List of Courses (with information on prerequisites)
Please click the course number for detailed information.
The course schedule may change every year. Please check the timetable for the latest information.
| Course | Title | Prerequisite | Term | Credits | Date&Time | Location | Course Coordinator | Notes |
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| A101 | Adaptive Systems | B31, B32 | 3 | 2 | Tue/Thu 13:00-15:00 | L4E45 | Professor Kenji Doya | |
| A203 | Advanced Optics | 2 | 2 | Tue 9:30-11:30 & 16:00-18:00, Wed 9:30-11:30 & 13:00-17:00, Thu 9:00-10:00 | B712 & B507(Wed PM) | Professor Síle Nic Chormaic | Alternate years course: next in AY2024 There is a cap of 10 enrollments due to lab space restrictions. Required online training before commencing lab classes: |
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| A210 | Advanced Quantum Mechanics | Quantum Mechanics | 2 | 2 | Mon/Thu 10:00-12:00, Fri 9:00-10:00 | B712(Mon), B700(Thu/Fri) | Professor Thomas Busch | Alternate years course: next in AY2024 |
| A211 | Advances in Atomic Physics for Quantum Technologies | 2 | 2 | Tue 10:00-12:00 & 17:00-18:00, Wed 10:00-12:00 & 13:00-18:00 | B702 (Tue/Wed AM), B705a (Tue PM), B703 (Wed PM) | Professor Síle Nic Chormaic | Alternate years course: next in AY2023 and AY2025 There is a cap of 10 enrollments due to lab space restrictions. Required online training before commencing lab classes: |
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| B10 | Analytical Mechanics | 1 | 2 | Tues & Thurs 0900-1100 | B714a | Professor Mahesh Bandi | ||
| A208 | Bioorganic Chemistry | 2 | 2 | Tue 14:00-17:00, Thu 15:00-17:00 | B715 | Professor Fujie Tanaka | ||
| B21 | Biophysics of Cellular Membranes | 3 | 2 | Tue 13:00-15:00 & Wed 10:00-12:00 | B711 | Professor Akihiro Kusumi | ||
| B11 | Classical Electrodynamics | 2 | 2 | Wed 10:00-12:00 & 13:00-14:00 | B711 | Professor Tsumoru Shintake | ||
| A313 | Cognitive Neurorobotics | B46, calculus, and Python, C or C++ | 1 | 2 | Tues & Thurs 10:00-12:00 | B700 | Professor Jun Tani | |
| A106 | Computational Mechanics | Partial differential equations and Python or MATLAB | 3 | 2 | Mon/Wed 13:00-15:00 | B711 | Assistant Professor Marco Edoardo Rosti | |
| A310 | Computational Neuroscience | neuroscience background, coding required | 2 | 2 | Mon 15:00-17:00 & Thu 16:00-17:00 | B711 | Professor Erik De Schutter | |
| A218 | Condensed Matter Physics | Quantum Mechanics, Statistics | 2 | 2 | Tue/Thu 13:00-15:00 | B711 | Associate Professor Yejun Feng | |
| B34 | Coral Reef Ecology and Biology | 3 | 2 | Tue/Thu 10:00-12:00 | L4E01 | Professor Timothy Ravasi | ||
| A303 | Developmental Biology | 2 | 2 | Wed/Fri 10:00-12:00 | Unit lab (Wed) & B711 (Fri) | Professor Ichiro Masai | ||
| B49 | Dynamical Systems | classical mechanics | 2 | 2 | Tues & Thurs 0900-1100 | Professor Mahesh Bandi | Alternating years course, 2023 and 2025 |
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| A409 | Electron Microscopy | 3 | 2 | Mon 15:00-17:30 & Wed 14:00-17:00 | B712(Mon) & Lab/L5EF11(Wed) | Professor Matthias Wolf | ||
| A308 | Epigenetics | 3 | 2 | Mon 13:00-15:00 & Fri 10:00-12:00 | B506(Mon) & B711(Fri) | Professor Hidetoshi Saze | ||
| A304 | Evolutionary Developmental Biology | 3 | 2 | Wed 10:00-12:00 & 13:00-15:00 | B712 | Professor Noriyuki Satoh | ||
| B41 | Fundamentals of Ecology | 1 | 2 | Mon 0900-1000, Tues & Thurs 0900-1100 | B712 | Assistant Professor David Armitage | ||
| A219 | General Relativity | Maxwells equations, linear algebra | 1 | 2 | Wed & Fri 1000-1200 | L4E45 | Associate Professor Yasha Neiman | Alternate years course: next in AY2023 and AY2025 |
| B35 | Genetics and Modern Genetic Technologies | 1 | 2 | Tue & Thu 10:00-12:00 | B711 | Assistant Professor Tomomi Kiyomitsu | ||
| B38 | Human Subjects Research: A Primer | 1 | 2 | Tues & Thurs 15:00-17:00 | B715 | Professor Gail Tripp | ||
| B15 | Immunology | 3 | 2 | Tue 15:00-17:00 & Thu 15:00-17:00 | B715(Tue) & Lab(Thu) | Associate Professor Hiroki Ishikawa | ||
| IND | Independent Study: Directed Study | All | 1 | OIST Faculty or the Dean of the Graduate School | ||||
| A213 | Inorganic Electrochemistry | 1 | 2 | Mon 13:00-15:00, Thurs 13:00-17:00 | B712 (Mon), B506 (Thu) | Associate Professor Julia Khusnutdinova | Enrolment cap of 6 Required online training before taking class: Chemical Handling, Waste Management, use of PPE |
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| IWS | International Workshop Participation | All | 1 | OIST Faculty or the Dean of the Graduate School | ||||
| B48 | Introduction to Complexity Science | calculus, linear algebra, programming | 2 | 2 | Thur/Fri 1300-1500 | Professor Ulf Dieckmann | ||
| B37 | Introduction to Embodied Cognitive Science | 2 | 2 | Tue/Thu 10:00-12:00 | B712 | Assistant Professor Tom Froese | enrollment cap of 9 students |
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| B46 | Introduction to Machine Learning | Python, basic linear algebra, probability | 1 | 2 | Tues & Thurs 1000-1200 | L4E01 | Associate Professor Makoto Yamada | |
| B40 | Introduction to Polymer Science | 1 | 2 | Mon & Thurs 1000-1200 | L5EF11 | Professor Christine Luscombe | ||
| B36 | Introduction to Real Analysis | Single-variable calculus | 1 | 2 | Mon/Wed 15:00-17:00 | B712 | Assistant Professor Xiaodan Zhou | Alternate years course: next runs in AY2024 |
| B20 | Introductory Evolutionary Developmental Biology | 2 | 2 | Tue 13:00-15:00 & Fri 10:00-12:00 | B712/B506 | Associate Professor Hiroshi Watanabe | ||
| PD5 | Laboratory Experience | All | 1 | OIST Faculty or the Dean of the Graduate School | ||||
| LRO | Laboratory Rotations | All | OIST Faculty or the Dean of the Graduate School | |||||
| A107 | Lie Algebras | Competent at math proofs | 1 | 2 | Mon/Wed 13:00-15:00 | L4E26 | Assistant Professor Liron Speyer | Alternate years course: next in AY2024 |
| B29 | Linear Algebra | 1 | 2 | Mon, Wed, Thus 1300-1500 | L4E01 | Assistant Professor Liron Speyer | Alternate years course: AY2023 and AY2025 |
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| A321 | Macroevolution | B23 and UG biology | 2 | 2 | Mon, Wed 1300-1500 | L4E01 | Assistant Professor Lauren Sallan | |
| A102 | Mathematical Methods of Natural Sciences | Calculus eg: A104, B29 | 2 | 2 | Mon & Wed 1300-1500 | B700 | Professor Jonathan Miller | |
| A110 | Measure Theory and Integration | Yes | 1 | 2 | Mon, Wed 1300-1500 | L4E45 | Assistant Professor Xiaodan Zhou | Alternate years course: next in AY2023 and AY2025 |
| A319 | Microbial Evolution and Cell Biology | B27, B23 | 1 | 2 | Thu 13:00-17:00 & Fri 10:00-12:00 | Unit Lab (Thu) & L4E01 (Fri) | Assistant Professor Filip Husnik | |
| A212 | Microfluidics | B13 | 3 | 2 | Tue/Thu 16:00-17:30 | B711/B702 | Professor Amy Shen | Not offered in AY2023 |
| B27 | Molecular Biology of the Cell | 1 | 2 | Wed & Fri 13:00-15:00 | B711 | Assistant Professor Keiko Kono | ||
| B23 | Molecular Evolution | 3 | 2 | Wed/Thu 14:00-17:00 | B715 | Associate Professor Tom Bourguignon | From AY2024, this course runs in Term 1 |
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| A307 | Molecular Oncology and Cell Signalling | 2 | 2 | Wed 10:00-12:00 & 13:00-14:00 | B715 | Professor Tadashi Yamamoto | ||
| B24 | Neural Dynamics of Movement | 1 | 2 | Thu/Fri 13:00-15:00 | B700 | Assistant Professor Marylka Yoe Uusisaari | For AY2023, this course runs in Term 2. |
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| A314 | Neurobiology of Learning and Memory I | neuroscience background | 3 | 2 | Mon 15:00-16:00 & Wed 11:00-12:00 and 13:00-17:30 | B715 (Mon) & B506 (Wed) | Professor Jeff Wickens | |
| A318 | Neurobiology of Learning and Memory II | Neuroscience background | 3 | 2 | Tue/Thu 13:00-15:00 | B700 | Assistant Professor Kazumasa Tanaka | |
| A306 | Neuroethology | neuroscience background required | 1 | 2 | Wed 9:00-12:00 | B715 | Professor Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama | |
| A316 | Neuronal Molecular Signaling | 3 | 2 | Mon 13:00-15:00 & Wed 10:00-12:00 | L4E45 | Assistant Professor Marco Terenzio | ||
| A220 | New Enzymes by Directed Evolution | Undergraduate biochemistry or molecular biology | 2 | 2 | Mon/Tue 13:00-17:30 | B506 | Associate Professor Paola Laurino | Moves to term 2 from AY2024 enrollment cap of 8 |
| A105 | Nonlinear Waves: Theory and Simulations | Mathematics for engineers and physicists | 2 | 2 | Mon/Wed 10:00-12:00 | B700 | Associate Professor Emile Touber | |
| A214 | Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Engineering | 2 | 2 | Mon 13:00-15:00, Thu 10:00-12:00 | B712 | Professor Yohei Yokobayashi | ||
| B33 | Organic Photonics and Electronics | 1 | 2 | Thu 13:00-17:00 | Unit Lab or L4E45 | Assistant Professor Ryota Kabe | ||
| A108 | Partial Differential Equations | 3 | 2 | Associate Professor Qing Liu | ||||
| A115 | Partial Differential Equations II | Functional Analysis and A108 | 2 | 2 | Mon & Wed 1500-1700 | L4E48 | Professor Ugur Abdulla | |
| B08 | Physics for Life Sciences | 2 | 2 | Mon 9:00-12:00 & Tue 10:00-12:00 | L4E01 | Professor Bernd Kuhn | ||
| A315 | Quantifying Naturalistic Animal Behavior | 3 | 2 | Tue/Thu 10:00-12:00 | L4E45 | Assistant Professor Sam Reiter | ||
| A227 | Quantum Engineering – Simulation and Design | Quantum Mechanics, Cavity QED, Python | 3 | 2 | Tue/Fri 10:00-12:00 | B712 | Professor Jason Twamley | |
| A205 | Quantum Field Theory | Quantum Mechanics and B11 | 3 | 2 | Wed 13:00-16:00 | L4E45 | Professor Shinobu Hikami | |
| A228 | Quantum Many-Body Physics | Quantum Mechanics and ideally Advanced Quantum Theory | 1 | 2 | Tue/Thu 1500-1700 | L5EF11 | Assistant Professor Philipp Höhn | |
| A223 | Quantum Materials Science | Undergraduate level of condensed matter physics | 3 | 2 | Tue/Wed 15:00-17:00 | B712 | Associate Professor Yoshinori Okada | |
| A230 | Quantum Optics for Qubits | 3 | 2 | Mon 1300-1500, Wed 1000-1200 | L5EF11 | Assistant Professor Hiroki Takahashi | ||
| A221 | Relativistic Mechanics and Classical Field Theory | Maxwells equations, quantum mechanics | 1 | 2 | Tue 13:00-15:00 & Thu 10:00-12:00 | B700 | Associate Professor Yasha Neiman | Alternate years course: next in AY2024 |
| A312 | Sensory Systems | neuroscience background required | 3 | 2 | Tue/Thu 10:00-12:00 | B711 | Associate Professor Izumi Fukunaga | |
| SPT | Special Topics | All | 1 | OIST Faculty or the Dean of the Graduate School | ||||
| A229 | Statistical Fluctuations and Elements of Physical Kinetics | Statistical Physics and Quantum Mechanics. | 2 | 2 | Wed + Thu 1000-1200 | L4E01 | Professor Denis Konstantinov | |
| A225 | Statistical Mechanics, Critical Phenomena and Renormalization Group | Classical Mechanics and Quantum Mechanics to advanced undergraduate level. | 1 | 2 | Mon 1500-1700, Tues 1300-1500 | L4E45 | Assistant Professor Reiko Toriumi | |
| B32 | Statistical Modeling | Algebra, calculus, probability, and Python | 2 | 1 | Tue/Wed 15:00-17:00 | B700 | Professor Tomoki Fukai | Half term course: second 6 weeks of Term 2 This course retires in AY2023. No class in AY2024 |
| B12 | Statistical Physics | 2 | 2 | Tue 10:00-12:00 & Thu/Fri 9:00-10:00 | Tue L4F01 & Thu/Fri L4E48 | Professor Nic Shannon | ||
| B31 | Statistical Tests | 2 | 1 | Tue/Wed 15:00-17:00 | B700 | Professor Tomoki Fukai | Half term course: first 6 weeks of term 2 |
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| B44 | Stellar Physics | 1 | 2 | Mon 0900-1130 | B711 | External Professor Shigehiro Nagataki | ||
| A103 | Stochastic Processes with Applications | Calculus, probability, and Python | 3 | 2 | Mon/Thu 10:00-12:00 | B700 | Professor Simone Pigolotti | Students must install the Jupyter Notebook system |
| B30 | Surface Sciences | 2 | 2 | Mon 10:00-12:00 & Tue 9:00-10:00 | B711 | Professor Yabing Qi | Enrollment cap of 5 students |
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| A226 | Synthetic Chemistry for Carbon Nanomaterials | General chemistry, Advanced organic chemistry | 3 | 2 | Tue/Thu 15:00-17:00 | L4E45 | Assistant Professor Akimitsu Narita | |
| A320 | The Cell Cycle and Human Diseases | Molecular biology and genetics | 2 | 2 | Tue/Fri 10:00-12:00 | Assistant Professor Franz Meitinger | ||
| B42 | The Diversity of Fish | 1 | 2 | Mon & Wed 1000-1200 | L4E01 | Professor Vincent Laudet | ||
| A224 | The Earth System | Calculus and coding | 3 | 2 | Mon 13:00-14:30 & Wed/Fri 10:00-11:30 | B700 | Professor Satoshi Mitarai | |
| B13 | Theoretical and Applied Fluid Mechanics | A104, B10 | 2 | 2 | Mon/Thu 15:00-17:00 | B700 | Professor Pinaki Chakraborty | |
| B14 | Theoretical and Applied Solid Mechanics | A104 | 3 | 2 | Mon/Wed 15:00-17:00 | B711 | Professor Gustavo Gioia | |
| LTP | Thesis Proposal | All | OIST Faculty or the Dean of the Graduate School | |||||
| A273 | Ultracold Quantum Gases | Quantum Mechanics | 2 | 2 | Mon 0900-1100, Wed & Thu 0900-1000 | B715 | Professor Thomas Busch | Alternate years course: next run in AY2023 and AY2025 |
| A209 | Ultrafast Spectroscopy | 3 | 2 | Tue/Thu 13:00-15:00 | B712/B507 | Professor Keshav M. Dani | Enrollment cap of 10 Required online training before attending class: Laser Safety |
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| A104 | Vector and Tensor Calculus | Multivariate calculus and linear algebra | 1 | 2 | Mon/Wed 9:00-11:00 | B700 | Professor Eliot Fried |
** Optional courses PD3, PD4, and PD5 may be taken only as part of the pre-enrollment Gap Program. Credits for these optional courses are not counted towards your final balance of required credits.