PHYSICS 17
Modern Physics
Course statistics
- Predicted GPA
- 3.23
- n = 421 · 8 terms · ± 0.026
- A range
- 44%
- of letter grades
- Taken P/NP
- 1%
- 40% of those passed
- D / F / W
- 3.8%
- incl. withdrawals
Sections in Fall 2026
Not offered in Fall 2026.
Enrollment history
Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.
- 8421F
- 2822W
- 7622F
- 4923S
- 5023F
- 2824W
- 6824F
- 4325W
Peak 84
Most recent
43
in 25W
8 terms on record
Grade distribution
- A+ 21 · 4.9%
- A 99 · 23.2%
- A- 66 · 15.5%
- B+ 69 · 16.2%
- B 59 · 13.8%
- B- 53 · 12.4%
- C+ 9 · 2.1%
- C 18 · 4.2%
- C- 11 · 2.6%
- D+ 1 · 0.2%
- D 9 · 2.1%
- F 6 · 1.4%
- P 2 · 0.5%
- NP 3 · 0.7%
- I 1 · 0.2%
Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.
By instructor
| Instructor | Predicted | Raw | n | Terms | A range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REGAN, BRIAN C | 3.30 | 3.30 | 273 | 4 | 46% |
| PUTTERMAN, SETH J | 2.99 | 2.95 | 77 | 2 | 36% |
| ONG, RENE A | 3.25 | 3.26 | 43 | 1 | 44% |
| CAMPBELL, WESLEY C | 3.21 | 3.20 | 28 | 1 | 46% |
“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.
By term
- 21F 3.34 n=84
- 22W 3.40 n=27
- 22F 3.25 n=73
- 23S 3.24 n=48
- 23F 2.71 n=50
- 24W 3.20 n=28
- 24F 3.34 n=68
- 25W 3.26 n=43