PHYSICS 123
Atomic Structure
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: courses 1A, 1B, and 1C (or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH), Mathematics 32B, 33A, 33B. Corequisite: course 115C. Theory of atomic structure. Interaction of radiation with matter. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2025 - Incredible class, loved every second of it (excluding the midterm). His grading is heavily homework-based (60%). His notes are immaculate, he makes us derive a lot of the fundamental stuff, and really motivates it well. I didn't feel the 115B grind of calculating random functions or "checking this random function satisfies the schrodinger equation" kind of bullshit. Very focused on intuition and introduces a lot of mathematical bases that are extremely useful and make the content fun and intuitive, Campbell is extremely knowledgeable about the material and is very approachable. Campbell loves the material and to engage with students, I was delighted to have taken that class. Even though he was a little hardcore about the midterm exam (which he ended up curving extremely generously) Take it if you want to have a really cool intro to atomic physics (it all about orbitals and transitions)
Spring 2025 - Incredible class, loved every second of it (excluding the midterm). His grading is heavily homework-based (60%). His notes are immaculate, he makes us derive a lot of the fundamental stuff, and really motivates it well. I didn't feel the 115B grind of calculating random functions or "checking this random function satisfies the schrodinger equation" kind of bullshit. Very focused on intuition and introduces a lot of mathematical bases that are extremely useful and make the content fun and intuitive, Campbell is extremely knowledgeable about the material and is very approachable. Campbell loves the material and to engage with students, I was delighted to have taken that class. Even though he was a little hardcore about the midterm exam (which he ended up curving extremely generously) Take it if you want to have a really cool intro to atomic physics (it all about orbitals and transitions)
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