Special and General Relativity Wave Nature of Matter Quantum Mechanics Atomic and Molecular Structure Nuclear Structure Elementary Particle Physics Cosmology Advanced Topics
The EPGY Modern Physics course covers much of what is generally covered covered in a quarter-length college modern physics course. The course is designed to take about 16 weeks to complete on average. Prerequisites: P055 or equivalent Corequisite: M042 or equivalent (4 units)

Lectures and Exercises

The course is divided into several lessons, most of which begin with a lecture presented as digitized audio accompanied by formatted text. Many lessons contain interactive lectures to help demonstrate the material.

After most lectures, students are asked to try some sample questions about the new material. Once they have some practice, they receive graded online quizzes. Often, students are asked to fill in steps of proofs of the theorems taught in the course.

Textbook and Homework

Every lesson has a homework assignment from the textbook.

Textbook Information

Exams

At the end of each section of the course, students complete exams. Exams are done on paper, then entered on the computer. Students get immediate feedback on their answers. At the end of the course, students take a final exam.

Each week, students submit a report of their work electronically to their instructor, who reviews the student's work on the exercises and looks for potential trouble areas. The instructors are available for phone or email consultation should the student have any questions.