Past Courses

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At Deep Springs College

Astronomy

• The Cosmos: A Survey of Modern Astronomy
• Methods and Results of Ancient Astronomy
• Observational Astronomy
• Supernova Observation (Spring 2024 Directed Study with Hexi Jin and Ethan Liao)
• Transient Astronomy (Spring 2023 Directed Study with Sofia Mikulasek and Luke Suess)

Mathematics

• Bayesian Statistics
• Differential Equations (Term 6 2022 Independent Study)
• Heavenly Mathematics (co-taught with Ryan Derby-Talbot)
• Mathematical Analysis
• Numerical Analysis on a Pocket Calculator

Physics

• From Galileo to Newton: The Emergence of Modern Physical Science
• History and Science of the Manhattan Project
• Quantum Mechanics and Nuclear Physics
• Oscillations and Waves
• Relativity and Black Holes

Technology

• Cryptography: Algorithms and History
• Modeling, Simulation, and Rendering in Processing
• Scientific Data Analysis, Data Science, and Machine Learning in Python (May-June 2025 Independent Study with Hexi Jin)
  • See also my Deep Learning write-up for the mathematics of backpropagation
  • Study of transformers could continue from where we left off using Build a Large Language Model (from Scratch) by Sebastian Raschka.
• Technological MacGyvering with the Arduino Microprocessor

At Saint Mary’s College of California

• I no longer attempt to maintain content dating back to my time at the Saint Mary’s Physics Department, so the formatting and links within the snapshotted content below may be quite lacking.*

Physics

• Introduction to Physics I
• Introduction to Physics II
• Modern Physics
• Quantum Mechanics

Astronomy

• Introduction to Astronomy
• Astronomy Laboratory
• Astrophysics
• Observational Astronomy

Computer Science

• Cloud Software Development
• Loops and Orbits: Programming for Aspiring Rocketeers
• Mobile Software Development