laboratory or theoretical work in any branch of engineering physics under the direction of a member of the faculty. The study can take a number of forms; for example, design of laboratory apparatus, performance ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4912 AEP 4900   RSC 701

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Xu, C

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4913 AEP 4900   RSC 702

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Muller, D

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4914 AEP 4900   RSC 705

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Moses, J

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4915 AEP 4900   RSC 706

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kusse, B

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4916 AEP 4900   RSC 707

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Fuchs, G

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4917 AEP 4900   RSC 708

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Wise, F

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4918 AEP 4900   RSC 709

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Brock, J

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4919 AEP 4900   RSC 710

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Pollack, L

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4920 AEP 4900   RSC 711

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shvets, G

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4921 AEP 4900   RSC 714

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Fennie, C

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4922 AEP 4900   RSC 715

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shan, J

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4923 AEP 4900   RSC 716

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • McMahon, P

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4924 AEP 4900   RSC 717

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Fatemi, V

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4925 AEP 4900   RSC 718

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Disa, A

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4926 AEP 4900   RSC 719

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Yasuda, K

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4927 AEP 4900   RSC 720

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Katz, O

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-6 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4928 AEP 4900   RSC 721

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rivera, N

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

AEP 4910

Laboratory or theoretical work in any branch of engineering physics under the direction of a member of the faculty. The study can take a number of forms; for example, design of laboratory apparatus, performance ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 2-6 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4931 AEP 4910   RSC 703

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Fennie, C

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 2-6 Credits Multi-Term

  •  4941 AEP 4910   RSC 715

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

    Students from all Colleges must submit a Cornell Engineering Research for Credit Form (https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/cornell-engineering-research-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

AEP 5200

Covers Fourier and Laplace transforms, ordinary and partial differential equations, separation of variables, Method of Frobenius, Laplace transform techniques. Green's functions, wave and diffusion equations, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 4200

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4965 AEP 5200   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Disa, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4966 AEP 5200   DIS 201

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Disa, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 5230

Quantum statistical basis for equilibrium thermodynamics, microcanonical, canonical and grand canonical ensembles, and partition functions. Classical and quantum ideal gases, paramagnetic and multiple-state ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 4230PHYS 4230

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4967 AEP 5230   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rivera, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4968 AEP 5230   DIS 201

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rivera, N

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rivera, N

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rivera, N

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rivera, N

    • F
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Rivera, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 5330

Newtonian mechanics, especially with dissipative forces; objects rotating around a constant direction and possibly translating, using both torque and energy; coupled and damped-driven linear oscillations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 3330

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4959 AEP 5330   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Wickham, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4960 AEP 5330   DIS 201

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Wickham, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 5380

Introduction to Numerical computation (e.g., derivatives, integrals, differential equations, matrices, boundary-value problems, FFT's, Monte Carlo methods) as applied to engineering physics problems that ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AEP 4380

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4969 AEP 5380   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Kirkland, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 5502

Introduction to the physics of crystalline solids. Covers crystal structures; diffraction; electronic states and density functional theory; lattice vibrations; and metals, insulators, and semiconductors. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 4500PHYS 4454

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 10833 AEP 5502   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Muller, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 10834 AEP 5502   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Muller, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 5560

Second course in theory of electromagnetism: Magnetic materials, Faraday's law, Maxwell equations, electromagnetic waves, reflection and transmission, guided waves, and radiation. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 3560

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4961 AEP 5560   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shvets, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4962 AEP 5560   DIS 201

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Shvets, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 5610

Introductory course in quantum mechanics. Topics include Schrodinger's equation and the statistical interpretation of the wavefunction, potentials in 1 to 3 dimensions, Dirac notation and Hilbert space, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 3610

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4963 AEP 5610   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Katz, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  4964 AEP 5610   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Katz, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 6060

Topics include plasma state; motion of charged particles in fields; drift-orbit theory; coulomb scattering, collisions; ambipolar diffusion; elementary transport theory; two-fluid and hydromagnetic equations; ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: EAS 5810ECE 5810

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 15585 AEP 6060   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hysell, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AEP 7510

Independent study under the direction of a member of the university faculty. Students participate in an independent research project through work on a special problem related to their field of interest. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 3-12 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4954 AEP 7510   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Brock, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AEP 7530

Special topics in applied science, with focus on areas of applied physics and engineering that are of current interest. Subjects chosen are presented in a seminar format by the students. A major goal of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Graded

  •  4955 AEP 7530   SEM 101

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Brock, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person