2019-2020 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 2018-2019 can be found here.
Physics 1 abc - Classical Mechanics and Electromagnetism
Fall Physics 1a Dr. Cheung Course Webpage
Winter Physics 1b - Practical Course Webpage
Winter Physics 1b - Analytical Dr. Hsieh Course Webpage
Spring Physics 1c - Practical Dr. Alicea WF 3:00 - 3:55 pm Course Webpage
Spring Physics 1c - Analytical Dr. Hsieh WF 11:00 - 11:55 am Course Webpage
Physics 2 abc - Waves, Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Physics
Fall Physics 2a Dr. Porter
Winter Physics 2b Course Webpage
Spring Physics 2c Dr. Filippone TR 11:00 - 11:55 am Course Webpage
Physics 3 - Physics Laboratory
Fall E. Black/Dr. Libbrecht Course Webpage
Winter E. Black/Dr. Libbrecht Course Webpage
Physics 5/105 - Analog Electronics for Physicists Laboratory
Fall Dr. Libbrecht/F. Rice Course Webpage
Physics 6 - Physics Laboratory
Winter Dr. Politzer/F. Rice Course Webpage
Physics 8 bc - Experiments in Electromagnetism
Winter Physics 8b Dr. Spiropulu Course Webpage
Spring Physics 8c Dr. Spiropulu Course Webpage
FS/Physics 9 - The Science of Music
Fall Dr. Politzer Course Webpage
Spring Dr. Politzer Course Webpage
Physics 10 - Frontiers in Physics
Fall Dr. Spiropulu Course Webpage
FS/Physics 11 - Beyond Physics
Fall/Winter/Spring Dr. R Phillips Course Webpage
Physics 12 abc - Waves, Quantum Physics and Statistical Mechanics
Fall Physics 12a Dr. X Chen Course Webpage
Winter Physics 12b Dr. Filippone Course Webpage
Spring Physics 12c Dr. Simmons-Duffin TR 10:30 - 11:55 am Course Webpage
Physics 20 - Computational Physics Laboratory I
Fall C. Mach/Dr. Weinstein Course Webpage
Winter C.Mach/Dr. Weinstein Course Webpage
Spring C. Mach/Dr. Weinstein Course Webpage
Physics 21 - Computational Physics Laboratory II
Fall C.Mach/Dr. Weinstein Course Webpage
Winter C.Mach/Dr. Weinstein Course Webpage
Spring C. Mach/Dr. Weinstein Course Webpage
Physics 22 - Computational Physics Laboratory III
Fall C.Mach/Dr. Weinstein
Winter C.Mach/Dr. Weinstein Course Webpage
Spring C. Mach/Dr. Weinstein Course Webpage
Physics 50 ab - Caltech Physics League
Fall Physics 50a Dr. Refael
Winter Physics 50b Dr. Refael
Physics 70 - Oral and Written Communication
Fall Dr. Hitlin Course Webpage
Spring Dr. Hitlin T 2:00 - 3:55 pm Course Webpage
Physics 77 abc - Advanced Physics Laboratory
Fall Physics 77ab E. Black/Dr. Libbrecht Course Webpage
Winter Physics 77abc E. Black/Dr. Libbrecht Course Webpage
Spring Physics 77abc E. Black/Dr. Libbrecht Course Webpage
Physics 78 abc - Physics Senior Thesis
Fall Physics 78abc Dr. Libbrecht Course Webpage
Spring Physics 78abc Dr. Libbrecht
Physics 79 abc - Physics Senior Thesis
Fall Physics 79abc Dr. Libbrecht Course Webpage
Spring Physics 79abc Dr. Libbrecht
Physics 106 abc - Topics in Classical Physics
Fall Physics 106a Dr. Weinstein Course Webpage
Winter Physics 106b Dr. Golwala Course Webpage
Spring Physics 106c Dr. Golwala TR 10:30 - 11:55 am Course Webpage
Physics/APh/EE/BE 118 a - Physics of Measurement
Fall Physics 118a Dr. Roukes Course Webpage
Physics 121 abc - Computational Physics Lab
Fall Physics 121a Dr. Simmons-Duffin Course Webpage
Spring Physics 121c Dr. Motrunich TR 10:30 - 11:25 am Course Webpage
Physics 125 abc - Quantum Mechanics
Fall Physics 125a Dr. Wise Course Webpage
Winter Physics 125b Dr. Wise
Spring Physics 125c Dr. Wise Course Webpage
Physics 127 ab - Statistical Physics
Fall Physics 127a Dr. Motrunich
Winter Physics 127b Dr. Motrunich
Physics 129 abc - Mathematical Methods of Physics
Fall Physics 129a Probability & Statistics Dr. Porter Course Webpage
Note the order of 129b and 129c, which differs from the information in the catalog. The information below is the order in which the classes are offered.
Winter Physics 129b Group Theory Dr. X Chen Course Webpage
Spring Physics 129c PDE's Dr. Ooguri TR 9:00 - 10:25 am Course Webpage
Physics 135 - Introduction to Condensed Matter
Fall Dr. Refael Course Webpage
Physics 137ab - Atoms and Photons
Fall Physics 137a Dr. Hutzler Course Webpage
Winter Physics 137b Dr. Endres Course Webpage
Physics 139 - Introduction to Particle Physics
Spring Dr. Patterson TR 2:30 - 3:55 pm Course Webpage
Physics 177 - Advanced Experimental Physics
Winter Dr. Hutzler/F. Rice
Physics 201 - Candidacy Physics Fitness
Spring Dr. Endres F 2:30 - 4:25 pm
Physics 205 abc - Relativistic Quantum Field Theory
Fall Physics 205a Dr. Gukov Course Webpage
Winter Physics 205b Dr. Gukov Course Webpage
Spring Physics 205c Dr. Kapustin Course Webpage
Physics 219 abc - Quantum Computation
Fall Physics 219a Dr. Preskill
Winter Physics 219b Dr. Brandao
Physics 223 ab - Advanced Condensed-Matter Physics
Winter Physics 223a Dr. Alicea
Spring Physics 223b Dr. Kitaev MW 9:00 - 10:25 am Course Webpage
Physics 229 ab - Advanced Mathematical Methods of Physics
Fall Physics 229a Dr. Kapustin
Physics 230 ab - Elementary Particle Theory
Fall Physics 230a Dr. Zurek
Physics 236 abc - General Relativity
Fall Physics 236a Dr. Y Chen
Winter Physics 236b Dr. Teukolsky
Physics 237 - Gravitational Radiation
Spring Physics 237 Dr. Adhikari TR 2:30 - 3:55 pm Course Webpage
Physics 242 ab - Physics Seminar
Fall Physics 242a Dr. Patterson
Winter Physics 242b Dr. Patterson