PHYS401

Quantum Physics I

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Prerequisite: PHYS371 and PHYS373. Formerly: PHYS421. Introduces some quantum phenomena leading to wave-particle duality. Schroedinger theory for bound states and scattering in one dimension. One-particle Schroedinger equation and the hydrogen atom.

Spring 2026

Christopher Palmer

2 reviews
Average rating: 4.00

Fall 2025

Kara Hoffman

7 reviews
Average rating: 2.57

Phoebe Hamilton

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Spring 2025

Kara Hoffman

7 reviews
Average rating: 2.57

Christopher Palmer

2 reviews
Average rating: 4.00

Past Semesters

Kara Hoffman

7 reviews
Average rating: 2.57

Steven Rolston

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Phoebe Hamilton

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Average rating: 5.00

Kara Hoffman

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Average rating: 2.57

Chandra Turpen

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Steven Rolston

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Kara Hoffman

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Chandra Turpen

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Gregory Sullivan

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Steven Rolston

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Steven Anlage

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Victor Galitski

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Christopher Lobb

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Gregory Sullivan

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Steven Rolston

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Daniel Lathrop

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Ian Appelbaum

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Sylvester Gates

2 reviews
Average rating: 3.00

Christopher Monroe

1 review
Average rating: 1.00

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 2.71 between 1,280 students*

A-: 9.77%

A: 17.97%

A+: 6.8%

B-: 9.14%

B: 14.38%

B+: 6.56%

C-: 4.61%

C: 10.08%

C+: 4.84%

D-: 1.02%

D: 3.52%

D+: 0.47%

F: 5.31%

W: 4.53%

other: 1.02%

* "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.