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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. Instruction is by lecture, laboratory or a combination.
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4.00 Credits
Study of how petroleum, solar, nuclear, and other energy sources generate electricity, power vehicles, and the like. Emphasis is on elementary physics principles. Coverage includes historical patterns of societal energy use, renewable and nonrenewable resources, fuel conservation methods, and environmental impacts. Open to all majors. 4 lectures. Prerequisites: one course from each of the following Subareas: A1, A2, A3 and B1, B2 (Physics), B4. GE Synthesis course for Subarea B5.
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4.00 Credits
Investigation into physics associated with everyday life experiences with applications to natural phenomena, social issues, and technological advances. Examples include thermodynamics of global warming; effects of earthquake waves on building vibrations; optical principles in optical communication. 4 onehour lecture/discussions. Prerequisites: one course from each of the following Subareas: A1, A2, A3 and Subareas B1, B2 (Physics),B4. GE Synthesis course for Subarea B5.
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4.00 Credits
This course investigates answers to questions such as: What is the nature of the cosmos? How did the universe begin? What are the smallest constituents of the universe and what are their properties?, etc., through a historicalsociologicalscientific overview of our present understanding of the universe. The emphasis is on the modern description of the beginning of the universe, its constitution, and its evolution, as discovered and interpreted by astronomers and chemists, mathematicians and physicists. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Completion of GE Area A and Subareas B1, B2, and B4, including a physics or astronomy course from B1. GE Synthesis course for Subarea B5.
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3.00 Credits
For students majoring in biological sciences, chemistry, geology and other scientific areas, as well as for physics majors. Basic concepts of electrical circuits and solid state devices. Circuit analysis and operation of instruments commonly encountered in science laboratory. 3 lectures/problemsolving, 1 threehour laboratory. Prerequisite: PHY 123 or 133.
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4.00 Credits
This course addresses questions such as: How did Physics begin in the ancient Greek world? Why was the scientific tradition continued and developed in the Islamic world while Western Europe fell into a dark age? Why did the Scientific Revolution occur in the time and place that it did? How has the relationship of science and religion changed through time? How have the discoveries of modern Physics modified our worldview? What is it about Physics that makes it a unique way of learning about the world? 4 lecture/discussions. Open to all majors. Prerequisites: one course from each of the following Subareas: A1, A2, A3 and B1, B2, and B4. GE Synthesis course for Subarea B5.
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3.00 Credits
The physics of the solid Earth and its applications. The following topics will be discussed: the theory of plate tectonics; magnetics, seismology and gravity; radioactivity and heat; the deep interior of the Earth and physical processes of the mantle and core; applications to specific regions on Earth. Throughout the course, special attention will be given to new research results and the interpretation of actual data. 3 hours of lecture + 3 hours lab. Prerequisite: MAT 112.
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4.00 Credits
Applications of mathematical tools to problems in the study of electromagnetism, mechanics and quantum mechanics. Linear algebra, coordinate systems, vector analysis, ordinary differential equations, Fourier series. 4 lectures/problemsolving. Prerequisites: PHY 235, MAT 215, 216.
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4.00 Credits
Continuation of PHY 308. Applications of gamma, beta and error functions; functions of a complex variable; partial differential equations and boundary value problems; series solutions of ordinary differential equations in physics problems. 4 lectures/problemsolving. Prerequisite: PHY 308.
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4.00 Credits
Continuation of PHY 308 and 309. Applications of calculus of variations, tensor analysis, integral transforms, probability and statistics to physics problems. 4 lectures/problemsolving. Prerequisite: PHY 309.
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