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PHYS-4455: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

Description: Experimental bases; postulates; conservation theorems and symmetry; one-dimensional and two-dimensional problems; angular momentum and problems in three dimensions; matrix mechanics and spin; applications to atomic and molecular physics; perturbation theory; scattering.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: PHYS-3406

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.13 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 36.44%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.63%

Ian Shoemaker202377.1%20.0%2.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%3.713
Shunsaku Horiuchi201927.9%40.9%24.6%3.3%1.7%1.6%2.911
Uwe C Tauber20227.5%19.9%27.5%37.5%2.5%5.0%1.911
Patrick Huber202429.5%34.1%20.4%4.6%4.6%6.8%2.851

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Spring 2020Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Term050% W