"Physics" Open Courses
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View Website A Descriptive Introduction to Physics video Fall 2012
Take Yury Kolomensky's course to find a descriptive introduction to physics.
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View Website Advanced Device Physics full-course
R.A.C.M.M. van Swaaij, Engineering & Computer Science—Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
This course covers the physics of advanced semiconductor devices.
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View Website Advanced Physics 1 full-course
Best when taken alongside a regular physics course, this online course explores advanced physics topics such as electronics, magnets, and transformers.
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View Website Advanced Physics 2 full-course
This advanced course in physics covers topics such as motion, electric fields, spectra, Newton's laws, and light.
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View Website Advanced Placement Physics B video
This is a fifty-five lesson course featuring interactive videos covering areas such as Newton's laws, motion, thermodynamics, and many more.
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View Website Advanced Placement Physics C video
Through 39 interactive video lectures, you will learn about various areas of physics, including rotational kinematics, marmonic motion, and dielectrics.
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View Website Advanced Solid State Physics full-course
Engineering & Computer Science—Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
Students in this course will explore electronic properties of materials and contains lectures about scattering, transport in metals, phonons and superconductivity.
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View Website AP Physics C mixed
A higher level physics curriculum designed to help prepare students for the AP Physics C exam.
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View Website Applied Quantum and Statistical Physics full-course Fall 2006
Terry Orlando, Engineering & Computer Science—Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
This course covers elementary quantum mechanics and statistical physics, as well as an introduction to applied quantum physics and quantum mechanics.
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View Website Astronomy 250, 001 mixed Spring 2012
Joshua Simon Bloom, Science—University of California-Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
This is a mixed topics course in astrophysics.
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View Website Astronomy 7B, 001 mixed Spring 2011
Joshua Simon Bloom, Science—University of California-Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
This course is an introduction to Astrophysics.
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View Website Astrophysics & Cosmology video
S. Bharadwaj, Science—Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur)
Topics covered in this course include Kepler's law, the solar system, binary systems, and radiative transfer.
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View Website Astrophysics II full-course Fall 2004
Paul Schechter, Engineering & Computer Science—Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
This second course in the two-semester sequence covers topics of astrophysics such as galactic dynamics, clusters and groups on galaxies, galaxy formation, and more.
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View Website Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics full-course
Raffaele Ferrari, Science—Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
From the required textbook, this course features selected readings that will give you an understanding of the physics behind the circulation of the ocean and atmosphere.
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View Website Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry full-course
Gregory McRae, Ronald Prinn, Science—Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
As the title suggests, this course will explore the chemistry and physics of the atmosphere.
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View Website Atmospheric Radiation full-course
Robert McClatchey, Sara Seager, Science—Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
This course will introduce you to the physics of radiation in the atmosphere and methods of sensing it.
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View Website Atomic and Optical Physics II full-course Spring 2005
Isaac Chuang, Engineering & Computer Science—Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
This course is the second in a two-part series on atomic and optical physics and provides a foundational understanding of contemporary research in the subject.
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View Website BBC Horizon Interview video
Richard Feynman, Science—Feynman Physics Lectures
A BBC Horizon interview with physicist Richard Feynman
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View Website Biophysics full-course Fall 2010
Hyun Kyu, Science—Korea University
Learn about biological macromolecules as well as their structure, function, and the various research methods utilized to study them.
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View Website Calculus: Single Variable full-course Spring 2013
Robert Ghrist, Math—University of Pennsylvania
Calculus: Single Variable is perfect for engineering, physics, and social sciences, with a look at the different applications of calculus in these fields.
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View Website CERN Lectures on Cosmology and Particle Physics video Fall 2011
Sean Carroll, Science—Discover Magazine
These CERN lectures offer a look into the basic tools of thinking about modern early-universe cosmology.
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View Website Classical Physics video
V. Balakrishnan, Science—Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras)
Students in this course will learn about Newtonian physics, quantum mechanics, and other physics principles.
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View Website Climate Physics and Chemistry full-course
Carl Wunsch, Edward Boyle, Kerry Emanuel, Science—Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
The main focus of this course is on climate studies, both in human history and the history of the solar system.
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View Website College Prep Physics mixed
Divided into six units, this high school level course helps prepare students for college studies.
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View Website Compound Semiconductor Devices full-course Spring 2003
Clifton Fonstad, Jr., Engineering & Computer Science—Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
In this course students learn the basics of compound semiconductor physics, modeling, application, and technology in electronic, optoelectronic, photonic devices, and integrated circuits.
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View Website Computational Geophysics full-course Spring 2009
This course presents a general survey of basic geophysics principles, emphasizing mathematical analysis.
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View Website Descriptive Introduction to Physics mixed Spring 2012
Yury Kolomensky, Science—University of California-Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
This course reviews the most relevant topics in physics from a conceptual, instead of mathematical, perspective.
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View Website Descriptive Introduction to Physics mixed Fall 2009
Richard Muller, Science—University of California-Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
Students in this course gain a conceptual, rather than mathematical, understanding of physics. This course is offered in video format as well.
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View Website Descriptive Introduction to Physics mixed Fall 2012
Yury Kolomensky, Science—University of California-Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
This course discusses the most important concepts of physics from a conceptual, rather than mathematical, perspective.
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View Website Descriptive Introduction to Physics mixed Spring 2010
Robert Jacobsen, Science—University of California-Berkeley (UC Berkeley)
This course emphasizes a conceptual, instead of mathematical, understanding of physics and how they apply to current events. video versions of this course are available on iTunes and YouTube.