2017-2018 Physics Course Schedule and Websites
For information about all courses, including those not offered this year, please refer to the Caltech catalog here. Course webpages from 2016-2017 can be found here.
Physics 1 abc - Classical Mechanics and Electromagnetism
Physics 1a Dr. Zmuidzinas Fall
Physics 1b - Practical Dr. Y Chen Winter Course Webpage
Physics 1b - Analytical Dr. Hsieh Winter Course Webpage
Physics 1c - Practical Dr. Alicea Spring Course Webpage
Physics 1c - Analytical Dr. Hsieh Spring Course Webpage
Physics 2 abc - Waves, Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Physics
Physics 2a Dr. Adhikari Fall Course Webpage
Physics 2b Dr. Martin Winter Course Webpage
Physics 2c Dr. Filippone Spring Course Webpage
Physics 3 - Physics Laboratory
Fall E. Black/Dr. Libbrecht
Winter E. Black/Dr. Libbrecht
Spring E. Black/ Dr. Libbrecht Course Webpage
Physics 5/105 - Analog Electronics for Physicists
Dr. Libbrecht/F. Rice Fall Course Webpage
Physics 6 - Physics Laboratory
Dr. Politzer/F. Rice Winter Course Webpage
Physics 7 - Physics Laboratory
Dr. Politzer/F. Rice Spring
Physics 8 bc - Experiments in Electromagnetism
Physics 8b Dr. Spiropulu Winter Course Webpage
Physics 8c Dr. Spiropulu Spring Course Webpage
FS/Physics 9 - The Science of Music
Dr. Politzer Fall Course Webpage
Physics 10 - Frontiers in Physics
Dr. Spiropulu Fall Course Webpage
FS/Physics 11 - Research Tutorial
Dr. R Phillips Course Webpage
Physics 12 abc - Waves, Quantum Physics and Statistical Mechanics
Physics 12a Dr. X Chen Fall Course Webpage
Physics 12b Dr. Filippone Winter Course Webpage
Physics 12c Dr. Zmuidzinas Spring Course Webpage
Physics 20 - Computational Physics Laboratory I
Fall C. Mach/Dr. Prince
Winter C.Mach/Dr. Prince
Spring C. Mach/Dr. Prince Course Webpage
Physics 21 - Computational Physics Laboratory II
Winter C.Mach/Dr. Prince
Spring C. Mach/Dr. Prince Course Webpage
Physics 22 - Computational Physics Laboratory III
Winter C.Mach/Dr. Prince
Spring C. Mach/Dr. Prince Course Webpage
Physics 50 ab - Caltech Physics League
Physics 50a Dr. Patterson/Dr. Refael Fall
Physics 50b Dr. Patterson/Dr. Refael Winter
Physics 70 - Oral and Written Communication
Dr. Hitlin Spring Course Webpage
Physics 77 abc - Advanced Physics Laboratory
Physics 77ab Fall E. Black/Dr. Libbrecht
Physics 77abc Winter E. Black/Dr. Libbrecht
Physics 77abc E. Black/Dr. Libbrecht Spring Course Webpage
Physics 103 - Atomic and Molecular Physics
Dr. Hutzler Fall Course Webpage
Physics 106 abc - Topics in Classical Physics
Physics 106a Dr. Weinstein Fall Course Webpage
Physics 106b Dr. Golwala/Dr. Weinstein Winter Course Webpage
Physics 106c Dr. Golwala Spring Course Webpage
Physics/APh/EE/BE 118 ab - Physics of Measurement
Physics 118a Dr. Roukes Fall Course Webpage
Physics 118b Dr. Roukes Winter Course Webpage
Physics 121 abc - Computational Physics Lab
Physics 121a Dr. Refael Fall
Physics 121b Dr. Refael/Dr. Teukolsky Winter
Physics 121c Dr. Motrunich Spring
Physics 125 abc - Quantum Mechanics
Physics 125a Dr. Wise Fall Course Webpage
Physics 125b Dr. Brandao Winter Course Webpage
Physics 125c Dr. Cheung Spring
Physics 127 abc - Statistical Physics
Physics 127a Dr. Motrunich Fall Course Webpage (Moodle, available to registered students)
Physics 127b Dr. Motrunich Winter
Physics 127c Dr. Brandao Spring
Physics 129 abc - Mathematical Methods of Physics
Physics 129a PDE's Dr. Porter Fall Course Webpage
Physics 129b Group Theory Dr. X Chen Winter Course Webpage
Physics 129c Probability & Statistics Dr. Porter Spring Course Webpage
Physics 135 abc - Applications of Quantum Mechanics
Physics 135a Introduction to Condensed Matter Fall Course Webpage
Physics 135b Quantum Optics Dr. Endres Winter
Physics 135c Introduction to Particle Physics Dr. Patterson Spring Course Webpage
Physics 201 - Candidacy Physics Fitness
Dr. Endres Spring
Physics 205 abc - Relativistic Quantum Field Theory
Physics 205a Dr. Kapustin Fall Course Webpage
Physics 205b Dr. Kapustin Winter Course Webpage
Physics 205c Dr. Wise Spring
Physics 217 - Introduction to the Standard Model
Dr. Cheung Spring
Physics 219 abc - Quantum Computation
Physics 219a Dr. Kitaev Fall
Physics 219b Dr. Preskill Winter Course Webpage
Physics 219c Dr. Kitaev/Dr. Preskill Spring
Physics 223 ab - Advanced Condensed-Matter Physics
Physics 223a Dr. Alicea Winter
Physics 223b Dr. X Chen Spring Course Webpage
Physics 229 ab - Advanced Mathematical Methods of Physics
Physics 229a Dr. Simmons-Duffin Winter Course Webpage
Physics 229b Dr. Simmons-Duffin Spring
Physics 230 ab - Elementary Particle Theory
Physics 230a Dr. Ooguri Fall Course Webpage
Physics 230b Dr. Gukov Winter Course Webpage
Physics 236 ab - General Relativity
Physics 236a Dr. Y Chen Fall
Physics 236b Dr. Teukolsky Winter
Physics 237 - Gravitational Waves
Dr. Adhikari Spring
Physics 242 ab - Physics Seminar
Physics 242a Dr. Stone Fall
Physics 242b Dr. Stone Winter