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PHYSCI 596

Individual Studies for Graduate Students

2 units

Sections & times

Tutorial.

Fall 2026: 15 sections. 10 sections are open. The oldest of these readings was 15 minutes ago.

Grades

No grade history for this course: the data runs Fall 2021 to Fall 2025. Sections for Fall 2026 are below.

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From the registrar's catalog

Tutorial, to be arranged. To enroll for letter grade, petition signed by faculty sponsor, graduate adviser, and graduate affairs committee chair must be submitted prior to end of second week of class. Eight units may be applied toward degree requirements for MS or PhD degree, provided that students enroll in two different 4-unit 596 courses in different laboratories under supervision of different mentors. Term paper required for letter grading. S/U or letter grading.

Sections in Fall 2026

Seat counts as of : the oldest of these 15 readings. Seat readings are snapshots, not live availability. Their timestamps show when dibs last checked.

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Seats over time in Fall 2026

How each lecture has filled since dibs first saw it. This course runs 15 lectures; the legend under the chart picks one.

A dot is a reading where something moved: the seat count, the status, or the waitlist.

What a flat run means, and where a line starts

Flat between dots means it did not drift, it held and then jumped, and a line starts when dibs first saw that lecture rather than reaching back before it existed. A lecture that has never moved draws a flat line across the whole window, and one with two or three readings draws a line joining them, which is too few to read a trend from.

Tut 1 · Allard, P. · 1 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 1 over about 1 month

1 of 10 · 9 left

0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.

18 Aug 22:409 Sep 23:312 Oct 00:22
dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record covers, 31%, and did not look in 380. dibs had no hourly record before 9 Sep, which is the other 511 of 1059 plotted.1 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 16 minutes ago, with 9 left. Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 2 Oct 00:22, 0 to 1. The line joins two or three readings, which is too few to read a trend from. dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record here covers, 31%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 380 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 9 September at 05:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 511 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 2 · Colwell, C.S. · 1 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 1 over about 1 month

1 of 10 · 9 left
18 Aug 22:409 Sep 23:312 Oct 00:22
dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record covers, 31%, and did not look in 380. dibs had no hourly record before 9 Sep, which is the other 511 of 1059 plotted.1 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 16 minutes ago, with 9 left. Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 2 Oct 00:22, 0 to 1. dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record here covers, 31%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 380 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 9 September at 05:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 511 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 3 · Correa, S. · 0 of 10 enrolled

Unchanged over about 1 month

0 of 10 · 10 left

Both readings say 0 of 10.

18 Aug 22:409 Sep 23:312 Oct 00:22
dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record covers, 31%, and did not look in 380. dibs had no hourly record before 9 Sep, which is the other 511 of 1059 plotted.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 16 minutes ago, with 10 left. Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 2 Oct 00:22, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record here covers, 31%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 380 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 9 September at 05:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 511 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 4 · Alward, B. · 1 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 1 over about 1 month

1 of 10 · 9 left

0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.

18 Aug 22:409 Sep 23:312 Oct 00:22
dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record covers, 31%, and did not look in 380. dibs had no hourly record before 9 Sep, which is the other 511 of 1059 plotted.1 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 16 minutes ago, with 9 left. Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 2 Oct 00:22, 0 to 1. The line joins two or three readings, which is too few to read a trend from. dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record here covers, 31%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 380 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 9 September at 05:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 511 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 5 · Deters, K.D. · 1 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 1 over about 1 month

1 of 10 · 9 left

0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.

18 Aug 22:409 Sep 23:312 Oct 00:22
dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record covers, 31%, and did not look in 380. dibs had no hourly record before 9 Sep, which is the other 511 of 1059 plotted.1 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 16 minutes ago, with 9 left. Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 2 Oct 00:22, 0 to 1. The line joins two or three readings, which is too few to read a trend from. dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record here covers, 31%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 380 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 9 September at 05:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 511 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 6 · Hinman, J.D. · 1 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 1 over about 1 month

1 of 10 · 9 left

0 to 1 enrolled across 3 readings, +1.

18 Aug 22:409 Sep 23:312 Oct 00:22
dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record covers, 31%, and did not look in 380. dibs had no hourly record before 9 Sep, which is the other 511 of 1059 plotted.1 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 16 minutes ago, with 9 left. Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 2 Oct 00:22, 0 to 1. The line joins two or three readings, which is too few to read a trend from. dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record here covers, 31%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 380 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 9 September at 05:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 511 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 7 · Hsiao, E.Y. · 1 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 1 over about 1 month

1 of 10 · 9 left
18 Aug 22:409 Sep 23:312 Oct 00:22
dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record covers, 31%, and did not look in 380. dibs had no hourly record before 9 Sep, which is the other 511 of 1059 plotted.1 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 16 minutes ago, with 9 left. Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 2 Oct 00:22, 0 to 1. dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record here covers, 31%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 380 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 9 September at 05:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 511 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 8 · Khalsa, S. · 1 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 1 over about 1 month

1 of 10 · 9 left
18 Aug 22:409 Sep 23:312 Oct 00:22
dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record covers, 31%, and did not look in 380. dibs had no hourly record before 9 Sep, which is the other 511 of 1059 plotted.1 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 16 minutes ago, with 9 left. Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 2 Oct 00:22, 0 to 1. dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record here covers, 31%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 380 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 9 September at 05:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 511 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 9 · No instructors · -

Same seat count, but the status went open to cancelled over 10 days

0 of 10

Both readings say 0 enrolled, and the cap stopped being published.

18 Aug 22:4024 Aug 00:1029 Aug 01:40
244 hours plotted. dibs took 2 readings inside them and kept no hourly record of the hours between.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 16 minutes ago. Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 29 Aug 01:40, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs holds no hourly read record inside this window at all, so nothing drawn here says the count was checked between the readings. Nothing before 9 September at 05:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 244 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 10 · Quijada, P.J. · 2 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 1 over about 1 month

2 of 10 · 8 left
18 Aug 22:409 Sep 23:312 Oct 00:22
dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record covers, 31%, and did not look in 380. dibs had no hourly record before 9 Sep, which is the other 511 of 1059 plotted.2 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 16 minutes ago, with 8 left. Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 2 Oct 00:22, 1 to 2. dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record here covers, 31%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 380 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 9 September at 05:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 511 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 11 · No instructors · -

Same seat count, but the status went open to cancelled over 10 days

0 of 10

Both readings say 0 enrolled, and the cap stopped being published.

18 Aug 22:4024 Aug 00:1029 Aug 01:40
244 hours plotted. dibs took 2 readings inside them and kept no hourly record of the hours between.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 16 minutes ago. Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 29 Aug 01:40, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs holds no hourly read record inside this window at all, so nothing drawn here says the count was checked between the readings. Nothing before 9 September at 05:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 244 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 12 · No instructors · -

Same seat count, but the status went open to cancelled over 10 days

0 of 10

Both readings say 0 enrolled, and the cap stopped being published.

18 Aug 22:4024 Aug 00:1029 Aug 01:40
244 hours plotted. dibs took 2 readings inside them and kept no hourly record of the hours between.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 16 minutes ago. Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 29 Aug 01:40, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs holds no hourly read record inside this window at all, so nothing drawn here says the count was checked between the readings. Nothing before 9 September at 05:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 244 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 13 · Van Veen, J.E. · 2 of 10 enrolled

Filled by 2 over about 1 month

2 of 10 · 8 left
18 Aug 22:409 Sep 23:312 Oct 00:22
dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record covers, 31%, and did not look in 380. dibs had no hourly record before 9 Sep, which is the other 511 of 1059 plotted.2 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 16 minutes ago, with 8 left. Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 2 Oct 00:22, 0 to 2. dibs read 168 of the 548 hours its hourly record here covers, 31%. An hour marked as read confirms a check, not continuous monitoring. That check recorded no change; changes between checks may be missed. For 380 hours dibs was keeping a record and did not reach this section. Nothing before 9 September at 05:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 511 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 14 · No instructors · -

Same seat count, but the status went open to cancelled over 10 days

0 of 10

Both readings say 0 enrolled, and the cap stopped being published.

18 Aug 22:4024 Aug 00:1029 Aug 01:40
244 hours plotted. dibs took 2 readings inside them and kept no hourly record of the hours between.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 16 minutes ago. Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 29 Aug 01:40, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs holds no hourly read record inside this window at all, so nothing drawn here says the count was checked between the readings. Nothing before 9 September at 05:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 244 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.

Tut 15 · No instructors · -

Same seat count, but the status went open to cancelled over 10 days

0 of 10

Both readings say 0 enrolled, and the cap stopped being published.

18 Aug 22:4024 Aug 00:1029 Aug 01:40
244 hours plotted. dibs took 2 readings inside them and kept no hourly record of the hours between.0 of 10 enrolled at the newest reading, 16 minutes ago. Seats from 18 Aug 22:40 to 29 Aug 01:40, 0 to 0. The line is flat across the whole window: recorded enrollment counts match. Changes between reads may be missed. dibs holds no hourly read record inside this window at all, so nothing drawn here says the count was checked between the readings. Nothing before 9 September at 05:00, where this section's record starts, has a read either way, which is 244 hours of this window. Where the drawing is faint or broken, that never means the readings are doubtful. It means the stretch between them is unaccounted for.
How readings and alerts work

A reading and an hourly record are different things, and most charts here hold more of the second missing than present. dibs has taken readings of a section since long before it began keeping an hour-by-hour log of when it looked, so the empty stretches are dibs saying it was not keeping that log yet, not that it looked and found nothing. That is the age of the record and not a fault.

Seat counts show the last successful read, not live availability. Refreshes can be delayed by request limits or upstream interruptions. Watched sections receive priority, but an hourly update for every section is not guaranteed.

The registrar can change a seat count between our checks. Alerts depend on dibs detecting an opening and completing delivery; a quiet watch does not prove that no seat opened. Check the registrar before enrolling.