Physics and Astronomy Course Offerings

General Information

For brief descriptions of courses and scheduled instructors, please consult the ORC published by the Office of the Registrar.  For detailed information about the terms and times that courses will be offered, the most reliable source is the Timetables page on the Registrar's site. The Physics Major Tentative Courses document is a concise listing.

Winter 2023

Winter 2023

Astro 25 (Dotter)
Time Block: 10
X hour Use: Yes
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 102
Textbook: Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology by P. Schneider

FSP - Phys 31.03 (Hickox/SAF)
Time Block: FS
X hour Use: Not at all
Room Request/Preferences: FSP - No room on campus required.
Textbook: None

FSP - Astro 61 (Chaboyer)
Time Block: FS
X hour Use: Not at all
Room Request/Preferences: FSP - No room on campus required.
Textbook: None

FSP - Astro 81.01 (Hickox)
Time Block: FS
X hour Use: Not at all
Room Request/Preferences: FSP - No room on campus required.
Textbook: None

Physics 4 (Onofrio)
Time Block: 12
X hour Use: Yes, for in-class tests
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 111
Textbook: Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, 4th Edition, Vols. II and III, by Douglas Giancoli (Pearson).

Physics 13 (Caldwell/Mutlu-Pakdil)
Time Block: 10
X hour Use: Occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 111, else Wilder 104
Textbook: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th Ed., Tipler and Mosca (W. H. Freeman & Co., 2008).

Physics 14 (Wright)
Time Block: 10
X hour Use: Often
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 104
Textbook: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th Ed., Tipler and Mosca (W. H. Freeman & Co., 2008).

Physics 15 (Rimberg)
Time Block: 11
X hour Use: Often
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 202
Textbook: Two required: Kleppner and Kolenkow, Eisberg and Resnick

Physics 16 (Mueller)
Time Block: 10
X hour Use: Occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 115
Textbook: Electricity and Magnetism, 3rd edition, by Purcell and Morin

Physics 22 (Boyack)
Time Block: 12
X hour Use: Always
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 115
Textbook: Elementary differential equations and boundary value problems by Boyce and DiPrima

Physics 41 (Millan)
Time Block: 10
X hour Use: Some
Room Request/Preferences: 202 (preferred) or 102
Textbook: Griffiths

Physics 72 (Onofrio)
Time Block: 10A
X hour Use: Yes, sometimes
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 102
Textbook: 'Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics' by Alessandro Bettini, 2nd edition (Cambridge University Press) and/or 'Introduction to Elementary Particle Physics' by David Griffiths, 2nd edition (Wiley)

Physics 90 (Blencowe)
Time Block: 12
X hour Use: No
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 102
Textbook: Sakurai, Modern Quantum Mechanics, Third Edition

Physics 105 (Visitor TBD)
Time Block: 10A
X hour Use: Occasionally
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 115
Textbook: Classical Electrodynamics by John David Jackson

Physics 111 (Liu)
Time Block: 2A
X hour Use: Not often
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 115 (preferred) or 202
Textbook: D. Gurnett and A. Bhattacharjee, Introduction to Plasma Physics- with Space and Laboratory and Astrophysical applications, Cambridge University Press 2017

Physics 256 (Hickox)
Time Block: Arranged
X hour Use: None
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 202
Textbook: None

Spring 2023

Spring 2023

Astro 4 (Gleiser)
Time Block: 10
X hour Use: No
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 104
Textbook: The Dancing Universe: From Creation Myths to the Big Bang

Astro 15 (Mutlu-Pakdil)
Time Block: 10A
X hour Use: Occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 202
Textbook: Foundations of Astrophysics (Editors: Ryden & Peterson, ISBN: 978-0-321-59558-4)

Physics 1 (Gleiser)
Time Block: 12
X hour Use: No
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 111
Textbook: The Dancing Universe: From Creation Myths to the Big Bang

Physics 2 (Gleiser)
Time Block: 12
X hour Use: No
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 111
Textbook: The Dancing Universe: From Creation Myths to the Big Bang

Physics 4 (Lynch)
Time Block: 12
X hour Use: for office hours and recitations
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 104
Textbook: Giancoli

Physics 14-01 (LaBelle/Boyack)
Time Block: 10
X hour Use: occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 111
Textbook: Tipler volume 2

Physics 14-02 (LaBelle)
Time Block: 11
X hour Use: occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 111
Textbook: Tipler volume 2

Physics 16 (Millan)
Time Block: 10
X hour Use: Frequent
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 102
Textbook: Purcell

Physics 19 (Thyagarajan)
Time Block: 9L
X hour Use: Occasionally
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 102
Textbook: Modern physics by Krane, 4th edition

Physics 40 (Onofrio)
Time Block: 10
X hour Use: occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 115
Textbook: Eisberg and Resnick, "Quantum Physics of …", 2nd ed.

Physics 50 (Blencowe)
Time Block: 2
X hour Use: Occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 115
Textbook: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (3rd Edition), by Griffiths

Physics 66 (Liu)
Time Block: 10A
X hour Use: Occasionally
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 102
Textbook: Introduction to Electrodynamics by David J. Griffiths, 4th edition

Physics 75 (Ramanathan)
Time Block: 11
X hour Use:  Occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 102
Textbook: N/A

Physics 76 (Rimberg)
Time Block: 2A
X hour Use: No
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 209
Textbook: N/A

Physics 92 (Caldwell)
Time Block: 2A
X hour Use: Occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 115
Textbook: "Cosmology" by Daniel Baumann, Cambridge University Press, 2022, ISBN 978-1-108-83807-8 (hardback)

Physics 104 (Ramanathan)
Time Block: 9L
X hour Use:  Rare
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 115
Multiple Sections: No
Textbook: "Statistical Mechanics" by Pathria and Beale (4th edition), Academic Press, 2022

Physics 109 (Viola)
Time Block: 10A
X hour Use: Frequent
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 115
Textbook: "Elements of Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena" by
H. Nishimori and G. Ortiz (Oxford University Press, 2011). 

Summer 2023

Summer 2023

Astro 1 (Chaboyer)
Time Block: 10
X hour Use: Always
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 104
Textbook: OpenSTAX Astronomy

Astro 2 (Hickox)
Time Block: 11
X hour Use: Frequent
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 104
Textbook: OpenSTAX Astronomy

Physics 3 (Visitor TBD)
Time Block: 12
X hour Use: Occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 104
Textbook: Giancoli textbook Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 4th ed.

Physics 44 (Millan)
Time Block: 11
X hour Use: Yes
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 102 (or Wilder 202 if 102 is not available)
Textbook: John Taylor,  Classical Mechanics, ISBN 978-1-891389-22-1

 

Fall 2023

Fall 2023

Astro 2 (Newton/Edwards)
Time Block: 11
X hour Use: Occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 111
Textbook: OpenStax Astronomy

Astro 3 (Newton/Edwards)
Time Block: 11
  X hour Use: Occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 111
Textbook: OpenStax Astronomy

Astro 61 (Mutlu-Pakdil)
Time Block: 3B
X hour Use: Occasional
Room Request/Preferences: 102
Textbook: None

Astro 74 (Newton)
Time Block: 12
X hour Use: No
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 102
Textbook: Rybicki & Lightman, Radiative Processes in Astrophysics

Astro 174 (Newton)
Time Block: 12
X hour Use: No
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 102
Textbook: Rybicki & Lightman, Radiative Processes in Astrophysics

Physics 3 (Visitor Smith)
Time Block: 12
X hour Use: Occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 104
Textbook: Giancoli textbook Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 4th ed.

Physics 13-01 (LaBelle)
Time Block: 10
X hour Use: Occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 104
Textbook: Tipler and Mosca Physics for Scientists and Engineers, vol 1 6th ed.

Physics 13-02 (LaBelle)
Time Block: 11
X hour Use: Occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 104
Textbook: Tipler and Mosca Physics for Scientists and Engineers, vol 1 6th ed.

Physics 15 (Blencowe)
Time Block: 10
X hour Use: Occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 202
Textbook: An Introduction to Mechanics 2nd Ed. by Kleppner and Kolenkow, A Student's Guide to Waves by Fleisch and Kinnaman, Quantum Physics 2nd Ed. by  Eisberg and Resnick (Note: hardcopies are not essential for students to purchase; scans of relevant chapters will be provided on the course Canvas site).

Physics 19 (Walker)
Time Block: 9L
X hour Use: Always
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 102
Textbook: Recommended textbook reading material provided via Canvas

Physics 40 (Mueller)
Time Block: 10
X hour Use: Occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 102
Textbook: Eisberg and Resnick, "Quantum Physics of atoms, molecules, solids, nuclei and particles", 2nd ed

Physics 43 (Rimberg)
Time Block: 9L
X hour Use: Occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 115
Textbook: "An Introduction to Thermal Physics," Daniel Schroeder

Physics 47 (Wright)
Time Block: 11
X hour Use: Occasionally
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 102
Textbook: Introduction to Optics by Frank Pedrotti

Physics 68 (Liu)
Time Block: 3A
X hour Use: Occasionally
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 102
Textbook: "Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion", 3rd edittion

Physics 77 (Caldwell)
Time Block: 2A
X hour Use:  Occasionally
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 102
Textbook: Hartle "Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity," by James B. Hartle,  revised edition (2021), Cambridge University Press,  doi: 10.1017/9781009042604, isbn 978-1-316-51754-3 (hardcover)

Physics 100 (Boyack)
Time Block: 11
X hour Use:  Always
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 202
Multiple Sections: No
Textbook: Whittaker and Watson "A course of modern analysis"

Physics 101 (Lynch)
Time Block: 10A
X hour Use: occasional
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 102
Multiple Sections: No
Textbook: Goldstein "Classical Mechanics";  Fetter&Walecka "Theoretical Mechanics"

Physics 256 (Caldwell)
Time Block: 3A
X hour Use: 
Room Request/Preferences: Wilder 202
Textbook: materials will be supplied