Physics Courses 2012 - 2013

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

Ph 1 - lectures
201 E. Bridge       

Patterson
WF11
- -
Ph 1 - lectures - Analytical
201 E. Bridge
- Spiropulu
WF11
Spiropulu
WF11
Ph1 - lectures - Practical
201 E. Bridge
- Filippone
F3
Politzer
F3
Ph 1 - sections
 
Newman Filippone
Frautschi Frautschi
Hsieh Golwala
Cohen GTA
GTA GTA

MTh1 or MTh3
(or possibly MTh10pm)

Analytical
Newman Harrison
Alicea Patterson
GTA

-

MTh1 or MTh3

Analytical
Newman Harrison
Filippone Patterson
GTA

-

MTh11 or MTh3

Practical
Frautschi Frautschi
GTA Adhikari
GTA

-

MWTh1 or MWTh3

Practical
Frautschi Frautschi
GTA Adhikari
GTA

-

MWTh11 or MWTh3

Demo Prep 
201 E. Bridge
TWThF10 TWThF10, F2 TWThF10, F2
Freshman Seminars In Search of Memory
Pine
T2-4, 248 Lauritsen
The Science of Music
 Politzer
OM-M4, Downs 103
Physics of the Large Hadron Collider
Weinstein
OM-M4, Downs 103
Ph 2 
201 E. Bridge
Sections: WF9, WF11, WF1 or WF3
Martin/Preskill
TTh11
Martin/Cheung
TTh11
-
Ph 3  Physics Laboratory               
308 E. Bridge                           
Sannibale/Libbrecht
OM - T2, 201 E. Bridge
Sannibale/Libbrecht
OM - T2, 201 E. Bridge
Sannibale/Libbrecht
OM - T2, 201 E. Bridge
Ph 5/105  Analog Electronics for Physicists Laboratory
201 E. Bridge
Sannibale/Rice/Libbrecht
OM-T3, 201 E. Bridge
- -
Ph 6  Physics Laboratory
201 E. Bridge
- Rice/Libbrecht
OM-T3, 201 E. Bridge
-
Ph 7  Physics Laboratory
201 E. Bridge
- - Rice/Libbrecht
OM-T3, 201 E. Bridge
Ph8 - Experiments in Electromagnetism
201 E. Bridge; Sections: 1 hr/week
- Pine
OM-M3, 201 E. Bridge
Pine
-
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
Weinstein
TTh10.5-12
Refael
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, 21, 22 all offered)
Mach/Prince
OM-M3
(Ph20, 21, 22 all offered)
Ph 50  Caltech Physics League - Refael
OM-M2, 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, 210 E. Bridge
Black/Libbrecht
OM-M3, 210 E. Bridge
Black/Libbrecht
OM-M3, 210 E. Bridge
Ph 78  Senior Thesis Experimental Stone Stone Stone
Ph 79  Senior Thesis Theoretical Stone Stone Stone
Ph 101  Order-of-Magnitude Physics
107 Downs
- - Phinney
MW1-2.5
Ph 105 - see Ph 5 - - -
Ph 106  Classical Physics
107 Downs
Cross
TTh10.5-12
Cross/Golwala
TTh10.5-12
Golwala
TTh10.5-12
Ph 125  Quantum Mechanics
107 Downs
Kitaev
MWF10-11
Hsieh
MWF10-11
Cheung
MWF10-11
Ph 127  Statistical Physics
107 Downs
Alicea
TTh1-2.5
Motrunich
TTh1-2.5
Motrunich
TTh1-2.5
Ph 129  Mathematical Methods of Physics
269 Lauritsen
Porter
Real Analysis
WF2.5-4
Porter
Probability and Statistics
WF2.5-4
Cross
Group Theory

WF2.5-4
Ph 135  Applications of Quantum Mechanics
269 Lauritsen
Condensed Matter Physics
Yeh
MTh2.5-4
Quantum Optics
Kimble
MTh2.5-4
Quantum Computing
Kitaev
MTh2.5-4
Ph 205  Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
269 Lauritsen
Gukov
MW10.5-12
Gukov
MW10.5-12
Wise
MW10.5-12
Ph 223  Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
107 Downs
- Yeh
TTh2.5-4
Yeh
TTh2.5-4
Ph 229  Advanced Math Methods
469 Lauritsen
- Ooguri
TTh10.5-12
-
Ph 236  General Relativity
269 Lauritsen
Chen/Hirata
MW1-2.5
Chen/Hirata
MW1-2.5
-
Ph 242  Physics Seminar
114 E. Bridge
Stone
F12-2
Stone
F12-2
-
Ph 250  String Theory
469 Lauritsen
Schwarz
TTh9-10.5
Schwarz
TTh9-10.5
Schwarz
TTh9-10.5
  Other teaching: Roukes-BE/APh/Ph181(spring)


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 2012-13

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

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

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

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

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