Prerequisite: Intended for students that have completed a year of quantum field theory (at the level of PHYS 624 and PHYS 851) as well as having some familiarity with the Standard Model and General Relativity.

Introduces basic concepts and challenges in early universe cosmology, and discusses important mechanisms that go beyond the Standard Model such as Baryogenesis, Inflation, Dark Matter, and "Cosmological Collider Physics