2025-2026 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 2024-2025 can be found here.

Physics 1 abc - Classical Mechanics and Electromagnetism

Fall Physics 1a Dr. Ravi WF 11:00 - 11:55 am 201 BRG Canvas Website

Winter Physics 1b - Practical Dr. Chen TBA TBA

Winter Physics 1b - Analytical Dr. Patterson TBA TBA

Spring Physics 1c - Practical Dr. Chen TBA TBA

Spring Physics 1c - Analytical Dr. Patterson TBA TBA

Physics 2 abc - Waves, Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Physics

Fall Physics 2a Dr. McCuller TR 11:00 - 11:55 am T: 201 BRG, R: 269 LAU Canvas Website

Winter Physics 2b Dr. Filippone TBA TBA

Spring Physics 2c Dr. Hildebrandt TBA TBA

Physics 3 - Physics Laboratory

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

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

Spring Dr. E. Black/ Dr. Libbrecht 308 BRG (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 Canvas Website

Physics 5/105 - Analog Electronics for Physicists Laboratory

Fall Dr. Libbrecht/Dr. Rice Canvas Website

Physics 6 - Physics Laboratory

Winter Dr. Politzer/Dr. Rice

Physics 7 - Physics Laboratory

Spring Dr. Politzer/Dr. Rice

Physics 8 bc - Experiments in Electromagnetism

Winter Physics 8b Dr. Spiropulu

Spring Physics 8c Dr. Spiropulu

FS/Physics 9 - The Science of Music

Fall Dr. Politzer WF 3:00 - 3:55 pm B157 W. BRG Canvas Website

Physics 10 - Frontiers in Physics

Fall Dr. Spiropulu W 12:00 - 1:55 pm 269 LAU Canvas Website

FS/Physics 11 - Beyond Physics

Fall/Winter/Spring Dr. R Phillips/Dr. Stevenson

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 Canvas Website

Winter Physics 12b Dr. Golwala TBA TBA

Spring Physics 12c Dr. Golwala TBA TBA

FS/Physics 15 First-Year Seminar: Quantum Information Science Today and Tomorrow

Winter Dr. Preskill TBA TBA

Physics 20 - Computational Physics Laboratory I

Fall Dr. Adhikari Course Cancelled

Physics 21 - Computational Physics Laboratory II

Winter Dr. Adhikari TBA TBA

Physics 22 - Computational Physics Laboratory III

Spring Dr. Adhikari TBA TBA

Physics 70 - Oral and Written Communication

Fall Dr. Hitlin T 2:00 - 3:55 pm 469 LAU Canvas Website

Winter Dr. Hitlin TBA TBA

Physics 77 abc - Advanced Physics Laboratory

Fall Dr. E. Black/Dr. Libbrecht OM, M 3:00 - 3:55 pm 210 BRG Canvas Website

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

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

Physics 78 abc - Physics Senior Thesis (Experiment)

Fall Physics 78a Dr. Libbrecht Canvas Website

Winter Physics 78b Dr. Libbrecht

Spring Physics 78c Dr. Libbrecht

Physics 79 abc - Physics Senior Thesis (Theory)

Fall Physics 79a Dr. Libbrecht Canvas Website

Winter Physics 79b Dr. Libbrecht

Spring Physics 79c Dr. Libbrecht

Physics 106 abc - Topics in Classical Physics

Fall Physics 106a Dr. Chatziioannou TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 107 DWN Canvas Website

Winter Physics 106b Dr. Most TBA TBA

Spring Physics 106c Dr. Most TBA TBA

Physics 107 - Classical and Laser Optics

Spring Dr. Hutzler TBA TBA

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

Winter Physics 118a Dr. Roukes TBA TBA

Physics/APh/EE 118 c - Physics of Measurement: Moonbounce and Beyond - Microwave Scattering for Communications and Metrology

Spring Physics 118c Dr. Roukes TBA TBA

Physics 121 abc - Computational Physics Lab

Fall Physics 121a Dr. Simmons-Duffin TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 469 LAU Canvas Website

Winter Physics 121b Dr. Simmons-Duffin TBA TBA

Spring Physics 121c Dr. Huang TBA TBA

Physics 125 abc - Quantum Mechanics

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

Winter Physics 125b Dr. Porter TBA TBA

Spring Physics 125c Dr. Porter TBA TBA

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

Fall Physics 127a Dr. Motrunich MW 1:00 - 2:25 pm 103 DWN Canvas Website

Winter Physics 127b Dr. Motrunich TBA TBA

Physics 129 abc - Mathematical Methods of Physics

Winter Physics 129b PDE's Dr. Y Chen TBA TBA

Spring Physics 129c Probability and Statistics Dr. Kapustin TBA TBA

Physics 135 - Introduction to Condensed Matter

Fall Dr. Ye TR 1:00 - 2:25 pm 269 LAU Canvas Website

Physics/APh 137ab - Atoms and Photons

Fall Physics 137b Quantum Optics Dr. Endres TR 2:30 - 3:55 pm 269 LAU Canvas Website

Winter Physics 137a Atomic Physics Dr. Hutzler TBA TBA

Physics 139 - Introduction to Particle Physics

Winter Dr. Porter TBA TBA

Physics 177 - Advanced Experimental Physics

Winter Dr. Rice OM,M 4:00 - 4:55 pm 304 BRG

Spring Dr. Rice OM, M 4:00 - 4:55 pm 304 BRG

Physics 201 - Candidacy Physics Fitness

Spring Dr. Endres TBA TBA

Physics 203 - Nuclear Physics

Spring Dr. Filippone TBA TBA

Physics 205 abc - Relativistic Quantum Field Theory

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

Winter Physics 205b Dr. Wise TBA TBA

Spring Physics 205c Dr. Wise TBA TBA

Physics/CS 219 abc - Quantum Computation

Fall Physics 219a Dr. Kitaev MW 2:30 - 3:55 pm 269 LAU Canvas Website

Winter Physics 219b Dr. Kitaev TBA TBA

Spring Physics 219c Dr. Preskill TBA TBA

Physics 220 - Quantum Learning Theory

Fall Dr. Huang MW 1:00 - 2:25 pm Cahill Hameetman Auditorium Canvas Website

Physics 221 - Experimental Techniques in AMO Physics

Fall Dr. Oppong MW 10:30 - 11:55 pm 269 LAU Canvas Website

Physics 223 ab - Advanced Condensed-Matter Physics

Winter Physics 223a Dr. Alicea TBA TBA

Spring Physics 223b Dr. Alicea TBA TBA

Physics 230 ab - Elementary Particle Theory

Winter Physics 230a Dr. Papucci TBA TBA

Spring Physics 230b Dr. Papucci TBA TBA

Physics 235 ab - Theoretical Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Winter Physics 235a Dr. Zurek TBA TBA

Spring Physics 235b Dr. Bock TBA TBA

Physics 236 abc - General Relativity

Fall Physics 236a Dr. Chatziioannou TR 2:30 pm - 3:55 pm Bax Lecture Hall Canvas Website

Winter Physics 236b Dr. Teukolsky TBA TBA

Physics 237 - Gravitational Radiation

Spring Dr. Y. Chen TBA TBA

Physics 242 ab - Physics Seminar

Fall Physics 242a Dr. Hsieh F 12:00 - 1:55 pm B160 BRG Canvas Website

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