您好,首先解释一下,upper division college 是指美国的“高年级学院”,通常专授大学三、四年级和毕业水平课程.
因此 upper division physics courses 即指这种学院里教授的物理学课程.
以下是upper division college 的英文介绍：
An upper division college is a type of educational institution that traces its roots to educational ideas put forward in the late 19th and early 20th century. They were developed primarily in the United States during the 1960s in response to the growing number of community college students seeking to continue their education. They differ from a regular college or university in that they do not provide the first two years of undergraduate instruction and require applicants to already have completed two years of study at another institution.