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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
Physics of motion, vibrations and waves, with application to hearing, music and architectural acoustics. (Meets the laboratory/field requirement for natural sciences.) (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World lab or field requirement.) 1 unit - Cervantes.
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Surveys the history and concepts of Western astronomy as background for other cultural approaches to astronomy. Focuses on archaeoastronomy and ethnoastronomy of native Southwestern peoples, including Ancestral Puebloans as well as modern Pueblo and Athabascan tribes. Explores relationships among astronomy, rock art, ritual, oral narratives, social patterns and belief systems. (Also listed as SW 200 and AN 211.) 1 unit. Hilt and department (Meets either the Critical Perspectives: Diverse Cultures and Critiques or Scientific Investigation of the Natural World lab or field requirement.) (Also listed as Southwest Studies 131.) 1 unit - Hilt.
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1.00 Credits
Our solar system, our galaxy, the expanding universe of galaxies. Methods for obtaining astronomical data; fundamental properties of planets, stars, interstellar matter and galaxies; their origin and evolution; unusual objects like pulsars, quasars and black holes; life in the universe. (Meets the laboratory/field requirement for natural sciences.) (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World lab or field requirement.) 1 unit - Burns, Department, Whitten.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
Basic physics principles are introduced and used to study dynamic processes in the atmosphere: atmospheric energy flow, solar radiation, green-house effect, large-scale circulation of the atmosphere, small-scale processes including clouds and storms, weather forecasting, man's impact on weather and climate. Laboratory and field experiments and field trips will be utilized. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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A practical introduction to the physics in everyday life. Covers examples from simple experiences like ice skating and drinking through a straw to complicated devices like televisions and microwaves,these are explained using physical principles, logical arguments, schematic diagrams, lots of demonstrations, and a few equations. Each student dissects and explains a mechanical or electrical device, such as a wind up clock, bicycle, or vacuum cleaner, using principles and techniques developed in the course. Requires no previous experience with physics. Those with significant previous physics experience will find some repetition, but significant new applications. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World requirement.) 1 unit - Lang.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
A nonmathematical introduction to some of the important concepts in physics such as inertia, gravity, energy, relativity, and quanta. Some examples of phenomena and devices that might be covered include falling and floating bodies, rocket action, tides, waves of many kinds, the behavior of atoms, fission and fusion, lasers, the twin paradox, and black holes. (Meets the laboratory/field requirement for natural sciences.) (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World lab or field requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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1.00 Credits
An introduction to scientific thought and method through a study of the major theories in physics and the phenomena that provoked them from their origins in Greek civilization through the 20th century. The first block: mechanics, heat and relativity; the second block: electricity, magnetism, waves, and quantum physics. (Primarily for students who do not intend to major in the physical sciences). Calculus 1 (MA 126) is recommended. Ideas from calculus will be used in the development of the subject, but formal training in calculus is not required. (Meets the laboratory/field requirement for natural sciences.) (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World lab or field requirement.) 1 unit - Burns, Cervantes, Purdue.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to scientific thought and method through a study of the major theories in physics and the phenomena that provoked them from their origins in Greek civilization through the 20th century. The first block: mechanics, heat and relativity; the second block: electricity, magnetism, waves, and quantum physics. (Primarily for students who do not intend to major in the physical sciences). Calculus 1 (MA 126) is recommended. Ideas from calculus will be used in the development of the subject, but formal training in calculus is not required. (Meets the laboratory/field requirement for natural sciences.) Prerequisite: Physics 141. (Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World lab or field requirement.) 1 unit - Cervantes, Lang, Purdue, Whitten.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: FYE Course. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: FYE Course. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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