Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Franck, California Institute of Technology; Ted Yu, California Institute of Technology; Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux, California Institute of Technology; James Maloney, California Institute of Technology; Angela Capece, California Institute of Technology; Luz Rivas, California Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

ability levels for some courses.In contrast, the YESS program offers only two classes, “Neuroscience” and “Physics andEngineering”, each instructed by a team of five graduate students and research staff from avariety of disciplines at Caltech. The courses are designed to be representative of Caltech,providing a glimpse of the undergraduate lifestyle, academic rigor, and active research interests.Similar to the Institute, the YESS program has a remarkably low instructor to student ratio of Page 14.723.23:1, allowing for great amounts of formal and informal interaction with active researchers. Sinceinstructors each incorporate their research