Physics and Astronomy Learning Community
The Physics and Astronomy Learning
Community in Reilly Hall connects students studying the
following majors:
- physics
- astronomy
- engineering physics
Join this group if you want to:
- meet other students
- get to know the faculty in the Department
of Physics and Astronomy
- find people to study with
- go on field trips to local spots of
scientific interest
Priority enrollment
Seats in certain high-demand, major-based classes will be
reserved for Physics and Astronomy Learning Community residents. Your
advisor will help you enroll in these courses. Visit Priority Enrollment to find out more about enrollment and advising.
Seats will be reserved in:
Fall semester:
- PHY 103 – First Year Seminar:
introduces first-year majors to the academic content, degree programs, faculty,
resources, facilities, and opportunities available in the Department of Physics
and Astronomy.
- PHY 161/L – University
Physics I: first course and lab in the three-semester
introductory physics sequence.
- PHY 161R – University Physics
I Recitation: recitation section provides students with an
opportunity to work on problem-solving and get additional questions answered.
Complements the PHY 161 class lecture.
- MAT 125 – Precalculus:
covers the concepts of function, graphs, absolute value, linear, polynomial,
rational, exponential, logarithmic, and trigonometric functions, and systems of
equations, in addition to analytic geometry.
Students in the learning community will be enrolled in the same section
of this course.
- MAT 136 – Calculus I:
building on the foundations of pre-calculus, this course covers the calculus of
one variable including basic concepts, interpretations, techniques, and
applications of differentiation and integration. Students in the learning
community will be enrolled in the same section of this course.