List of courses

taken by Ivan Ivanov

at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Grading system:

Most of courses are graded using 4 grades system:

Gradeexcellentgoodsatisfactoryunsatisfactory

American equivalentABCD

Unofficial Russian quality points5432

Quality points in US equivalent4321

Less important courses and some of courses longer then one term in an intermediate term are graded using 2 grades system: satisfactory (S) and unsatisfactory (U).

Duration of Terms:

Fall 16 - 17 weeks

Spring 16 - 18 weeks

Notes

In Russia BS degree is a not important intermediate degree awarded mainly for comparison with US system. MS degree is much more important. So, I will not list undergraduate and graduate courses separately. Undergraduate study is first 4 years of the education (Fall 1994 – Spring 1998)

Some courses are normally taken in an academic institute dependent on the area of specialization. I have taken these courses in Lebedev Physical Institute. They are marked with an LPI mark.

In MIPT most of the courses are based on the lectures, not on a particular textbook. We used normally several textbooks. I list only some principal textbooks in each course. Blank space means that either this course was based only on the lectures or we used many textbooks or we used only manuals and textbooks prepared in MIPT.

  1. General Physics

No. / Course title / Principal textbook (s) used
(or description of work) / Term / No. of hours per week / Number of terms / Total number of hours / Number of hours of laboratory works / Grade(s)
General Physics (Mechanics) / D.V. Sivukhin “Course of general Physics” Vol. I / Fall 94 / 4 / 1 / 68 / A
Laboratory Physics (Mechanics) / Fall 94 / 4 / 1 / 68 / 68 / A
General physics (Thermodynamics and Molecular physics) / D.V. Sivukhin “Course of general Physics” Vol. II / Spring 95 / 4 / 1 / 68 / A
Laboratory Physics (Thermodynamics and Molecular Physics) / Spring 95 / 4 / 1 / 68 / 68 / A
General physics (Electrodynamics) / D.V. Sivukhin “Course of general Physics” Vol. III / Fall 95 / 6 / 1 / 102 / A
Laboratory physics (Electrodynamics) / Fall 95 / 4 / 1 / 68 / 68 / A
Theoretical Mechanics / Ayzermann “Classic Mechanics”,
N.A.Kilchevsky “Course of Theoretical Mechanics” / Fall 95 – Spring 96 / 5 / 2 / 154 / A
General physics (Optics) / D.V. Sivukhin “Course of general Physics” Vol. IV / Spring 96 / 4 / 1 / 64 / A
Laboratory Physics (Optics) / Spring 96 / 4 / 1 / 64 / 64 / A
Theoretical Physics (Electromagnetic Field Theory) / L.D.Landau, E.M.Livshits “Theoretical Physics” Vol. II / Spring 96 / 4 / 1 / 64 / A
General Physics (Atomic and Nuclear Physics) / D.V. Sivukhin “Course of general Physics” Vol. V,
L.L.Goldin, G.I.Novikova “Introduction to Quantum Physics” / Fall 96 / 4 / 1 / 68 / A
Laboratory Physics (Atomic and Nuclear Physics) / Fall 96 / 2 / 1 / 34 / 34 / A
Electronic Methods of Physical Experiment / Fall 96 – Spring 97 / 6 / 2 / 204 / 144 / A, A
Theoretical Physics (Quantum Mechanics) / L.D.Landau, E.M.Livshits “Theoretical Physics” Vol. III / Fall 96 – Spring 97 / 4 / 2 / 142 / A, A
General Physics (SolidState and Radiation) / D.V. Sivuhin Course of general Physics Vol. VI / Spring 97 / 4 / 1 / 64 / A
Laboratory Physics (SolidState and Radiation) / Spring 97 / 2 / 1 / 32 / 32 / A
Theoretical Physics (Statistical Physics, Physical Kinetics) / L.D.Landau, E.M.Livshits “Theoretical Physics” Vol. V, IX, XI / Fall 97 – Spring 98 / 3 / 2 / 102 / A, A
  1. Optics

Introduction to Speciality (Geometrical Optics) / Landsderg “Optics” / Fall 95 – Spring 96 / 2 / 2 / 66 / A, A
Physical Optics / Fall 96- Spring 97 / 4 / 2 / 138 / S, A
Experimental methods of Quantum Radiophysics (lectures) / Fall 96 – Fall 97 / 2 / 3 / 106 / A, A, A
Experimental methods of Quantum Radiophysics (labs) / Fall 96 – Fall 97 / 6 / 3 / 300 / 300 / A, A, A
Physics of Lasers (LPI) / Fall 97 / 4 / 1 / 68 / A
Linear and Nonlinear Optics / Fall 97 – Spring 98 / 2 / 2 / 68 / S, A
Molecular Spectroscopy (LPI) / V.A.Kizel “Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules” / Fall 97 – Spring 98 / 4 / 2 / 144 / S, A
Atomic Spectroscopy (LPI) / Fall 97 – Spring 98 / 4 / 2 / 144 / S, A
Physical Optics (Advanced, LPI) / Fall 97 – Spring 98 / 2 / 2 / 68 / S, A
Plasma Spectroscopy (LPI) / Fall 98 – Spring 99 / 4 / 2 / 144 / S, A
Compressed States of Light / Fall 98 / 4 / 1 / 68 / A
Quantum Optics (LPI) / Fall 98 / 4 / 1 / 68 / A
  1. Mathematics

Calculus / A.M. Ter-Krikorov, M.I. Shabunin “Course of Mathematical Analysis” / Fall 94 – Spring 96 / 6 / 4 / 400 / A, A, A, A
Analytical Geometry / D.V.Beklemishev “Course of Analytical Geometry and Linear Algebra” / Fall 94 / 4 / 1 / 72 / A
Linear Algebra / D.V.Beklemishev “Course of Analytical Geometry and Linear Algebra” / Spring 95 / 4 / 1 / 64 / A
Differential Equations / L.S.Pontryagin “Ordinary Differential Equations”,
V.V.Fedoryuk “Ordinary Differential Equations” / Fall 95 – Spring 96 / 4 / 2 / 144 / S, A
Probability Theory / Chistyakov “Probability theory”, A.A.Borovkov “Probability Theory” / Spring 95 / 2 / 1 / 34 / A
Theory Functions of Complex Variables / M.A.Lavrent’ev, B.V.Shabat “Methods of Theory of Functions of Complex Variable”
Y.V.Sidorov, M.V.Fedoryuk, M.I.Shabunin “Lectures on Theory of Functions of Complex Variable” / Fall 96 / 5 / 1 / 85 / A
Mathematical Physics / V.S.Vladimirov “Partial Differential Equations” / Fall 96 / 4 / 2 / 149 / A, A
Stochastic Processes / A.A.Natan “Stochastic Processes” / Spring 1998 / 4 / 1 / 68 / S
  1. Computational Physics and Computer Science

Computational practice / Fundamentals of main computer languages (Pascal, C) / Fall 1994 – Spring 1995 / 4 / 2 / 136 / 68 / A, A
Fundamentals of Computational Physics / Programs for solving equations (WR Mathematica, MathLab) / Fall 1995 – Spring 1996 / 8 / 2 / 240 / 172 / A, A
Computational Mathematics / V.S.Ryabenky “Introduction to Computational Mathematics”,
R.P.Fedorenko “Introduction to Computational Physics” / Fall 1996 / 3 / 1 / 51 / 34 / A
  1. Modern Languages

English / Various books prepared by the Department of Foreign Languages. / Fall 1994 – Spring 1997 / 4 / 6 / 416 / S,S,S,A,S,A
German / Fall 1994 – Spring 1996
Fall 1997 – Spring 1999 / 2 / 8 / 264 / S,S,S,AS,AS,A
French / Fall 1998 – Spring 1999 / 2 / 2 / 68 / S,A
  1. Humanities

History of Ancient Greece / Fall 1994 / 2 / 1 / 36 / S
History of Culture (History of Cinema) / Fall 1994 – Spring 1995 / 4 / 2 / 72 / S, A
History of Ancient Rome / Spring 1995 / 2 / 1 / 36 / A
Domestic History (History of the USSR) / Fall 1995 – Spring 1996 / 5 / 1 / 84 / S, A
History of Philosophy / Fall 1997 – Spring 1998 / 4 / 2 / 136 / S, A
Philosophy / Fall 1998 – Spring 1999 / 3 / 2 / 108 / S, A
  1. Other courses

Introduction to Ecology / Fall 1994 / 2 / 1 / 36 / A
Chemistry / Fall 1994 / 6 / 1 / 72 / 36 / A
Economics / Fall 1997 – Spring 1998 / 1 / 2 / 34 / S, A
Fundamentals of Life Security / Spring 1998 / 2 / 1 / 34 / A
Molecular biology / Fall 1998 / 2 / 1 / 34 / A
Physical Training / Fall 1994 – Fall 1997 / 3 / 7 / 340 / A,AA,AS,AA

GPA 4.00 out of 4 (All the grades are maximum, A or S)