PHYS106

Light, Perception, Photography, and Visual Phenomena

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Intended for the general student, this course will cover topics in optics which require minimal use of mathematics. Principles of optics, lenses, cameras, lasers and holography, physics of the eye, color vision and various visual phenomena such as rainbows.

Spring 2026

Jordan Goodman

13 reviews
Average rating: 3.46

Spring 2025

Jordan Goodman

13 reviews
Average rating: 3.46

Past Semesters

Jordan Goodman

13 reviews
Average rating: 3.46

Jordan Goodman

13 reviews
Average rating: 3.46

Jordan Goodman

13 reviews
Average rating: 3.46

Theodore L Einstein

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Alan Peel

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Andris Skuja

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Kara Hoffman

0 reviews
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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.57 between 805 students*

PHYS106 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 7.33%
A: 15.53%
A+: 4.47%
B-: 9.07%
B: 18.76%
B+: 5.47%
C-: 5.34%
C: 11.8%
C+: 4.72%
D-: 1.12%
D: 2.11%
D+: 0.5%
F: 3.73%
W: 8.57%
other: 1.49%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.