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3.00 Credits
2 FS Faculty permission. See description below.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS PHYS 204A, PHYS 204B, PHYS 204C, or PHYS 202A and PHYS 202B, with grade of C- or higher and faculty permission. PHYS 308 - PHYS 310: Student participation in the instructional and professional activities of the Physics Department, particularly related to personalized modes of instruction. Responsibility for some assignments, consultation with students, preparation and conduction of demonstrations, tutoring and evaluation of student learning. Not a research-oriented activity.
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3.00 Credits
3 FA Completion of lower-division Area B General Education. An upper-division General Education Thematic course that explores concepts in relativity, quantum physics, and chaos. The course will emphasize both the conceptual essentials of these theories and the philosophical implications arising from them. Topics will include the nature of space and time, the interplay of measurement and our conception of "reality," the difference between predictability and determinism, and the tension between human understanding and mathematical description.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS Upper-division standing. An upper-division General Education thematic course giving an appreciation of Einstein's theory of relativity and his other contributions, including his impact on history, philosophy, politics, art, religion, etc. A 3-unit lecture-discussion course at the conceptual level, with emphasis on writing and critical thinking.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS Application of basic principles of physics to a study of acoustics. Topics include measurement of sound, acoustics of musical instruments, electric production of sound, room acoustics, and environmental noise pollution. Especially recommended for music and speech pathology majors.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS An appreciation of Darwin's theory of evolution, Einstein's theory of relativity, and quantum theory as basic intellectual sources of Modernism, along with an understanding of their relationship to other foundational themes of Modernism, such as Marx's socialism, Nietzsche's perspectivism, and Freud's theory of the unconscious.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS Properties of nuclei, nuclear systematics, nuclear forces, radioactivity, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, reactors, weapons, biological effects, waste disposal, nuclear medicine, and the impact of nuclear technology on society.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
1 SP This course is for special topics offered for 1.0-3.0 units. Typically the topic is offered on a one-time-only basis and may vary from term to term and be different for different sections. See the Class Schedule for the specific topic being offered.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
1 FS This course is an independent study of special problems offered for 1.0-3.0 units. You must register directly with a supervising faculty member.
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3.00 Credits
3 S2 MATH 361, PHYS 300A. Statistical mechanics, the laws of thermodynamics, kinetic theory, states of matter.
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