Current instructor

Lisa Everett

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Raw average: 3.79/5 from 24 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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What students say

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PHY731732 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 5/5
The class was well organized. She is nice and occasionally funny.
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PHY731 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
The exams are horrendous, the hw is long, but the lectures are the best I've seen in Madison so far.
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PHYS322 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Dr. Everett was a good lecturer, but also extremely kind. I met with her once to discuss my difficulties with the class, and she was incredibly understanding, helpful, and friendly.
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PHYS322 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Professor Everett cares a lot about the wellbeing of her students. If you do poorly on an exam or homework, you can go talk to her and she will let you redo hw or an exam problem. Very willing to give partial credit when grading a well. Lectures are derivation heavy, and the home works take ages. Still, a great teacher for this difficult material.
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PHYS322 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 5/5
Made it her personal mission to take us through the entirety of Griffiths' Electrodynamics in 1 semester. By far the hardest physics course I've ever taken, but grading is very generous (partial credit for explaining where your solution might have gone wrong, writing down relevant equation even if you don't plug in, etc.)
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PHY731732 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
She likes to call her students crazy lol and creeps on them in her spare time.
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Classes with Lisa Everett

PHYSICS 732

Quantum Mechanics

3 credits

Advanced quantum mechanics covering electromagnetic field quantization, atomic structure, molecules, and relativistic effects via the Dirac equation.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.47 GPA, 67.3% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.71 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.61 GPA, 71.9% A/AB (n=57 letter grades).

Lisa Everett

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026
PHYSICS 990

Research

1–12 credits

Research supervised by individual faculty members. Students formulate and plan original research, creating work that contributes to the field of physics.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Pupa GilbertIrena Knezevic+78 more

No recorded grade history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2027PHYSICS 499Directed Study
Spring 2027PHYSICS 681Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2027PHYSICS 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2027PHYSICS 691Senior Thesis
Spring 2027PHYSICS 692Senior Thesis
Spring 2027PHYSICS 732Quantum Mechanics
Spring 2027PHYSICS 990Research
Fall 2026PHYSICS 731Quantum Mechanics
Fall 2026PHYSICS 990Research

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