Physics Courses 2011 - 2012

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Course Fall Winter Spring

Ph 1 - lectures
201 E. Bridge       

Patterson
WF11
- -
Ph 1 - lectures - Analytical
201 E. Bridge
- Harrison/Spiropulu
WF11
Harrison/Golwala
WF11
Ph1 - lectures - Practical
201 E. Bridge
- Politzer
F3
Politzer
F3
Ph 1 - sections
 
Newman Golwala
Frautschi Frautschi
Cohen Dowell
Wiedenbeck Saberi
Zimmerman Beverland

MTh1 or MTh3
(or possibly MTh10pm)

Analytical
Newman Kalmus
Zimmerman Engel
Privitera Kaplan

MTh1 or MTh3

Analytical
Newman Patterson
Bhattacharjee Engel
Burgos

-

MTh11 or MTh3

Practical
Frautschi Frautschi
Saberi Adhikari

MWTh1 or MWTh3

Practical
Frautschi Frautschi
Saberi Adhikari
Kim

-

MWTh11 or MWTh3

Demo Prep 
201 E. Bridge
TWThF10 TWThF10, F2 TWThF10, F2
Freshman Seminars Physics of the Large Hadron Collider - Weinstein
The Science of Music - Politzer
Time, Love, and Memory - Pine
- -
Ph 2 
201 E. Bridge
Sections: WF9, WF11, WF1 or WF3
Martin/Refael
TTh11
Martin/Preskill
TTh11
-
Ph 3  Physics Laboratory               
308 E. Bridge                           
Sannibale/Libbrecht
OM - T2
Sannibale/Libbrecht
OM - T2
Sannibale/Libbrecht
OM - T2
Ph 5/105  Analog Electronics for Physicists Laboratory
201 E. Bridge
Sannibale/Rice/Libbrecht
OM-T3
- -
Ph 6  Physics Laboratory
201 E. Bridge
- Rice/Libbrecht
OM-T3
-
Ph 7  Physics Laboratory
201 E. Bridge
- - Rice/Libbrecht
OM-T3
Ph8 - Experiments in Electromagnetism
201 E. Bridge; Sections: 1 hr/week
- Libbrecht
OM-M4, 201 E. Bridge
Libbrecht
-
Ph 10 Frontiers in Physics
107 Downs

Prince
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
Preskill
TTh10.5-12
Ph 20 - 22  Computational Physics Laboratory   
304 E. Bridge
Mach/Prince
OM-M3
(Ph20 only)
Mach/Prince
OM-M3
(Ph20 and 21 only)
Mach/Prince
OM-M3
(Ph20, 21, 22 all offered)
Ph 50  Caltech Physics League Refael
OM, 114 E. Bridge
Refael -
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
205 Downs

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 125  Quantum Mechanics
107 Downs
Wise
MWF10-11
Wise
MWF10-11
Wise
MWF10-11
Ph 127  Statistical Physics
107 Downs
Motrunich
MTh2.5-4
Motrunich
MTh2.5-4
Motrunich
MTh2.5-4
Ph 129  Mathematical Methods of Physics
103 Downs
Porter
Real Analysis

TTh10.5-12
Schwarz
Group Theory

TTh10.5-12
Porter
Probability and Statistics

TTh10.5-12
Ph 135  Applications of Quantum Mechanics
269 Lauritsen
Condensed Matter Physics
Yeh
TTh1-2.5
Quantum Computing
Kitaev
TTh1-2.5
Particle Physics
Spiropulu
TTh1-2.5
Ph 136  Applications of Classical Physics
269 Lauritsen
Chen
MW1-2.5
Chen
MW1-2.5
Chen
MW1-2.5
Ph 205  Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
269 Lauritsen
Kapustin
MW10.5-12
Kapustin
MW10.5-12
Kapustin
MW10.5-12
Ph 223  Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
103 Lauritsen
- Yeh
TTh9-10.5
Yeh
TTh9-10.5
Ph 230  Elementary Particle Theory
469 Lauritsen
Gukov
MW9-10.5
Gukov
MW9-10.5
Schwarz
MW9-10.5
Ph 236  General Relativity
269 Lauritsen
Hirata
WF2.5-4
Hirata
WF2.5-4
Hirata
WF2.5-4
Ph 242  Physics Seminar
114 E. Bridge
Stone
F12-2
Stone
F12-2
-
  Other teaching: Roukes-BiNNN; Weinstein-Ay125


Previous Course Schedules: 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10

 

Physics Standing Committees for 2010-11

Physics Graduate Committee --
Porter (chair)
Frautschi
Harrison
Martin
Filippone
Cross
Refael
Libbrecht

Graduate Admissions Committee  --
Hitlin (chair)
Adhikari
Cross
Gukov
Kapustin
Kitaev
Patterson
Martin
Spiropulu
Motrunich
Chen
Ott

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

Colloquium Committee --
Prince (chair)
Golwala
Roukes
Ooguri
Yeh
Refael
Eisenstein
Cross
Pine
Phinney
Preskill
Spiropulu
Tombrello
Zmuidzinas
Chen
Carroll

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