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3.00 Credits
09W: 12 10W: 10 A study of the main types of ethical theories from Plato to the pragmatists and existentialists. Attention will be paid to the relevance of major historical positions to contemporary issues. Open to all classes. Dist: TMV. The staff.
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3.00 Credits
08F: 10A 09W, 09S: 2A 09F: 10A 10W, 10S: 2A This course may be offered in any term and the content varied from year to year according to the interests of the students and the availability of teaching staff. Although intended primarily for students majoring in Philosophy, properly qualified students from other departments may be admitted. In every case admission requires the permission of the instructor. For detailed descriptions, consult the departmental secretary. Dist: TMV. Seminars for 2008-20010 are as follows: In 08F, Critical Social Theory. Allen. In 09W, Things Without The Mind. Levey. In 09S, Plato's Ethics. Thomas. In 09F, Free Speech and Conflicts of Rights. Brison. In 10W, Free Will and Responsibility. Sinnott-Armstrong. In 10S, Eighteenth Century Aesthetics. Kulvicki.
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1.00 Credits
All terms: Arrange The purpose of Philosophy 87 is to provide opportunity for a student to do advanced work on a topic that the student has studied in a regularly offered course, or to study a topic not normally covered in a regularly offered course. In order to enroll in Philosophy 87, a student must prepare a brief (one page) proposal which describes what the student wishes to study and accomplish by taking this research course. All proposals for Philosophy 87 must be reviewed by the faculty of the Department after having been provisionally approved by the faculty member who is the prospective director. This must be done before the beginning of the term in which the course is to be taken. May be taken for more than one course credit, but at most, one election will count toward satisfaction of the requirements of the major. The staff.
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3.00 Credits
All terms: Arrange Open only to Philosophy majors who are participating in the senior year of the Honors Program.
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3.00 Credits
08F: 10 09F: 10A An examination of the ethical dimensions of some contemporary controversies. Topics will vary from year to year but may include: business, death, discrimination, the environment, gender, law, media, race, sex, technology, and war. The course may be taken more than once for credit with permission of the instructor. Open to all classes. No prerequisites. Dist: TMV. In 08F, Reproductive Ethics. Bumpus. In 09F, Topic to be announced.
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3.00 Credits
09S, 10S: 12 An introduction to the evolution of physical theories and models of natural phenomena from ancient Greece to modern times. Topics include Pre-Socratic and Aristotelian natural philosophy; the scientific revolutions of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, and Newton, and the birth of mechanics; electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and the physics of light in the nineteenth century; the emergence of quantum mechanics and relativity theory; modern particle physics and the search for unification; the interface of particle physics and cosmology; and physics and its contexts (other sciences, worldviews, technologies, the Cold War). Students will carry out five biweekly laboratory experiments illustrating major discoveries. Supplemental course fee required. Dist: SLA. Gleiser, Kremer.
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3.00 Credits
08F: 10, 11 09W: 10, 11 09F: 10 10W: 10; Laboratory: Arrange The fundamental laws of mechanics. Reference frames. Harmonic and gravitational motion. Thermodynamics and kinetic theory. Physics 13, 14, and 19 are designed as a three-term sequence for students majoring in a physical science. One laboratory period per week. Supplemental course fee required. Prerequisite: Mathematics 3 and 8 (at least concurrently). Dist: SLA. LaBelle, Millan (fall), Hudson, Rimberg (winter).
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3.00 Credits
09W: 10 09S: 10, 11 10W: 10 10S: 10; Laboratory: Arrange The fundamental laws of electricity and magnetism. Maxwell's equations. Waves. Electrical and magnetic properties of bulk matter. Circuit theory. Optics. One laboratory period per week. Supplemental course fee required. Prerequisite: Physics 13 and Mathematics 8, or permission of the instructor. Dist: SLA. Caldwell (winter), Hudson, LaBelle (spring).
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3.00 Credits
08F, 09F: 10; Laboratory: Arrange Physics 15, 16 and 24 are an alternative sequence to Physics 13, 14, 19 and 24 for students whose substantial background in physics and mathematics enables them to study the material at a faster pace than is possible in regular sections, and who are willing to devote correspondingly more work to the course. Admission criteria are described in the First Year, available from the First-year Office. Classical dynamics of particles and rigid bodies. Special Relativity. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics including the wave-particle duality of radiation and matter, the Uncertainty Principle and the Schrodinger equation in one spatial dimension. One laboratory period per week. Supplemental course fee required. Prerequisite: Mathematics 8 or 9 concurrently, and permission of the instructor. Dist: SLA. Rogers.
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3.00 Credits
09W, 10W: 10; Laboratory: Arrange Electric and magnetic fields of charges and currents. Electromagnetic induction. Dielectric and magnetic materials. Circuit theory. Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves and optics. Special relativity. One laboratory period per week. Supplemental course fee required. Prerequisite: Physics 15 and Mathematics 13 or 14 concurrently, or permission of the instructor. Dist: SLA. Soh.
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