My Coursework and Grades in Grad School (Physics/Astrophysics PhD)

Опубликовано: 22 Июнь 2026
на канале: Kyle Kabasares
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Ever wonder what someone learns when getting a PhD in Physics while specializing in astrophysics? Well today, I go through each of the courses I took so far in graduate school as a PhD student at the University of California, Irvine! I talk about the content of the course, the books we used, and my memories from them.


My video on my undergraduate coursework:    • My Entire 4 Year Physics Bachelor's Degree...  
My video on why I switched into astrophysics:    • Story Time | Why I Switched into Astrophys...  


The wikipedia article on Stellar Dynamics that I edited: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar...


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~~~ TEXTBOOKS FOR THE CLASSES I TOOK ~~~


Lectures on QM by Baym: https://www.amazon.com/Lectures-Quant...


Physics of Continuous Matter by Lautrup: https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Contin...


Modern Quantum Mechanics by Sakurai: https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Quantum...


Classical Electrodynamics by Jackson: https://www.amazon.com/Classical-Elec...


Statistical Mechanics from Pathria and Beale: https://www.amazon.com/Statistical-Me...


Galaxies in the Universe by Sparke and Gallagher: https://www.amazon.com/Galaxies-Unive...


Galactic Astronomy by Binney and Merrifield: https://www.amazon.com/Galactic-Astro...


Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology by Schneider: https://www.amazon.com/Extragalactic-...


Modern Cosmology by Dodelson: https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Cosmolo...



Radiative Processes in Astrophysics by Rybicki and Lightman: https://www.amazon.com/Radiative-Proc...


Stellar Interiors: Principles, Structure, and Evolution by Hansen, Kawaler and Trimble: https://www.amazon.com/Stellar-Interi...