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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2005. Offers elective credit for courses taken at consortium institutions.
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4.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2005. Offers elective credit for courses taken at consortium institutions.
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4.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2005. Offers elective credit for courses taken at consortium institutions.
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4.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2005. Offers elective credit for courses taken at consortium institutions.
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4.00 Credits
Retired August 31, 2005. Offers elective credit for courses taken at consortium institutions.
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1.00 Credits
Intended for freshmen in the College of Arts and Sciences. Introduces freshmen to the liberal arts in general; familiarizes them with their major; helps them develop the academic skills necessary to succeed (analytical ability and critical thinking); provides grounding in the culture and values of the University community; and helps them develop interpersonal skills-in short, familiarizes students with all skills needed to become a successful university student.
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4.00 Credits
Introduces modern astronomical ideas designed for nonscience majors. Topics include an introduction to the cosmos, Earth and its relation to the universe, our solar system (planets, moons, asteroids, and comets), the sun and how it works, stars and their classification, and the life and death of stars. Introduces various tools of the astronomer (the nature of light and radiation, telescopes, the types of spectra, and what they tell us).
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4.00 Credits
Provides nonscience majors with an interdisciplinary treatment of the basic ideas of the natural sciences. Discusses concepts such as particles and waves, heat, optics, energy, gravity, and the atom, followed by a consideration of the ways in which atoms combine to form the substances that compose matter.
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4.00 Credits
Provides nonscience students with a practical knowledge of our present use of the earth's energy resources and the environmental consequences. Topics include solar energy, nuclear energy, global warming, oil politics, pollution, and electric cars. Draws upon current events, multimedia presentations, a tour of MIT's fusion reactor, and Web-based sources. No knowledge of physics is assumed.
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4.00 Credits
Covers mechanics, fluids, and vibrations and waves. Emphasizes the application of physics to a variety of problems in structural engineering. Mechanics topics include one-dimensional motion, forces, vectors, Newton's laws, equilibrium, work, energy, and power. Fluids topics include density, pressure, buoyancy, and fluids in motion. Vibrations and waves topics include mechanical vibrations and sound.
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