Modern Physics

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: courses 1A, 1B, and 1C (or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH). Corequisite: course 32. Photons, black-body radiation, photoelectric effect, uncertainty principle, Bohr atom, Schrödinger equation, hydrogen atom, and selected topics in atomic, solid-state, nuclear, and particle physics. P/NP or letter grading.

Review Summary

Clarity
5.0 / 10
Organization
6.7 / 10
Time
5-10 hrs/week
Overall
5.0 / 10

Reviews

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: A

    Regan packs a lot of extra material into this course, which is supposed to be fairly rudimentary. His lectures are a little confusing, and his office hours are not very helpful. Discussion is extremely valuable if you have a TA. The best part about this course was the detailed reference document (essentially like a light textbook) Regan provided and continually updated throughout the quarter; it was extremely useful. Overall, this was a very difficult course thanks to Regan, but I enjoyed it and learned a lot.

Course

Instructor
B. C. Regan
Previously taught
24F 23S 22F

Grading Information

  • No group projects

  • Attendance not required

  • 2 midterms

  • Finals week final

  • 100% recommend the textbook

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