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2026-2027 Physics Course Schedule

For information about all courses, including those not offered this year, please refer to the Caltech Catalog.

Physics 1 abc - Classical Mechanics and Electromagnetism

Term Courses Instructor Schedule Location Resources
Fall Physics 1a Dr Filippone WF 11:00 - 11:55 am 201 BRG Canvas Website
Winter Physics 1b - Practical Dr X. Chen WF 3:00 - 3:55 pm 201 BRG TBA
Winter Physics 1b - Analytical Dr Patterson WF 11:00 - 11:55 am 201 BRG TBA
Spring Physics 1c - Practical Dr X. Chen WF 3:00 - 3:55pm 201 BRG TBA
Spring Physics 1c - Analytical Dr Patterson WF 11:00 - 11:55 am 201 BRG TBA

Physics 2 abc - Waves, Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Physics

Term Courses Instructor Schedule Location Resources
Fall Physics 2a Dr McCuller TR 11:00 - 11:55 am T: 201 BRG
R: 269 LAU 		Canvas Website
Winter Physics 2b Dr Adhikari TR 11:00 - 11:55 am 201 BRG TBA
Spring Physics 2b Dr McCuller TR 11:00 - 11:55 am 201 BRG TBA

Physics 3 - Physics Laboratory

Term Instructor Location Resources Comment
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 TBA TBA
Spring Dr E. Black /
Dr Libbrecht 		308 BRG TBA TBA

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

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resources
Fall N/A Not offered AY26-27 N/A N/A

Physics 5/105 - Analog Electronics for Physicists Laboratory

Term Instructor Resource
Fall Dr Libbrecht /
Dr Ready 		Canvas Website

Physics 6 - Physics Laboratory

Term Instructor Resource
Winter Dr Politzer /
Dr Ready 		TBA

Physics 7 - Physics Laboratory

Term Instructor Resource
Winter Dr Politzer /
Dr Ready 		TBA

Physics 8 bc - Experiments in Electromagnetism

Term Course Instructor Resource
Winter Physics 8b Dr Spiropulu TBA
Spring Physics 8c Dr Spiropulu TBA

FS/Physics 9 - The Science of Music

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Dr Politzer WF 3:00 - 3:55 pm B157 W. BRG Canvas Website

Physics 10 - Frontiers in Physics

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Dr Spiropulu W 12:00 - 1:55 pm 269 LAU Canvas Website

FS/Physics 11 - Beyond Physics

Term Instructor Resource
Fall/Winter/Spring Dr R. Phillips Canvas Website

Physics 12 abc - Waves, Quantum Physics and Statistical Mechanics

Term Course Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Physics 12a Dr Zmuidzinas TR 10:30 - 11:55 am T: 269 LAU
R: 201 BRG 		Canvas Website
Winter Physics 12b Dr Golwala TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 269 LAU TBA
Spring Physics 12c Dr Golwala TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 269 LAU TBA

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

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Winter Dr Preskill MW 2:00 - 2:55 pm 469 LAU TBA

Physics 20 - Computational Physics Laboratory I

Term Instructor Comment
Fall Not offered AY26-27 Course Cancelled

Physics 21 - Computational Physics Laboratory II

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Dr Wu M 11:00 - 11:55 am
F 1:00 - 4:55 pm 		Linde 187 Canvas Website

Physics 22 - Computational Physics Laboratory III

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Winter Dr Wu M 11:00 - 11:55 am
F 1:00 - 4:55 pm 		TBA TBA

Physics 70 - Oral and Written Communication

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Dr Michalakis T 2:00 - 3:55 pm 469 LAU Canvas Website
Winter Dr Michalakis T 2:00 - 3:55 pm 121 ANB TBA

Physics 77 abc - Advanced Physics Laboratory

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resource
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 TBA
Spring Dr E. Black /
Dr Libbrecht 		OM, M 3:00 - 3:55 pm 210 BRG TBA

Physics 78 abc - Physics Senior Thesis (Experiment)

Term Course Instructor Resource
Fall Physics 78a Dr Libbrecht Canvas Website
Winter Physics 78b Dr Libbrecht TBA
Spring Physics 78c Dr Libbrecht TBA

Physics 79 abc - Physics Senior Thesis (Theory)

Term Course Instructor Resource
Fall Physics 79a Dr Libbrecht Canvas Website
Winter Physics 79b Dr Libbrecht TBA
Spring Physics 79c Dr Libbrecht TBA

Physics 106 abc - Topics in Classical Physics

Term Course Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Physics 106a Dr Chatziioannou TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 107 DWN Canvas Website
Winter Physics 106b Dr Most TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 107 DWN TBA
Spring Physics 106c Dr Adhikari TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 107 DWN TBA

Physics 107 - Classical and Laser Optics

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Spring Dr Hutzler MW 1:00 - 2:25 pm 107 DWN TBA

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

Term Course Comment
Winter Physics 118a Course Cancelled

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

Term Course Comment
Spring Physics 118c Course Cancelled

Physics 121 abc - Computational Physics Lab

Term Course Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Physics 121a Dr Martin TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 469 LAU Canvas Website
Winter Physics 121b Dr Simmons-Duffin TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 183 Linde TBA
Spring Physics 121c Dr Simmons-Duffin TR 10:30 - 11:55 am TBA TBA

Physics 125 abc - Quantum Mechanics

Term Course Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Physics 125a Dr Darkwah Oppong MWF 10:00 - 10:55 am 107 DWN Canvas Website
Winter Physics 125b Dr Darkwah Oppong
Dr Refael 		MWF 10:00 - 10:55 am 107 DWN TBA
Spring Physics 125c Dr Nguyen MWF 10:00 - 10:55 am 107 DWN TBA

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

Term Course Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Physics 127a Dr Motrunich MW 1:00 - 2:25 pm 103 DWN Canvas Website
Winter Physics 127b Dr Motrunich MW 1:00 - 2:25 pm 107 DWN TBA

Physics 129 abc - Mathematical Methods of Physics

Term Course Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Physics 129a Dr Y. Chen MW 2:30 - 3:55 pm 153 NYS Canvas Website
Winter Physics 129b Dr Y. Chen MW 2:30 - 3:55 pm 142 KCK TBA

Physics 135 - Introduction to Condensed Matter

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Dr Ye TR 1:00 - 2:55 pm 269 LAU Canvas Website

Physics/APh 137ab - Atoms and Photons

Term Course Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Physics 137b Course Cancelled Course Cancelled Course Cancelled Course Cancelled
Winter Physics 137a Dr Hutzler TR 10:30 - 11:55 am 103 DWN TBA

Physics 139 - Introduction to Particle Physics

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Winter Dr Echenard TR 1:00 - 2:25 pm 103 DWN TBA

Physics 177 - Advanced Experimental Physics

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Winter Dr Ready OM, M 4:00 - 4:55 pm 304 BRG TBA
Spring Dr Ready OM, M 4:00 - 4:55 pm 304 BRG TBA

Physics 201 - Candidacy Physics Fitness

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Spring TBA TBA 4th Floor Lauritsen TBA

Physics 203 - Nuclear Physics

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Spring Not offered AY26-27 Not offered AY26-27 Not offered AY26-27 Not offered AY26-27

Physics 205 abc - Relativistic Quantum Field Theory

Term Course Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Physics 205a Dr Cheung MW 10:30 - 11:55 am 103 DWN Canvas Website
Winter Physics 205b Dr Cheung MW 10:30 - 11:55 am 103 DWN TBA
Spring Physics 205c Course Cancelled Course Cancelled Course Cancelled Course Cancelled

Physics/CS 219 abc - Quantum Computation

Term Course Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Physics 219a Dr Kitaev MW 2:30 - 3:55 pm 269 LAU Canvas Website
Winter Physics 219b Dr Kitaev MW 2:30 - 3:55 pm 103 DWN TBA
Spring Physics 219c Dr Preskill MW 2:30 - 3:55 pm 269 LAU TBA

Physics 220 - Quantum Learning Theory

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Not offered AY26-27 Not offered AY26-27 Not offered AY26-27 Not offered AY26-27

Physics 221 - Experimental Techniques in AMO Physics

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Not offered AY26-27 Not offered AY26-27 Not offered AY26-27 Not offered AY26-27

Physics 223 ab - Advanced Condensed-Matter Physics

Term Course Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Winter Physics 223a Dr Alicea MW 9:00 - 10:25 am 103 DWN TBA
Spring Physics 223b Dr Alicea MW 9:00 - 10:25 am 201 BRG TBA

Physics 230 ab - Elementary Particle Theory

Term Course Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Fall Physics 230a Dr Papucci MW 9:00 - 10:25 am 103 DWN Canvas Website
Winter Physics 230b Dr Papucci MW 9:00 - 10:25 am 269 LAU TBA

Physics 235 ab - Theoretical Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics

Term Course Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Winter Physics 235a Not Offered AY26-27 Not Offered AY26-27 Not Offered AY26-27 Not Offered AY26-27
Spring Physics 235b Not Offered AY26-27 Not Offered AY26-27 Not Offered AY26-27 Not Offered AY26-27

Physics 236 abc - General Relativity

Term Course Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Winter Physics 236a Not Offered AY26-27 Not Offered AY26-27 Not Offered AY26-27 Not Offered AY26-27
Spring Physics 236b Not Offered AY26-27 Not Offered AY26-27 Not Offered AY26-27 Not Offered AY26-27

Physics 237 - Gravitational Radiation

Term Instructor Schedule Location Resource
Spring Not Offered AY26-27 Not Offered AY26-27 Not Offered AY26-27 Not Offered AY26-27

Physics 242 ab - Physics Seminar

Term Course Instructor Schedule Location Resource
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 TBA