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PHYSICS 104 is a general physics course covering electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics as a continuation of PHYSICS 103.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Exams are high-stakes with no notes and minimal partial credit, while labs and homeworks involve significant busy work.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026A modern physics course covering quantum mechanics, nuclear, particle, condensed matter, and atomic physics.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Jeffrey Schmidt, Peter Timbie: Peter Timbie’s exams were described as incredibly difficult and unrelated to homework, while Jeffrey Schmidt’s course required copying formulas from practice exams to succeed.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Covers electrostatics, magnetostatics, Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, and relativistic electromagnetism.
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Historical reviews of Ke Fang: Homework can be confusing and lectures difficult to follow, but the textbook is helpful and exams mirror problem sets.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026PHYSICS 499 is an advanced-level mentored research project in physics.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited samplePHYSICS 805 covers special topics in physics at the graduate level.
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Spring 2023–Spring 2026PHYSICS 990 is a research course where students conduct supervised research projects with individual faculty members.
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