Physics Courses 2008 - 2009

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

Ph 1 - lectures
201 E. Bridge       

Goodstein/McKeown
WF11
- -
Ph 1 - lectures - Analytical
201 E. Bridge
- McKeown
WF11
Zmuidzinas
WF11
Ph1 - lectures - Practical
201 E. Bridge
- Politzer
F3
Politzer
F3
Ph 1 - sections
 
Newman Hirata
Frautschi Frautschi
Dowell Grogan
Kaplan Vyas
Brooks Lin

MTh1 or MTh3
(or possibly MTh10pm)

Analytical
Newman Blain
Kaplan Vyas
Brooks Nguyen

MTh1 or MTh3

Analytical
Newman Eisenstein
Cross Roukes
GTA GTA

MTh11 or MTh3

Practical
Frautschi Frautschi
Schwarz Schomburg

MWTh1 or MWTh3

Practical
Frautschi Frautschi
Pine/GTA GTA

MWTh11 or MWTh3

Demo Prep 
201 E. Bridge
TWThF10 TWThF10, F2 TWThF10, F2
Ph 2 
201 E. Bridge
Sections: WF9, WF11, WF1 or WF3
Martin/Kamionkowski
TTh11
Filippone/Martin
TTh11
-
Ph 3  Physics Laboratory               
308 E. Bridge                           
Sannibale/Adhikari
OM - T2
Sannibale/Adhikari
OM - T2
Sannibale/Adhikari
OM - T2
Ph 5/105  Analog Electronics for Physicists Laboratory
201 E. Bridge
Sannibale/Adhikari
OM-T3
- -
Ph 6  Physics Laboratory
201 E. Bridge
- Rice/Adhikari
OM-T3
-
Ph 7  Physics Laboratory
201 E. Bridge
- - Rice/Adhikari
OM-T3
Ph8 - Experiments in Electromagnetism
Sections: 1 hr/week
- Politzer
T1 or T3
Politzer
T11 or T3
Ph 10 Frontiers in Physics
107 Downs

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
Ooguri
TTh10.5-12
Weinstein
TTh10.5-12
Ph 20 - 22  Freshman/Sophomore Computational Physics Laboratory   
304 E. Bridge
Mach/Prince
OM-M3
(Ph20 only)
Mach/Libbrecht
OM-M3
(Ph20 and 21 only)
Mach/Libbrecht
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 101  Order of Magnitude Physics
103 Downs
- - Phinney/Stevenson
MWF1-2
Ph 103  Topics in Contemporary Physics

Neuroscience

Pine
OM-M4
248 Lauritsen

Spectroscopy

Phillips
WF9-10.5
119 Downs

-

Ph 105 - see Ph 5 - - -
Ph 106  Classical Physics
107 Downs
Cross
TTh10.5-12
Cross/Eisenstein
TTh10.5-12
Eisenstein
TTh10.5-12
Ph/EE 118  Low-Noise Electronic Measurement
103 Downs
Roukes
TTh2.5-4
Roukes
TTh2.5-4
-
Ph 125  Quantum Mechanics
107 Downs
Golwala
MWF10-11
Golwala
MWF10-11
Wise
MWF10-11
Ph 127  Statistical Physics
107 Downs
Refael
TTh9-10.5
Refael
TTh9-10.5
Motrunich
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
107 Downs

Introduction to
Condensed Matter Physics

Motrunich
TTh1-2.5

Particle Physics

Wise
TTh1-2.5

Nuclear Physics

Filippone
TTh1-2.5

Ph 136  Applications of Classical Physics
269 Lauritsen
Thorne
M10.5-12,W9-10.5
Thorne
M10.5-12,W9-10.5
Thorne
M10.5-12,W9-10.5
Ph 199  Major Open Question in Physics
103 Downs      
- Weinstein
TTh10.5-12
-
Ph 205  Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
269 Lauritsen
Gukov
W10.5-12; F9.5-11
Gukov
W10.5-12; F9.5-11
Gukov
W10.5-12; F9.5-11
Ph 219  Quantum Computing
269 Lauritsen
Preskill
MW1-2.5
Preskill
MW1-2.5
Preskill
MW1-2.5
Ph/APh 223 Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
103 Downs
Kitaev
MW10.5-12
Kitaev
MW10.5-12
Yeh
MW10.5-12
Ph 229  Advanced Mathematical Methods of Physics
103 Downs
Ooguri
MW2.5-4
Kapustin
MW2.5-4
Kapustin
MW2.5-4
Ph 235  Introduction to Supersymmetry and String Theory
469 Lauritsen
- - Schwarz
MW1-2.5
Ph 236  General Relativity
269 Lauritsen
Chen
T1-2.5,F2.5-4
Chen
T1-2.5,F2.5-4
-
Ph 242  Physics Seminar
114 E. Bridge
Stone
F12-2
Stone
F12-2
-
 


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

 

Physics Standing Committees for 2008-09

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

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

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

Colloquium Committee --
Kamionkowski (chair)
Soifer
Kimble
Wise
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