Historical grades cover up to five years through the selected term. Grade sorting prioritizes courses with at least 100 letter grades.
Introduction to plasmas covering collective phenomena, waves, instabilities, and kinetic theory with applications to fusion and materials processing.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Oliver Schmitz: The course was rated as difficult, with a difficulty rating of 4, reflecting the challenges of the material and the online format during the pandemic.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026Covers plasma wave theory, damping mechanisms, MHD equilibria, instabilities, and nonlinear processes.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2025 · limited sampleThis seminar covers current topics in plasma physics.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleEP 569 is a research practicum for Engineering Physics students involving supervised undergraduate research projects and a senior thesis.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026 · limited sampleNE 790 is a Master's Research and Thesis course involving directed study projects arranged with an instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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PHYSICS 199 is an introductory-level directed study involving a mentored research project in physics.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleCalculus-based physics for engineering students covering mechanics, energy, and momentum.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Exams frequently mirror homework and discussion questions, making practice essential. The material is inherently difficult, requiring substantial effort to grasp conceptual physics and problem-solving techniques.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026A calculus-based physics course for biological science majors covering electricity, magnetism, light, and modern physics.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Several reviewers report that exams are significantly harder than lectures or homework, featuring ambiguous questions and topics not covered in class. The course is described as disorganized, with lectures that are useless, incoherent, or difficult to follow.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026A calculus-based, rigorous introduction to physics covering mechanics, waves, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and modern physics with computation.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Historical reviews of Duncan Carlsmith, Kam Arnold: The workload involves substantial homework and difficult lab reports, particularly those requiring MATLAB programming. Reviewers note that coding components are extensive and often feel disconnected from lecture content, requiring significant time to complete.
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026A continuation of PHYSICS 247 covering electromagnetism, circuits, optics, and modern physics with computational methods.
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Historical reviews of Brian Rebel, Michael Winokur, Yibin Pan: Exams are described as incredibly difficult, though some instructors curve grades generously. The workload includes dense textbook chapters and substantial homework, requiring students to dedicate significant time to digesting the material and staying engaged with lectures.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026A modern physics course covering quantum mechanics, nuclear, particle, condensed matter, and atomic physics.
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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 2026PHYSICS 298 is a directed study offering an intermediate-level mentored research project in physics.
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PHYSICS 299 is a directed study offering an intermediate-level mentored research project in physics.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleCovers electric circuits, electronics, and digital logic analysis.
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Historical reviews of Dan McCammon, Peter Timbie: Reviewers rate the difficulty as high, noting that lectures are scattered or disorganized, requiring significant independent study to understand the material.
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Fall 2022–Fall 2025Covers 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 2026Introduces thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, covering phase equilibrium, kinetic theory, and classical and quantum statistical mechanics.
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Historical reviews of Vladimir Zhdankin: Exams are difficult but assignments prepare students well, with one review noting reasonable exam difficulty and another citing difficult exams.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2026PHYSICS 498 is a directed study offering an advanced-level mentored research project in physics.
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PHYSICS 499 is an advanced-level mentored research project in physics.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited samplePHYSICS 681 is a mentored individual research and study course for students completing Physics Honors in the Major.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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PHYSICS 682 is a mentored individual research and study course for students completing Physics Honors in the Major.
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Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited samplePHYSICS 691 is a mentored individual research and study course for students completing a senior thesis.
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PHYSICS 692 is a senior thesis course involving mentored individual research and study.
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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.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
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