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  • 3.00 Credits

    Topics drawn from mechanics, hydrodynamics, electrodynamics, acoustics and optics. Prerequisite, 295 and 350.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A study of special relativity, 4-vector form of electromagnetism and Einstein's general theory of relativity applications such as gravitational waves, black holes, cosmology, and gravitational lenses. Prerequisite, 295 and 320 or 350.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The first semester of a year-long sequence (100-105) for pre-med students and other scientists who require a year of physics. Topics include mechanics, fluids and thermodynamics. Emphasis on applications of physics in medicine and in other sciences. Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory. (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) Prerequisite, knowledge of algebra and trigonometry. Collett, Major, Millet, Schreve, Silversmith.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The second semester of a year-long sequence (100-105) for pre-med students and other scientists who require a year of physics. Topics include electricity and magnetism, optics, atomic physics and nuclear physics. Emphasis on applications of physics in medicine and in other sciences. (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) Prerequisite, 100 or 190. Three hours of class and three hours of laboratory. Knowledge of algebra and trigonometry required. Silversmith, Connolly, Schreve.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A few basic physics principles can explain many common devices such as car engines, TVs, refrigerators, airplanes and eyeglasses, and some not-so-common devices such as atomic bombs and lasers. This course qualitatively teaches basic physics concepts with the aim of demystifying technology. A conceptual introduction to physics where all the examples come from your experience. (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) Maximum enrollment, 45. G Jones.
  • 3.00 Credits

    A description of the universe, starting with the appearance and organization of the solar system and working outward. Development of the heliocentric view. Observational deduction of properties of stars. Stellar evolution and its relation to pulsars and black holes. Galaxies and the structure and history of the universe. (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) Three hours of class. Connolly.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An exploration of the physics that underlies the production of musical sounds. Covers issues ranging from the nature of musical sound, units, some physical principles, theory of wave propagation and mode formation, physical mechanisms of how instrument families work and their implications for musical use of those families, acoustics of halls, digital simulations of musical instruments and performance spaces. Algebra will be used. Four hours of class/laboratory per week. May count toward a concentration in physics. (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) (Same as Music 175.) Brian Collett.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The first semester of a sequence of physics courses for students interested in physical sciences, math or engineering. Normally the first course for students who plan to major or minor in physics. Introduction to principles governing the motion of a particle and of systems of particles. Kinematics and dynamics; energy, linear momentum, angular momentum and conservation laws. Introduction to the laws of special relativity. (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) Prerequisite, Mathematics 113 (may be taken concurrently). Three hours of class and three hours of laboratory. Jones, Schreve.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The physics of oscillations, waves and fields. Topics include simple harmonic motion, fluids, sound, electric and magnetic fields, light, optics and interference phenomena. Emphasizes the use of calculus as a tool to describe and analyze the physical world. Three hours of class and three hours of laboratory. (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) Prerequisite, 190 or 200 and Mathematics 114 (may be taken concurrently). Collett, Millet, Silversmith.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The first semester of a year-long calculus-based sequence (200-205) for scientists and pre-med students who require a year of physics. Topics include Newtonian mechanics, conservation laws, fluids, kinetic theory and thermodynamics. Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory. (Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning.) Prerequisite, Mathematics 114 or equivalent. Not open to students who have taken 100 or 190. Millet, Major, Schreve, Silversmith.
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