Physics Courses at UBC
Every Physics course at University of British Columbia, with difficulty, workload, and ratings. 83 courses · 1.7K ratings across the web
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Students give PHYS courses 3.9 out of 5, and 75% would take one again.
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Easiest course
PHYS101
Energy and Waves · 49/100 difficulty
Most challenging
PHYS203
Thermal Physics I · 84/100 difficulty
All Physics Courses (83)
PHYS101Energy and Waves
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 355 ratings
PHYS100Introductory Physics
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 256 ratings
PHYS170Mechanics I
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 207 ratings
PHYS131Energy and Waves (Lecture)
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 127 ratings
PHYS157Introductory Physics for Engineers I
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 106 ratings
PHYS158Introductory Physics for Engineers II
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 106 ratings
PHYS102Electricity, Light and Radiation
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 86 ratings
PHYS117Dynamics and Waves
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 68 ratings
PHYS106Enriched Physics 1 (lecture)
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 53 ratings
PHYS200Relativity and Quanta
4.1 out of 5 stars4.1· 43 ratings
PHY101
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 33 ratings
PHYS108Enriched Physics II
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 30 ratings
PHYS203Thermal Physics I
2.3 out of 5 stars2.3· 29 ratings
PHYS526Quantum Field Theory I
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 20 ratings
PHYS206
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 18 ratings
PHYS118Electricity, Light and Radiation
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 17 ratings
PHY100
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 15 ratings
PHYS401Electromagnetic Theory
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 14 ratings
PHY157
2.9 out of 5 stars2.9· 13 ratings
ASTR200Frontiers of Astrophysics
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 12 ratings
PHYS312Introduction to Mathematical Physics
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 12 ratings
PHYS521Group Theory Methods in Quantum Mechanics
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 12 ratings
PHYS408Optics
3.2 out of 5 stars3.2· 11 ratings
PHYS216Intermediate Mechanics
4.1 out of 5 stars4.1· 10 ratings
PHYS407Introduction to General Relativity
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 9 ratings
PHY170
4.9 out of 5 stars4.9· 8 ratings
PHYS219Intermediate Experimental Physics I
1.6 out of 5 stars1.6· 8 ratings
PHYS301Electricity and Magnetism
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 8 ratings
PHYS305Introduction to Biophysics
2.7 out of 5 stars2.7· 7 ratings
ENPH257Heat and Thermodynamics
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 6 ratings
PHYS306Advanced Mechanics
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 6 ratings
PHYS319Electronics Laboratory
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 6 ratings
PHYS402Applications of Quantum Mechanics
2.5 out of 5 stars2.5· 6 ratings
ASTR407Planetary Science
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 5 ratings
PHY153
2.4 out of 5 stars2.4· 5 ratings
PHYS304Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 5 ratings
PHYS341Physics of Music
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 4 ratings
PHYS350Applications of Classical Mechanics
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 4 ratings
PHYS354Electric and Magnetic Fields
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 4 ratings
PHYS504Special Relativity and Classical Electromagnetism
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 4 ratings
ECONO2201
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 3 ratings
PHYS455Statistical Mechanics
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 3 ratings
PHYS508Quantum Field Theory II
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 3 ratings
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PHYS107Enriched Physics 1
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PHYS109Enriched Experimental Physics
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PHYS159Introductory Physics Laboratory for Engineers
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PHYS209Intermediate Experimental Physics
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PHYS229Intermediate Experimental Physics II
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PHYS250Introduction to Modern Physics
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PHYS298Co-operative Work Placement I
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PHYS299Co-operative Work Placement II
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PHYS310Machine Learning for Physics and Astronomy Data Analysis
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PHYS314Fluids
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PHYS315Quantum Physics of Materials
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PHYS318Experimental Acoustics
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PHYS330Modern Physics
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PHYS333Energy and Climate
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PHYS340Revolutions in Understanding the Universe
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PHYS343Physical Science by Inquiry
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PHYS348Frontiers in Physics and Astronomy
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PHYS373
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PHYS399Co-operative Work Placement III
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PHYS400Introduction to Elementary Particles
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PHYS403Statistical Mechanics
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PHYS404Introduction to Medical Physics
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PHYS405Radiation Biophysics
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PHYS409Experimental Physics
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PHYS410Computational Physics
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PHYS412Quantum Physics
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PHYS420Physics Demonstrations
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PHYS437Physics of Biocellular Structure and Machinery
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PHYS438Zoological Physics
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PHYS447Advanced Topics in Physics
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PHYS449Honours Thesis
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PHYS450Quantum Mechanics
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PHYS458Applied Optics
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PHYS473Applied Nuclear Physics
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PHYS474Applied Solid State Physics
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PHYS490Student Directed Seminar
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PHYS498Co-operative Work Placement IV
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PHYS499Co-operative Work Placement V
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PHYS530Topics in General Relativity Theory
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