2023-2024 Physics Course Schedule and Websites

For information about all courses, including those not offered this year, please refer to the Caltech Catalog. Course web pages from 2022-2023 can be found here.

Physics 1 abc - Classical Mechanics and Electromagnetism

Fall Physics 1a Dr. Cheung WF 11:00 - 11:55 am 201 BRG Course Webpage

Winter Physics 1b - Practical Dr. Chen WF 3:00 - 3:55 pm 201 BRG Course Webpage

Winter Physics 1b - Analytical Dr. Patterson TR 11:00 -11:55 am 201 BRG Course Webpage

Spring Physics 1c - Practical Dr. Refael WF 3:00 - 3:55 pm 201 BRG Course Webpage

Spring Physics 1c - Analytical Dr. Paterson WF 11:00 - 11:55 am 201 BRG Course Webpage

Physics 2 abc - Waves, Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Physics

Fall Physics 2a Dr. Hildebrandt TR 11:00 - 11:55 am T: 201 BRG, R: 269 LAU Course Webpage

Winter Physics 2b Dr. Filippone TR 11:00 - 11:55 am 119 KRK Course Webpage

Spring Physics 2c Dr. Porter TR 11:00 - 11:55 am 201 BRG Course Webpage

Physics 3 - Physics Laboratory

Fall Dr. E. Black/Dr. Libbrecht 308 BRG Course Webpage (See Registrar's course schedule for section times)

Winter Dr. E. Black/Dr. Libbrecht 308 BRG Course Webpage (See Registrar's course schedule for section times)

Spring Dr. E. Black/ Dr. Libbrecht 308 BRG Course Webpage (See Registrar's course schedule for section times)

FS/Physics 4 - Freshman Seminar: Astrophysics and Cosmology with Open Data

Fall Dr. Weinstein TR 1:00 - 2:25 pm 289 Linde Course Webpage

Physics 5/105 - Analog Electronics for Physicists Laboratory

Fall Dr. Libbrecht/Dr. Rice OM,T 4:00 - 4:55 pm 201 BRG Course Webpage

Physics 6 - Physics Laboratory

Winter Dr. Politzer/Dr. Rice TBA Course Webpage

Physics 7 - Physics Laboratory

Spring Dr. Politzer/Dr. Rice TBA Course Webpage

Physics 8 bc - Experiments in Electromagnetism

Winter Physics 8b Dr. Spiropulu TBA Course Webpage

Spring Physics 8c Dr. Spiropulu TBA Course Webpage

FS/Physics 9 - The Science of Music

Fall Dr. Politzer MW 1:00 - 1:55 pm 387 Linde Course Webpage

Physics 10 - Frontiers in Physics

Fall Dr. Spiropulu W 12:00 - 1:55 pm 269 LAU Course Webpage

FS/Physics 11 - Beyond Physics

Fall/Winter/Spring Dr. R Phillips

Physics 12 abc - Waves, Quantum Physics and Statistical Mechanics

Fall Physics 12a Dr. Zmuidzinas TR 10:30 - 11:55 am T: 269 LAU, R: 201 BRG Course Webpage

Winter Physics 12b Dr. McCuller TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 269 LAU Course Webpage

Spring Physics 12c Dr. Simmons-Duffin TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 269 LAU Course Webpage

Physics 20 - Computational Physics Laboratory I

Fall Dr. Adhikari WF 1:00 - 3:55 pm 183 Linde Course Webpage

Winter Dr. Adhikari/Dr. McCuller TBA Course Webpage

Physics 21 - Computational Physics Laboratory II

Winter Dr. Adhikari/Dr. McCuller TBA Course Webpage

Spring Dr. McCuller M 3:00 - 3:55 pm 183 Linde Course Webpage

M 11:00 - 11:55 am 183 Linde

F 1:00 - 4:55 pm 183 Linde

Physics 22 - Computational Physics Laboratory III

Spring Dr. McCuller M 3:00 - 3:55 pm 183 Linde Course Webpage

M 11:00 - 11:55 am 183 Linde

F 1:00 - 4:55 pm 183 Linde

Physics 50 ab - Caltech Physics League

Fall Physics 50a Dr. Refael TBA Course Webpage

Winter Physics 50b Dr. Refael TBA Course Webpage

Physics 70 - Oral and Written Communication

Fall Dr. Hitlin T 2:00 - 3:55 pm 469 LAU Course Webpage

Spring Dr. Hitlin T 2:00 - 3:25 pm 469 LAU Course Webpage

Physics 77 abc - Advanced Physics Laboratory

Fall Dr. E. Black/Dr. Libbrecht OM,T 3:00 - 3:55 pm 210 BRG Course Webpage

Winter Dr. E. Black/Dr. Libbrecht OM, W 3:00 - 3:55 pm 210 BRG Course Webpage

Spring Dr. E. Black/Dr. Libbrecht OM, M 3:00 - 3:55 pm 210 BRG Course Webpage

Physics 78 abc - Physics Senior Thesis (Experiment)

Fall Physics 78a Dr. Libbrecht Course Webpage

Winter Physics 78b Dr. Libbrecht Course Webpage

Spring Physics 78c Dr. Libbrecht Course Webpage

Physics 79 abc - Physics Senior Thesis (Theory)

Fall Physics 79a Dr. Libbrecht Course Webpage

Winter Physics 79b Dr. Libbrecht Course Webpage

Spring Physics 79c Dr. Libbrecht Course Webpage

Astrophysics/Physics 104 - Relativistic Astrophysics

Spring Dr. Most TR 9:00 - 10:25 am 219 CHL Course Webpage

Physics 106 abc - Topics in Classical Physics

Fall Physics 106a Dr. Fuller TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 107 DWN Course Webpage

Winter Physics 106b Dr. Golwala TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 107 DWN Course Webpage

Spring Physics 106c Dr. Golwala TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 107 DWN Course Webpage

Physics 107 - Classical and Laser Optics

Spring Dr. Hutzler and Dr. Adhikari MWF 11:00 - 11:55 am 269 LAU Course Webpage

Physics/APh/EE/BE 118 ab - Physics of Measurement

Spring Physics 118a Dr. Roukes TR 2:30 - 3:55 pm 387 Linde Course Webpage

Physics 121 abc - Computational Physics Lab

Spring Physics 121c Dr. Motrunich TR 10:30 - 11:25 am 103 DWN Course Webpage

Physics 125 abc - Quantum Mechanics

Fall Physics 125a Dr. Porter MWF 10:00 - 10:55 am 107 DWN Course Webpage

Winter Physics 125b Dr. Porter MWF 10:00 - 10:55 am 107 DWN Course Webpage

Spring Physics 125c Dr. Cheung MWF 10:00 - 10:55 am 107 DWN Course Webpage

Physics 127 ab - Statistical Physics of Interacting Systems, Phases, and Phase Transitions

Fall Physics 127a Dr. Motrunich MW 1:00 - 2:25 pm 201 BRG Course Webpage

Winter Physics 127b Dr. Motrunich MW 1:00 - 2:25 pm 107 DWN Course Webpage

Physics 129 abc - Mathematical Methods of Physics

Fall Physics 129a Group Theory Dr. X Chen TR 2:30 - 3:55 pm Hameetman Aud Course Webpage

Winter Physics 129b PDE's Dr. Chatziioannou TR 2:30 - 3:55 pm 121 BCK Course Webpage

Physics 135 - Introduction to Condensed Matter

Fall Dr. Ye TR 1:00 - 2:25 pm 201 BRG Course Webpage

Physics/APh 137ab - Atoms and Photons

Fall Physics 137a Dr. Hutzler TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 103 DWN Course Webpage

Winter Physics 137b Dr. Endres TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 219 CHL Course Webpage

Physics 139 - Introduction to Particle Physics

Winter Dr. Weinstein TR 1:00 - 2:25 pm 103 DWN Course Webpage

Physics 177 - Advanced Experimental Physics

Winter Dr. Hutzler/Dr. Rice OM,W 4:00 - 4:55 pm 304 BRG Course Webpage

Spring Dr. Hutzler/Dr. Rice OM, M 4:00 - 4:55 pm 304 BRG Course Webpage

Physics 201 - Candidacy Physics Fitness

Spring Dr. Endres W 4:00 - 5:55 pm 469 LAU Common Area Course Webpage

Physics 203 - Nuclear Physics

Spring Dr. Filippone TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 289 Linde Course Webpage

Physics 205 abc - Relativistic Quantum Field Theory

Fall Physics 205a Dr. Wise MW 10:30 - 11:55 am 103 DWN Course Webpage

Winter Physics 205b Dr. Wise MW 10:30 - 11:55 am 103 DWN Course Webpage

Spring Physics 205c Dr. Wise MW 10:30 - 11:55 am 103 DWN Course Webpage

Physics/CS 219 abc - Quantum Computation

Fall Physics 219a Dr. Kitaev MW 2:30 - 3:55 pm 201 BRG Course Webpage

Winter Physics 219b Dr. Kitaev MW 2:30 - 3:55 pm 103 DWN Course Webpage

Spring Physics 219c Dr. Preskill MW 2:30 - 3:55 pm 103 DWN Course Webpage

Physics 223 ab - Advanced Condensed-Matter Physics

Winter Physics 223a Dr. Alicea MW 9:00 - 10:25 am 103 DWN Course Webpage

Spring Physics 223b Dr. Alicea MW 9:00 - 10:25 am 103 DWN Course Webpage

Physics 229 ab - Advanced Mathematical Methods of Physics

Winter Physics 229a Dr. Kapustin TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 469 LAU Course Webpage

Spring Physics 229b Dr. Kapustin TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 469 LAU Course Webpage

Physics 230 ab - Elementary Particle Theory

Fall Physics 230a Dr. Simmons-Duffin MW 9:00 - 10:25 am 469 LAU Course Webpage

Winter Physics 230b Dr. Ooguri MW 9:00 - 10:25 am 469 LAU Course Webpage

Physics 235 ab - Theoretical Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Fall Physics 235a Dr. Zurek MW 1:00 - 2:25 pm 469 LAU Course Webpage

Winter Physics 235b CANCELLED

Physics 236 ab - General Relativity

Fall Physics 236a Dr. Chatziioannou TR 1:30 - 3:55 pm 269 LAU Course Webpage

Winter Physics 236b Dr. Teukolsky TR 2:30 - 3:55 pm 387 Linde Course Webpage

Physics 237 - Gravitational Radiation

Spring Dr. Y. Chen TR 2:30 - 3:55 pm 103 DWN Course Webpage

Physics 242 ab - Physics Seminar

Fall Physics 242a Dr. Libbrecht F 12:00 - 1:55 pm B160 BRG Course Webpage

Winter Physics 242b Dr. Libbrecht F 12:00 - 1:55 pm B160 BRG Course Webpage