PHYSICS 1C
Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity
Lecture/demonstration, four hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisites: course 1A, 1B, Mathematics 32A, 32B. Enforced corequisite: Mathematics 33A. Magnetic fields, Ampere's law, Faraday's law, inductance, and alternating current circuits. Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, light, geometrical optics, interference and diffraction. Special relativity. P/NP or letter grading.
Course statistics
- Predicted GPA
- 3.32
- n = 3,766 · 15 terms · ± 0.009
- A range
- 52%
- of letter grades
- Taken P/NP
- 0%
- 83% of those passed
- D / F / W
- 3.6%
- incl. withdrawals
Sections in Fall 2026
| Section | Status | Enrolled | Seat risk | Meets | Instructor | Predicted GPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lec 1 | Open |
164 of 177
93% full
|
could fill | TR 10:00am-11:50am | Corbin, B. | 3.05n=124 · this instructor |
| Lec 2 | Open |
176 of 185
95% full
|
fills | TR 12:00pm-1:50pm | Ong, R.A. | 3.42n=112 · this instructor |
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.
- 12121F
- 14922W
- 13222S
- 11622F
- 18423W
- 14023S
- 11323F
- 15424W
- 17224S
- 18024F
- 16825W
- 9825S
Grade distribution
- A+ 516 · 13.6%
- A 935 · 24.6%
- A- 493 · 13.0%
- B+ 493 · 13.0%
- B 530 · 14.0%
- B- 245 · 6.5%
- C+ 169 · 4.5%
- C 183 · 4.8%
- C- 67 · 1.8%
- D+ 35 · 0.9%
- D 54 · 1.4%
- D- 17 · 0.4%
- F 29 · 0.8%
- P 10 · 0.3%
- NP 2 · 0.1%
- U 1 · 0.0%
- I 15 · 0.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCKEOWN, DANIEL FREDERICK | 3.29 | 3.29 | 641 | 3 | 52% |
| KANG, ZHONGBO | 3.49 | 3.50 | 481 | 3 | 64% |
| TUNG, NATHAN C | 3.03 | 3.02 | 439 | 3 | 40% |
| HAMILTON, DAVID WARREN | 3.53 | 3.54 | 434 | 4 | 65% |
| HAUSER, JAY | 3.01 | 3.00 | 361 | 2 | 37% |
| NI, NI | 3.44 | 3.45 | 347 | 2 | 46% |
| REGAN, BRIAN C | 3.14 | 3.12 | 164 | 1 | 28% |
| ROSENZWEIG, JAMES | 3.70 | 3.74 | 136 | 2 | 84% |
| BROWN, STUART | 3.36 | 3.37 | 131 | 1 | 51% |
| CORBIN, BRENT | 3.05 | 3.03 | 124 | 1 | 37% |
| ROMBES III, NICHOLAS DEMETRIOS | 3.57 | 3.59 | 124 | 2 | 69% |
| LARKIN, JAMES E | 3.34 | 3.34 | 118 | 1 | 53% |
| ONG, RENE A | 3.42 | 3.43 | 112 | 1 | 53% |
| NARANJO, BRIAN B | 3.07 | 3.04 | 89 | 1 | 39% |
| KRAUS, PER J | 3.43 | 3.45 | 65 | 1 | 55% |
“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 3.50 n=358
- 22W 3.68 n=297
- 22S 3.55 n=261
- 221 3.35 n=70
- 22F 3.38 n=230
- 23W 3.24 n=184
- 23S 2.82 n=275
- 231 3.39 n=219
- 23F 3.36 n=335
- 24W 3.00 n=308
- 24S 3.23 n=341
- 241 3.09 n=99
- 24F 3.05 n=180
- 25W 3.27 n=335
- 25S 3.60 n=274