Physics Courses 2007 - 2008

<-- (Approximate) Scheduling Grid of Physics Courses
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Course Fall Winter Spring

Ph 1 - lectures
201 E. Bridge       

Goodstein
WF11
- -
Ph 1 - lectures - Analytical
201 E. Bridge
- McKeown
WF11
Lange
WF11
Ph1 - lectures - Practical
201 E. Bridge
- Politzer
F3
Politzer
F3
Ph1 - take home labs - Politzer Politzer
Ph 1 - sections
 
Newman Eisenstein
Frautschi Frautschi
J. Cohen Dowell
Lin Nichols
Dulaney Brooks

MTh1 or MTh3
(or possibly MTh10pm)

Analytical
Newman Scoville
Blain Willacy
Lin Nichols
Brooks  

MTh1 or MTh3

Analytical
Newman Soifer
Nguyen Phinney
Lin Nichols
Brooks  

MTh11 or MTh3

Practical
Frautschi Frautschi
Pine  

MWTh1 or MWTh3

Practical
Frautschi Frautschi
Pine  

MWTh11 or MWTh3

Demo Prep 
201 E. Bridge
TWThF10 TWThF10, F2 TWThF10, F2
Ph 2 
201 E. Bridge
Sections: WF9, WF11, WF1 or WF3
Harrison/Martin
TTh11
Harrison/Filippone
TTh11
-
Ph 3  Physics Laboratory               
308 E. Bridge                           
Sannibale/Zmuidzinas
OM - T2
Sannibale/Zmuidzinas
OM - T2
Sannibale/Zmuidzinas
OM - T2
Ph 5/105  Analog Electronics for Physicists Laboratory
201 E. Bridge
Sannibale/Zmuidzinas
OM-T3
- -
Ph 6  Physics Laboratory
201 E. Bridge
- Rice/Zmuidzinas
OM-T3
-
Ph 7  Physics Laboratory
201 E. Bridge
- - Rice/Zmuidzinas
OM-T3
Ph 10 Frontiers in Physics
269 Lauritsen

Soifer
F2-4

- -
Ph 11  Research Tutorial
201 Sloan Annex
Tombrello
Tombrello
Tombrello
Ph 12   Waves, Quantum Physics, and Statistical Mechanics
269 Lauritsen
Kimble
TTh10.5-12
Weinstein
TTh10.5-12
Ooguri
TTh10.5-12
Ph 20 - 22  Freshman/Sophomore Computational Physics Laboratory   
304 E. Bridge
Mach/Libbrecht
OM-M3
(Ph20 only)
Mach/Libbrecht
OM-M3
(Ph20 and 21 only)
Mach/Prince
OM-M3
(Ph20, 21, 22 all offered)
Ph 70  Oral and Written Communication
469 Lauritsen
Hitlin
T2-4
- Hitlin
T2-4
Ph 77  Advanced Physics Laboratory
210 E. Bridge (Thursdays and Fridays)
Black/Libbrecht
OM-M3
Black/Libbrecht
OM-M3
Black/Libbrecht
OM-M3
Ph 78  Senior Thesis Experimental Stone Stone Stone
Ph 79  Senior Thesis Theoretical Stone Stone Stone
Ph 103 - Topics in Contemporary Physics

Neuroscience

Pine
OM-M4
249 Lauritsen

Spectroscopy

Phillips
WF9-10.5
119 Downs

-

Ph 105 - see Ph 5 - - -
Ph 106  Classical Physics
107 Downs
Preskill
TTh10.5-12
Preskill/Eisenstein
TTh10.5-12
Eisenstein
TTh10.5-12
Ph/EE 118  Low-Noise Electronic Measurement
103 Downs (fall) 469 Lauritsen (winter)
Roukes
TTh2.5-4
Roukes
TTh2.5-4
-
Ph 125  Quantum Mechanics
107 Downs
Golwala
MWF10-11
Golwala
MWF10-11
Cross
MWF10-11
Ph 127  Statistical Physics
107 Downs
Refael
TTh9-10.5
Refael
TTh9-10.5
Refael
TTh9-10.5
Ph 129  Mathematical Methods of Physics
269 Lauritsen
Porter
MW2.5-4
Porter
MW2.5-4
Gottschalk
MW2.5-4
Ph 135  Applications of Quantum Mechanics
     

Nuclear Physics

McKeown
TTh1-2.5
269 Lauritsen

Quantum Optics

Kimble
TTh1-2.5
469 Lauritsen

Introduction to
Condensed Matter Physics

Motrunich
TTh1-2.5

Ph 199  Major Open Question in Physics
469 Lauritsen      
- - Weinstein
TTh10.5-12
Ph 205  Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
269 Lauritsen
Kapustin
MW10.5-12
Kapustin
MW10.5-12
Kapustin
MW10.5-12
Ph 217  The Standard Model
269 Lauritsen
Wise/Hirata
TTh2.5-4
Wise/Hirata
TTh2.5-4
Wise/Hirata
TTh2.5-4
Ph/APh 223 Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
103 Downs
Kitaev
MW10.5-12
Yeh
MW10.5-12
Yeh
MW10.5-12
Ph 236  General Relativity
 
Thorne
MW1-2.5
269 Lauritsen
Adhikari/Chen
MW1-2.5
( = Ph 237a)
469 Lauritsen
Thorne
MW1-2.5
269 Lauritsen
Ph 237  Gravitational Radiation - Adhikari/Chen
MW1-2.5
( = Ph 236b)
469 Lauritsen
Adhikari/Chen
MW2.5-4
107 Downs
Ph 242  Physics Seminar
114 E. Bridge
Stone
F12-2
Stone
F12-2
-
Ph 250  String Theory
469 Lauritsen
Schwarz
TTh10.5-12
Ooguri
TTh10.5-12
Schwarz
TTh10.5-12
 


Previous Course Schedules: 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07

 

Physics Standing Committees for 2007-08

Physics Graduate Committee --
Porter (chair)
Harrison
Martin
McKeown
Soifer
Frautschi
Libbrecht

Graduate Admissions Committee  --
Weinstein (chair)
Hirata
Filippone
Libbrecht
Kapustin
Schwarz
Hitlin
Martin
Motrunich
Adhikari
Chen

Undergraduate Committee --
Stone (chair)
Libbrecht
Filippone
Frautschi
Tombrello
Politzer
Refael

Colloquium Committee --
Kamionkowski (chair)
Soifer
Kimble
Wise
Lange
Roukes
Hitlin
Yeh
Refael
Eisenstein
Preskill
McKeown

Written Candidacy Exam Committee --
Phillips (chair)
Libbrecht
Kitaev
Porter
Exam Graders: Cross, Golwala, Harrison, Hitlin, Kapustin, Lange, Libbrecht, McKeown, Motrunich, Phillips, Politzer, Porter, Preskill, Schwarz, Soifer, Weinstein, Wise, Yeh, Zmuidzinas