Areas I Teach
Course Information
At 51³Ô¹Ï, all faculty teach a variety of different courses. Typically, we do not use graduate teaching assistants, which means that your classes will be taught by professors and that you will have plenty of opportunities to get to know the faculty in your discipline.
Below I have listed some of the courses that I teach. We are always developing and trying out new classes, so the list may change now and then.
PHY 202/204 | Introductory Physics I/II
PHY 202L/204L | Introductory Physics I/II Lab
PHY 332 | Waves & Optics
PHY 384 | Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics
PHY 420 | Quantum Mechanics
PHY 470W | Advanced Analysis in Physics
PHY 491 | Physics Capstone I
PHY 493 | Physics Capstone II
SCI/ASTR 172 | Introduction to Cosmology
ASTR 301 | Astrophysics Problem-Solving
HUM 100 | First Year Seminar (Theme: "What is Reality?")
Education
PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL in 1997
M Phil in Physics, Cambridge University, Cambridge, England in 1994
BS in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in 1992