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.
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
D.V. Sivukhin “Course of general
Physics” Vol. II
D.V. Sivukhin “Course of general
Physics” Vol. III
Fall 94
4
1
68
Fall 94
4
1
68
Spring 95
4
1
68
Spring 95
4
1
68
Fall 95
6
1
102
Grade(s)
Number of hours of
Term
laboratory works
Principal textbook (s) used
(or description of work)
Total number of
hours
Course title
No. of hours per
week
No.
Number of terms
1. General Physics
A
68
A
A
68
A
A
6.
7.
Laboratory physics
(Electrodynamics)
Theoretical Mechanics
8.
General physics (Optics)
9.
Laboratory Physics
(Optics)
Theoretical Physics
(Electromagnetic Field
Theory)
General Physics (Atomic
and Nuclear Physics)
10.
11.
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 95
4
1
68
Fall 95 –
Spring 96
5
2
154
A
Spring 96
4
1
64
A
Spring 96
4
1
64
L.D.Landau, E.M.Livshits
“Theoretical Physics” Vol. II
Spring 96
4
1
64
A
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
Fall 96
2
1
34
34
A
Fall 96 –
Spring 97
Fall 96 –
Spring 97
Spring 97
6
2
204
144
4
2
142
4
1
64
A,
A
A,
A
A
Spring 97
2
1
32
32
A
Fall 97 –
Spring 98
3
2
102
A,
A
Fall 95 –
Spring 96
Fall 96Spring 97
Fall 96 –
Fall 97
2
2
66
4
2
138
2
3
106
Fall 96 –
Fall 97
6
3
300
Fall 97
Fall 97 –
Spring 98
Fall 97 –
Spring 98
Fall 97 –
Spring 98
Fall 97 –
Spring 98
Fall 98 –
Spring 99
4
2
1
2
68
68
4
2
144
4
2
144
2
2
68
4
2
144
A,
A
S,
A
A,
A,
A
A,
A,
A
A
S,
A
S,
A
S,
A
S,
A
S,
A
Ayzermann “Classic Mechanics”,
N.A.Kilchevsky “Course of
Theoretical Mechanics”
D.V. Sivukhin “Course of general
Physics” Vol. IV
L.D.Landau, E.M.Livshits
“Theoretical Physics” Vol. III
D.V. Sivuhin Course of general
Physics Vol. VI
L.D.Landau, E.M.Livshits
“Theoretical Physics” Vol. V, IX,
XI
68
64
A
A
2. Optics
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
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”
V.A.Kizel “Spectroscopy of
Atoms and Molecules”
300
28.
29.
Compressed States of
Light
Quantum Optics (LPI)
Fall 98
4
1
68
A
Fall 98
4
1
68
A
3. Mathematics
30.
Calculus
A.M. Ter-Krikorov, M.I.
Shabunin “Course of
Mathematical Analysis”
Fall 94 –
Spring 96
6
4
400
31.
Analytical Geometry
Fall 94
4
1
72
32.
Linear Algebra
Spring 95
4
1
64
A
33.
Differential Equations
Fall 95 –
Spring 96
4
2
144
S,
A
34.
Probability Theory
Spring 95
2
1
34
A
35.
Theory Functions of
Complex Variables
Fall 96
5
1
85
A
36.
Mathematical Physics
Fall 96
4
2
149
37.
Stochastic Processes
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.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”
V.S.Vladimirov “Partial
Differential Equations”
A.A.Natan “Stochastic
Processes”
A,
A,
A,
A
A
Spring 1998
4
1
68
A,
A
S
Fall 1994 –
Spring 1995
Fall 1995 –
Spring 1996
Fall 1996
4
2
136
68
8
2
240
172
3
1
51
34
Fall 1994 –
Spring 1997
4
6
416
4. Computational Physics and Computer Science
38.
Computational practice
39.
Fundamentals of
Computational Physics
Computational
Mathematics
40.
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
A,
A
A,
A
A
Modern Languages
Various books prepared by the
Department of Foreign
Languages.
S,S,
S,A
,S,
A
42.
German
43.
French
Fall 1994 –
Spring 1996
Fall 1997 –
Spring 1999
Fall 1998 –
Spring 1999
2
8
264
2
2
68
Fall 1994
Fall 1994 –
Spring 1995
Spring 1995
Fall 1995 –
Spring 1996
Fall 1997 –
Spring 1998
Fall 1998 –
Spring 1999
2
4
1
2
36
72
2
5
1
1
36
84
4
2
136
3
2
108
Fall 1994
Fall 1994
Fall 1997 –
Spring 1998
Spring 1998
2
6
1
1
1
2
36
72
34
2
1
34
Fall 1998
Fall 1994 –
Fall 1997
2
3
1
7
34
340
S,S,
S,A
S,A
S,A
S,A
6. Humanities
44.
45.
48.
History of Ancient Greece
History of Culture (History
of Cinema)
History of Ancient Rome
Domestic History (History
of the USSR)
History of Philosophy
49.
Philosophy
46.
47.
S
S,
A
A
S,
A
S,
A
S,
A
7. Other courses
50.
51.
52.
Introduction to Ecology
Chemistry
Economics
53.
Fundamentals of Life
Security
Molecular biology
Physical Training
54.
55.
GPA 4.00 out of 4 (All the grades are maximum, A or S)
36
A
A
S,
A
A
A
A,A
A,A
S,A
A