PHYS 040B: GENERAL PHYSICS
University of California, Riverside
5 Units, Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): MATH 009C with a grade of C- or better, may be taken concurrently or MATH 09HC with a grade of C- or better, may be taken concurrently or MATH 005C with a grade of C- or better, may be taken concurrently; PHYS 040A with a grade of C- or better or PHYS 040HA with a grade of C- or better. Topics include fluids; mechanical oscillations; sound waves and light waves; ray optics; temperature; heat; kinetic theory of gases; the laws of thermodynamics; and heat engines. Provides laboratory exercises illustrating the experimental foundations of physical principles and selected applications. For engineering and physical science majors. Credit is awarded for one of the following PHYS 040B, PHYS 002B, PHYS 02HB, PHYS 040HB, or PHYS 041B.
Average GPA: 3.13
Grade distribution records: 7,885 students across 30 terms.
Grade distribution
| Grade | Students | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 566 | 7.2% |
| A | 1,424 | 18.1% |
| A- | 1,136 | 14.4% |
| B+ | 1,025 | 13.0% |
| B | 1,241 | 15.7% |
| B- | 769 | 9.8% |
| C+ | 537 | 6.8% |
| C | 527 | 6.7% |
| C- | 267 | 3.4% |
| D+ | 58 | 0.7% |
| D | 107 | 1.4% |
| D- | 26 | 0.3% |
| F | 87 | 1.1% |
| NP | 7 | 0.1% |
| S | 64 | 0.8% |
| W | 43 | 0.5% |
Based on 7,885 student grade records across 30 terms and 15 professors.
Instructors
- Boerge Hemmerling 1,133 students, Average GPA 3.46
- Comron Nouri 583 students, Average GPA 2.59
- Owen Long 505 students, Average GPA 2.62
- Peng Wei 459 students, Average GPA 3.34
- Michael Anderson 454 students, Average GPA 3.10
- Philip Tanedo 241 students, Average GPA 3.67
- Hai-Bo Yu 229 students, Average GPA 2.95
- Shan-Wen Tsai 229 students, Average GPA 3.40
- Ward Beyermann 190 students, Average GPA 2.97
- Igor Barsukov 121 students, Average GPA 2.97
- Allen Mills 118 students, Average GPA 3.23
- Chun Lui 84 students, Average GPA 3.00
- Leonid Pryadko 30 students, Average GPA 3.38
- Harry Tom 16 students, Average GPA 2.85
- John Ellison 16 students, Average GPA 3.48