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1.00 Credits
The design, execution, and evaluation of field research in physics. Use of instrumentation including computerized data acquisition, construction and testing of equipment for fieldwork, planning a field program and carrying out field research, analyzing and reporting results. PC 461 is a 1/2 unit extended format course, and must be completed prior to PC 462, the 1 unit block course devoted to field research. Prerequisite: Physics 461. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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1.00 Credits
Directed readings in selected areas of physics with discussions and written reports. 1 unit.
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1.00 Credits
Yearlong independent experimental and/or theoretical research in areas such as nuclear magnetic resonance, geophysics, atomic physics, non-linear dynamics, and astrophysics. Affiliation with a staff member for work as an apprentice researcher in an area of the faculty member's interest. Combines an extended format course (one-half unit of credit) working with a faculty member to plan and begin research with a block of intensive work (one unit of credit) resulting in a formal written report and an oral seminar presentation before the Physics Department faculty and students. Prerequisite: Physics 251, 261 and. 1 unit.
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An examination of the origins of Western philosophy as it arose in ancient Greece. The course begins with the Pre-Socratic philosophers, centers on the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle, and closes with the important Hellenistic traditions of Stoicism, Skepticism, Epicureanism, Cynicism, and Neoplatonism. 1 unit - Furtak.
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5.00 - 9.00 Credits
(Not offered 2008-09.) .5 unit.
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2.00 - 9.00 Credits
Introduction to ancient Greek language and philosophy in the context of Greek culture. Pre-Socratics, Plato, and Aristotle in relation to Homer, dramatists, emergence of a democratic Athens, and etymological and grammatical structures of the Greek language. Investigation of Greek concepts and language extends into modern philosophy, revealing how they both influence and are transformed by such thinkers such as Hegel, Nietzsche, and Heidegger. (with the second block of Classics 101, meets the college language requirement). (Meets the Critical Perspectives: The West in Time requirement.) (Not offered 2008-09.) 2 units.
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1.00 Credits
Beginning with an introduction to critical thinking and conceptual argument, this course will cover basic principles of logic as they pertain to philosophical writing. The latter half of the course will be devoted to an intensive workshop on the grammatical and stylistic techniques that make for clarity and coherence in spoken and written argument. (A writing-intensive course, limited to 12 students.) 1 unit - Bayer, Department.
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1.00 Credits
An exploration of the questions of what constitutes a good human life, what it means to be a moral human being, and whether reasoning about ethical and moral values can be objective. Texts may include works by Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Nietzsche, among others. 1 unit - Riker.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
Through a study of the literary style of certain philosophical texts and the philosophical significance of selected literary works of art, this course will study the comparative ability of different modes of writing to address traditional philosophical questions and to illuminate particular features of human experience. (Not offered 2008-09.) 1 unit.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: FYE Course. 1st Years Only. (Not offered 2008-09.) 2 units.
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