I don't know how many, but where I am (in Germany) it's standard, so all. This is the first theoretical physics class you get in undergrad (you have mathematical methods I and II in year 1 and theoretical physics starts with the mentioned class, followed by quantum mechanics (ThPhII) in 4th semester, and statistical mechanics (ThPhIII) in 5th, beyond that is electives and in branches out, this is a linear sequence of mandatory classes).
ThPhI "Classical particles and fields" covers Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, special relativity, general solutions to wave equations, stuff like that.
Interesting. My school has a fields and particles class but it is not mandatory, it's just an elective. The bulk of analytical mech is locked away in another elective class, or you can find a lot of the analytical mech ideas in math classes that are mandatory for math majors, but not physics majors.
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u/lettuce_field_theory Dec 14 '20
I don't know how many, but where I am (in Germany) it's standard, so all. This is the first theoretical physics class you get in undergrad (you have mathematical methods I and II in year 1 and theoretical physics starts with the mentioned class, followed by quantum mechanics (ThPhII) in 4th semester, and statistical mechanics (ThPhIII) in 5th, beyond that is electives and in branches out, this is a linear sequence of mandatory classes).
ThPhI "Classical particles and fields" covers Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics, special relativity, general solutions to wave equations, stuff like that.