PHYS475

Introduction to Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology

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Prerequisite: PHYS373 and PHYS410; or permission of instructor. Restriction: Permission of CMNS-Physics department. Jointly offered with: PHYS675. Additional information: Intended primarily for undergraduate physics majors. Review of special relativity, followed by a study of the equivalence principle, curved spacetimes, and Einstein's equations. Selected applications to the solar system, stellar structure, black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmology.

Past Semesters

Bei Lok Hu

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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 2.80 between 39 students*

PHYS475 Grade Distribution+-0510152025303540% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 2.56%
A: 20.51%
A+: 15.38%
B-: 10.26%
B: 15.38%
B+: 10.26%
C: 2.56%
F: 2.56%
W: 15.38%
other: 5.13%
* "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.