SEI: Modern Physics Course Materials

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written by Charles Baily, Sam B. McKagan, Katherine K. Perkins, and Carl E. Wieman

This website contains lectures, homework, exams, and other materials for a PER-based large lecture modern physics course for engineering majors. This course has redesigned content and learning techniques focused on topics more useful to engineering majors than a traditional modern physics course. The course emphasizes reasoning development, model building, and connections to real world applications. A variety of PER-based learning resources, including peer instruction, collaborative homework sessions, and interactive simulations, are used. Research results on learning outcomes from the course are included.

https://www.physport.org/curricula/CUBoulder/modern

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Modern Physics - General	- Upper Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Curriculum

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Access Rights:: Limited free access; Homework and exam solutions are available to instructors by request only.
License:: This material is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license. Instructors and education researchers are free to use and adapt these materials for non-commercial purposes.
Rights Holder:: Regents of the University of Colorado
NSF Number:: 0448176
Keywords:: Modern Physics, PER-based Learning Techniques, Reformed Curriculum, Research-based Curriculum
Record Creator:: Metadata instance created March 15, 2007 by Sam McKagan
Record Updated:: January 10, 2025 by Sam McKagan
Last Update when Cataloged:: May 1, 2011
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/student/items/detail.cfm?ID=4937">Baily, C, S. McKagan, K. Perkins, and C. Wieman. SEI: Modern Physics Course Materials. May 1, 2011.</a>

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C. Baily, S. McKagan, K. Perkins, and C. Wieman, (2009), WWW Document, (https://www.physport.org/curricula/CUBoulder/modern).

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C. Baily, S. McKagan, K. Perkins, and C. Wieman, SEI: Modern Physics Course Materials (2009), <https://www.physport.org/curricula/CUBoulder/modern>.

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Baily, C., McKagan, S., Perkins, K., & Wieman, C. (2011, May 1). SEI: Modern Physics Course Materials. Retrieved December 15, 2025, from https://www.physport.org/curricula/CUBoulder/modern

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Baily, C, S. McKagan, K. Perkins, and C. Wieman. SEI: Modern Physics Course Materials. May 1, 2011. https://www.physport.org/curricula/CUBoulder/modern (accessed 15 December 2025).

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Baily, Charles, Sam McKagan, Katherine K. Perkins, and Carl Wieman. SEI: Modern Physics Course Materials. 2009. 1 May 2011. 15 Dec. 2025 <https://www.physport.org/curricula/CUBoulder/modern>.

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