PHYSICS 1B
Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
Lecture/demonstration, four hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: course 1A, Mathematics 31B, 32A. Enforced corequisite: Mathematics 32B. Fluid mechanics, oscillation, mechanical waves, and sound. Electric charge, field and potential, capacitors, and dielectrics. Currents and resistance, direct-current circuits. P/NP or letter grading.
Course statistics
- Predicted GPA
- 3.22
- n = 4,619 · 15 terms · ± 0.008
- A range
- 45%
- of letter grades
- Taken P/NP
- 0%
- 56% of those passed
- D / F / W
- 2.1%
- incl. withdrawals
Sections in Fall 2026
| Section | Status | Enrolled | Seat risk | Meets | Instructor | Predicted GPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lec 1 | Open |
173 of 184
94% full
|
could fill | TR 10:00am-11:50am | The Staff | 3.22n=4,619 · course average |
| Lec 2 | Open |
95 of 137
69% full
|
fills | TR 12:00pm-1:50pm | The Staff | 3.22n=4,619 · course average |
Enrollment history
Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.
- 15721F
- 11622W
- 13922S
- 12422F
- 16623W
- 16623S
- 14723F
- 18624W
- 15724S
- 16524F
- 16425W
- 14425S
Grade distribution
- A+ 264 · 5.7%
- A 1,320 · 28.4%
- A- 506 · 10.9%
- B+ 445 · 9.6%
- B 906 · 19.5%
- B- 306 · 6.6%
- C+ 226 · 4.9%
- C 431 · 9.3%
- C- 119 · 2.6%
- D+ 20 · 0.4%
- D 32 · 0.7%
- D- 8 · 0.2%
- F 36 · 0.8%
- P 5 · 0.1%
- NP 4 · 0.1%
- I 22 · 0.5%
Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.
By instructor
| Instructor | Predicted | Raw | n | Terms | A range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORBIN, BRENT | 3.10 | 3.10 | 1,519 | 10 | 39% |
| KUSENKO, ALEXANDER | 3.26 | 3.26 | 354 | 1 | 44% |
| GUTPERLE, MICHAEL | 3.06 | 3.06 | 352 | 2 | 36% |
| TUNG, NATHAN C | 3.57 | 3.58 | 351 | 1 | 68% |
| MUSUMECI, PIETRO | 3.25 | 3.25 | 340 | 2 | 43% |
| HAUSER, JAY | 3.19 | 3.19 | 339 | 2 | 42% |
| CARTER, TROY A | 3.10 | 3.09 | 186 | 1 | 37% |
| WANG, SHENSHEN | 3.44 | 3.46 | 184 | 1 | 57% |
| PETTA, JASON R | 3.09 | 3.08 | 175 | 1 | 37% |
| BAUER, DAVID JEFFREY | 3.06 | 3.05 | 162 | 1 | 37% |
| HAMILTON, PAUL | 3.08 | 3.07 | 154 | 1 | 38% |
| ROMBES III, NICHOLAS DEMETRIOS | 3.44 | 3.46 | 150 | 1 | 65% |
| MCKEOWN, DANIEL FREDERICK | 3.79 | 3.84 | 128 | 1 | 88% |
| FREIMAN, GABRIEL | 3.53 | 3.57 | 113 | 1 | 73% |
| ROVIGE, LUCAS PIERRE | 3.19 | 3.19 | 72 | 1 | 35% |
| POWELL, IAN EMMANUEL | 3.23 | 3.23 | 40 | 1 | 50% |
“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.
By term
- 21F 3.34 n=313
- 22W 3.45 n=230
- 22S 3.46 n=551
- 221 3.22 n=57
- 22F 3.31 n=245
- 23W 3.05 n=162
- 23S 3.05 n=496
- 231 3.41 n=188
- 23F 3.02 n=293
- 24W 3.09 n=186
- 24S 3.08 n=469
- 241 3.61 n=200
- 24F 3.07 n=329
- 25W 3.03 n=328
- 25S 3.24 n=572