PHYS261

General Physics: Vibrations, Waves, Heat, Electricity and Magnetism (Laboratory)

Corequisite: PHYS260. Lab includes experiments on mechanics, vibrations, waves, heat, electricity and magnetism. PHYS260 and PHYS261 (lab) must be taken in the same semester. Students must pay a $50.00 lab materials fee.

Spring 2026

Andris Skuja

3 reviews
Average rating: 3.33

Peter Shawhan

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Matt Severson

7 reviews
Average rating: 3.71

Fall 2025

Andris Skuja

3 reviews
Average rating: 3.33

Matt Severson

7 reviews
Average rating: 3.71

Summer 2025

David Buehrle

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Spring 2025

Andris Skuja

3 reviews
Average rating: 3.33

Matt Severson

7 reviews
Average rating: 3.71

Past Semesters

Andris Skuja

3 reviews
Average rating: 3.33

Andris Skuja

3 reviews
Average rating: 3.33

Matt Severson

7 reviews
Average rating: 3.71

Andris Skuja

3 reviews
Average rating: 3.33

David Buehrle

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Andris Skuja

3 reviews
Average rating: 3.33

Matt Severson

7 reviews
Average rating: 3.71

Matt Severson

7 reviews
Average rating: 3.71

David Buehrle

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Matt Severson

7 reviews
Average rating: 3.71

Matt Severson

7 reviews
Average rating: 3.71

David Buehrle

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Long Cheung

0 reviews
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Yao-Chieh Hu

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Mary Pitman

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Gaurav Agrawal

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Frederick Wellstood

1 review
Average rating: 4.00

Sungwoo Hong

0 reviews
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Wendell Hill

0 reviews
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Matthew Severson

3 reviews
Average rating: 4.67

George Goldenbaum

0 reviews
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James Anderson

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Gaurav Ajay Agrawal

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Include P/F semesters 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 3.53 between 12,149 students*

A-: 6.22%

A: 55.46%

A+: 8.31%

B-: 3.19%

B: 9.05%

B+: 6.21%

C-: 0.96%

C: 4.07%

C+: 2.4%

D-: 0.11%

D: 0.68%

D+: 0.16%

F: 0.33%

W: 2.31%

other: 0.54%

* "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.