PHY

College of Natural Science · Michigan State University
138,595 grades70 courses250 professors44 terms

Department and course prefixes as Michigan State University lists them in its own catalog.

3.19
average GPA across 138,595 grades
−3% vs. Michigan State University overall (3.30)
82%
A or B
of 138,595 grades
5.0%
D, F or withdrew
of 138,728 enrolled
A45.2%
B36.6%
C13.2%
Every term against the 3.19 department average 44 terms
Fall 2011Spring 2026
Most taken
Courses with a grade record · 70
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptGrades
100 level9 courses
PHY 101 · Concepts in Physics
3.12 −2% vs. dept 110
PHY 102 · Physics Computations I
3.00 −6% vs. dept 40
PHY 183 · Phys Scientists & Engineers I
3.11 −3% vs. dept 20,968
PHY 183B · Phys Scientists & Engineers I
2.81 −12% vs. dept 3,100
PHY 184 · Phys Scientists & Engineers II
3.09 −3% vs. dept 17,332
PHY 184B · Phys Scientists & Engineers II
2.99 −6% vs. dept 3,537
PHY 191 · Physics Lab for Scientists I
3.28 +3% vs. dept 4,448
200 level17 courses
PHY 215 · Thermodynamics & Modrn Physics
3.16 −1% vs. dept 1,374
PHY 221 · Studio Phys for Life Science I
3.10 −3% vs. dept 3,627
PHY 222 · Studio Phys for Life Scien II
3.09 −3% vs. dept 3,183
PHY 231 · Introductory Physics I
2.86 −10% vs. dept 11,735
PHY 231C · Introductory Physics I
3.02 −5% vs. dept 7,769
PHY 232 · Introductory Physics II
3.05 −4% vs. dept 8,055
PHY 232C · Introductory Physics II
3.14 −1% vs. dept 8,702
PHY 233B · Calculus Concepts Physics I
3.05 −4% vs. dept 1,301
PHY 251 · Intro Physics Lab I
3.48 +9% vs. dept 14,865
PHY 252 · Intro Physics Lab II
3.66 +15% vs. dept 12,964
300 level1 course
PHY 321 · Classical Mechanics I
3.08 −3% vs. dept 1,190
400 level16 courses
PHY 405 · Directed Studies
3.27 +2% vs. dept 161
PHY 422 · Classical Mechanics II
2.85 −11% vs. dept 34
PHY 431 · Optics I
3.28 +3% vs. dept 38
PHY 440 · Electronics
3.33 +4% vs. dept 68
PHY 451 · Advanced Laboratory
3.47 +9% vs. dept 414
PHY 471 · Quantum Physics I
3.00 −6% vs. dept 1,058
PHY 472 · Quantum Physics II
3.39 +6% vs. dept 382
PHY 480 · Computational Physics
3.48 +9% vs. dept 259
PHY 481 · Electricity and Magnetism I
3.06 −4% vs. dept 987
800 level13 courses
PHY 802 · Survey of Nuclear Physics
3.83 +20% vs. dept 197
PHY 804 · Survey of Phys. Ed. Res.
3.73 +17% vs. dept 11
PHY 820 · Classical Mechanics
3.47 +9% vs. dept 410
PHY 831 · Statistical Mechanics
3.50 +10% vs. dept 427
PHY 851 · Quantum Mechanics I
3.42 +7% vs. dept 529
PHY 852 · Quantum Mechanics II
3.48 +9% vs. dept 428
PHY 855 · Quantum Field Theory
3.79 +19% vs. dept 34
PHY 862 · Accelerator Systems
3.91 +22% vs. dept 37
900 level14 courses
PHY 901 · Frontiers in Physics
3.90 +22% vs. dept 72
PHY 905 · Special Problems
3.73 +17% vs. dept 255
PHY 922 · Ultrafast Phenomena
4.00 +25% vs. dept 11
PHY 950 · Data Analysis Methods
3.71 +16% vs. dept 89
PHY 973 · Special Topics in CMP
3.86 +21% vs. dept 11
PHY 981 · Nuclear Structure
3.94 +23% vs. dept 180
PHY 982 · Nuclear Dynamics
3.75 +18% vs. dept 101
PHY 983 · Nuclear Astrophysics
3.69 +16% vs. dept 96
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