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: Grade excellent American equivalent A Unofficial Russian quality points 5 Quality points in US equivalent 4 good B 4 3 satisfactory C 3 2 unsatisfactory D 2 1

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 Spring 16 - 17 weeks 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
laboratory works Number of terms Total number of hours No. of hours per week
Number of hours of

No.

Course title

Principal textbook (s) used (or description of work)

Term

1. 2. 3.

4.

5.

General Physics (Mechanics) Laboratory Physics (Mechanics) General physics (Thermodynamics and Molecular physics) Laboratory Physics (Thermodynamics and Molecular Physics) General physics (Electrodynamics)

D.V. Sivukhin Course of general Physics Vol. I

Fall 94 Fall 94

4 4 4

1 1 1

68 68 68 68

A A A

D.V. Sivukhin Course of general Physics Vol. II

Spring 95

Spring 95

68

68

D.V. Sivukhin Course of general Physics Vol. III

Fall 95

102

Grade(s)

6. 7.

Laboratory physics (Electrodynamics) Theoretical Mechanics

Fall 95 Ayzermann Classic Mechanics, N.A.Kilchevsky Course of Theoretical Mechanics D.V. Sivukhin Course of general Physics Vol. IV Fall 95 Spring 96 Spring 96 Spring 96 L.D.Landau, E.M.Livshits Theoretical Physics Vol. II D.V. Sivukhin Course of general Physics Vol. V, L.L.Goldin, G.I.Novikova Introduction to Quantum Physics Spring 96

4 5

1 2

68 154

68

A A

8. 9. 10.

General physics (Optics) Laboratory Physics (Optics) Theoretical Physics (Electromagnetic Field Theory) General Physics (Atomic and Nuclear Physics)

4 4 4

1 1 1

64 64 64 64

A A A

11.

Fall 96

68

12.

13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

Laboratory Physics (Atomic and Nuclear Physics) Electronic Methods of Physical Experiment Theoretical Physics (Quantum Mechanics) General Physics (Solid State and Radiation) Laboratory Physics (Solid State and Radiation) Theoretical Physics (Statistical Physics, Physical Kinetics)

Fall 96

34

34

L.D.Landau, E.M.Livshits Theoretical Physics Vol. III D.V. Sivuhin Course of general Physics Vol. VI

Fall 96 Spring 97 Fall 96 Spring 97 Spring 97 Spring 97

6 4 4 2 3

2 2 1 1 2

204 142 64 32 102

144

A, A A, A A A A, A

32

L.D.Landau, E.M.Livshits Theoretical Physics Vol. V, IX, XI

Fall 97 Spring 98

2. Optics
18. 19. 20. Introduction to Speciality (Geometrical Optics) Physical Optics Experimental methods of Quantum Radiophysics (lectures) Experimental methods of Quantum Radiophysics (labs) Physics of Lasers (LPI) Linear and Nonlinear Optics Molecular Spectroscopy (LPI) Atomic Spectroscopy (LPI) Physical Optics (Advanced, LPI) Plasma Spectroscopy (LPI) Landsderg Optics Fall 95 Spring 96 Fall 96Spring 97 Fall 96 Fall 97 Fall 96 Fall 97 Fall 97 Fall 97 Spring 98 Fall 97 Spring 98 Fall 97 Spring 98 Fall 97 Spring 98 Fall 98 Spring 99 2 4 2 2 2 3 66 138 106 A, A S, A A, A, A A, A, A A S, A S, A S, A S, A S, A

21.

300

300

22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.

4 2 4 4 2 4

1 2 2 2 2 2

68 68 144 144 68 144

V.A.Kizel Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules

28. 29.

Compressed States of Light Quantum Optics (LPI)

Fall 98 Fall 98

4 4

1 1

68 68

A A

3. Mathematics
30. Calculus A.M. Ter-Krikorov, M.I. Shabunin Course of Mathematical Analysis D.V.Beklemishev Course of Analytical Geometry and Linear Algebra D.V.Beklemishev Course of Analytical Geometry and Linear Algebra L.S.Pontryagin Ordinary Differential Equations, V.V.Fedoryuk Ordinary Differential Equations Chistyakov Probability theory, A.A.Borovkov Probability Theory M.A.Lavrentev, 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 V.S.Vladimirov Partial Differential Equations A.A.Natan Stochastic Processes Fall 94 Spring 96 6 4 400 A, A, A, A A

31.

Analytical Geometry

Fall 94

72

32.

Linear Algebra

Spring 95

64

33.

Differential Equations

Fall 95 Spring 96

144

S, A

34.

Probability Theory

Spring 95

34

35.

Theory Functions of Complex Variables

Fall 96

85

36. 37.

Mathematical Physics Stochastic Processes

Fall 96 Spring 1998

4 4

2 1

149 68

A, A S

4. Computational Physics and Computer Science

38. 39. 40. Computational practice Fundamentals of Computational Physics Computational Mathematics Fundamentals of main computer languages (Pascal, C) Programs for solving equations (WR Mathematica, MathLab) V.S.Ryabenky Introduction to Computational Mathematics, R.P.Fedorenko Introduction to Computational Physics 5. 41. English Fall 1994 Spring 1995 Fall 1995 Spring 1996 Fall 1996 4 8 3 2 2 1 136 240 51 68 172 34 A, A A, A A

Modern Languages
Fall 1994 Spring 1997 4 6 416 S,S, S,A ,S, A

Various books prepared by the Department of Foreign Languages.

42.

German

43.

French

Fall 1994 Spring 1996 Fall 1997 Spring 1999 Fall 1998 Spring 1999

264

68

S,S, S,A S,A S,A S,A

6. Humanities
44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. History of Ancient Greece History of Culture (History of Cinema) History of Ancient Rome Domestic History (History of the USSR) History of Philosophy Philosophy Fall 1994 Fall 1994 Spring 1995 Spring 1995 Fall 1995 Spring 1996 Fall 1997 Spring 1998 Fall 1998 Spring 1999 2 4 2 5 4 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 36 72 36 84 136 108 S S, A A S, A S, A S, A

7. Other courses
50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. Introduction to Ecology Chemistry Economics Fundamentals of Life Security Molecular biology Physical Training Fall 1994 Fall 1994 Fall 1997 Spring 1998 Spring 1998 Fall 1998 Fall 1994 Fall 1997 2 6 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 7 36 72 34 34 34 340 36 A A S, A A A A,A A,A S,A A

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