Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=36 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.72 GPA, 89.7% A/AB (n=58 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.94 GPA, 97.8% A/AB (n=93 letter grades).
Fall 2026
The Ideas of Modern Physics
PHYSICS 107 explores the origins of the twentieth-century physical world through selected topics in classical physics, relativity, and quantum theory, emphasizing conceptual meaning over practical applications.
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Historical reviews of Gerry Bauer: Gerry Bauer's section required five exams, four quizzes, and weekly homework, which reviewers found disproportionately difficult for non-science majors.
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Prerequisites
Course mapSatisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A or special student standing
- Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A
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Professors
Fall 2026No course-specific feedback yet.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Mark Rzchowski: Tulika Bose is the current instructor for PHYSICS 107. No specific reviews are available for her teaching performance in this dataset.
GERRY BAUER is recorded teaching in Spring 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
MARK RZCHOWSKI is recorded teaching in Spring 2007. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
TULIKA BOSE is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Calendar & sections
Fall 2026Schedule loads here as you scroll.
| Section | Mode | Enrolled / capacity | Waitlist |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEC 001 | Classroom Instruction | 42 / 65 | 0 |
| DIS 304 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 0 | 0 |
| DIS 305 | Classroom Instruction | 0 / 0 | 0 |
| DIS 306 | Classroom Instruction | 22 / 35 | 0 |
| DIS 307 | Classroom Instruction | 20 / 30 | 0 |
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews for Gerry Bauer describe a frustrating experience with confusing lectures and excessive workload.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.93 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=79 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.85 GPA, 95.8% A/AB (n=48 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.79 GPA, 89.5% A/AB (n=19 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Gerry Bauer: Gerry Bauer's section required five exams, four quizzes, and weekly homework, which reviewers found disproportionately difficult for non-science majors.
Historical reviews of Gerry Bauer: Reviewers found Bauer's lectures confusing and inappropriate for the intended audience, with one student stating the class ruined their interest in physics.
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Fall 2026 · Projected
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About this estimate
The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 4 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.
The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.
8 earlier forecasts · 0.20 GPA average error.
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The Ideas of Modern Physics
Recorded 2026-09-07Raw records
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