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4.00 Credits
Historical origins of the concept of race, development of race science and racialist thought in Western culture, alternative explanatory theories of racism, differences and similarities among racist societies, critical consideration of contemporary social policies concerning race, competing Western visions of a nonracist society. 4 lecture discussions. Fulfills GE Area C4 or D4. Prerequisites: Completion of GE Area A, subareas C2, C3, and two of D1, D2, or D3.
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4.00 Credits
Development of oral presentations in response to case studies on contemporary ethical controversies. Students will prepare for regional and national Ethics Bowl competitions. May be repeated for credit for a maximum of 8 units. 4 seminars. Prerequisites: PHL 204 and PHL 309 or permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to epistemological and metaphysical issues specifically pertaining to science, such as: the nature of scientific explanation, the nature of theoretical entities, and scientific objectivity. 4 lecture/discussion. Prerequisites: Completion of GE courses in Areas A and B: subareas 1, 2, and 3. Fulfills GE Synthesis subarea B4.
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4.00 Credits
A general comparative study of Eastern and Western philosophy. Topics studied may include metaphysics, epistemology, methodology, theories of human nature, the nature of religious belief, and sociopolitical values and ideals. 4 lectures/problemsolving.
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14.00 Credits
Group study of a selected topic, the title to be specified in advance. Total credit limited to 8 units, with a maximum of 4 units per quarter. Corequisites may be required. Instruction is by lecture, laboratory, or a combination. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Various theories of matter and energy and the principles and laws that describe their behavior and applications. Some special knowledge of modern science that will function in a socially desirable manner in the lives of students. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: A college math course. PHY 102 is not open to students who have credit for PHY 121 or 131. May be graded on CR/NC basis.
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4.00 Credits
The fundamentals of acoustics and its application to musicvibrations, wave, hearing, pure tones, complex tones, resonance, scales, consonance, and the physics of musical instruments. 3 lecture/ problems, 1 threehour laboratory.
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3.00 Credits
A study of vectors, motion, forces, gravity, work and energy, momentum, angular motion and mechanical properties of matter. 3 lectures/problemsolving. Not for students majoring in physics or engineering. Prerequisite: MAT 106, or MAT 114, or equivalent. Corequisite: PHY 121L.
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1.00 Credits
Laboratory to accompany College Physics lecture series. Experiments in mechanics, hydrostatics, wave motion, thermodynamics, optics, electricity and magnetism, and atomic and nuclear physics. 1 threehour laboratory. To be taken in sequence concurrently with PHY 121, 122, 123, respectively.
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3.00 Credits
Heat, wave motion, sound, light and optical devices. 3 lectures/problemsolving. Prerequisite: PHY 121 and PHY 121L. Corequisite: PHY 122L.
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