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I was a Physics PhD student at Berkeley and taught intro physics; none of the classes used Feynman as a primary text to my knowledge.

Perhaps they just started now, Physics h7B requires it. http://ninjacourses.com/explore/course/2433/#books

The Web page you linked to lists it as a "recommended" text, which means it is indeed not the primary text. The required text is Purcell.