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Laboratory-based development of concepts and reasoning skills. Helps prepare preservice teachers to teach science by inquiry. Liberal arts students gain experience in the scientific process. Useful for students with weak science preparation before taking standard science courses. Forms foundation for scientific literacy. Offered: AW.
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Laboratory-based development of concepts and reasoning skills. Helps prepare preservice teachers to teach science by inquiry. Liberal arts students gain experience in the scientific process. Useful for students with weak science preparation before taking standard science courses. Forms foundation for scientific literacy. Prerequisite: PHYS 101. Offered: Sp.
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See PHYS 101-102. Prerequisite: PHYS 102.
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Laboratory-based development of concepts and reasoning skills. Develops problem solving techniques and scientific method in a large group setting. Corequisite: PHYS 114. Offered: A.
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Laboratory-based development of concepts and reasoning skills. Develops problem solving techniques and scientific method in a large group setting. Corequisite: PHYS 115. Offered: W.
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Laboratory-based development of concepts and reasoning skills. Develops problem solving techniques and scientific method in a large group setting. Corequisite: PHYS 116. Offered: Sp.
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Basic concepts of physics presented with emphasis on their origin and their impact on society and the Western intellectual tradition. Primarily for students in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Offered: AS.
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Basic principles of physics presented without use of calculus. Suitable for students majoring in technically oriented fields other than engineering or the physical sciences. Mechanics. Credit is not given for both 114 and 121. Recommended: working knowledge of algebra and trigonometry; one year high school physics; concurrent registration in PHYS 117. Offered: AWSpS.
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Basic principles of physics presented without use of calculus. Suitable for students majoring in technically oriented fields other than engineering or the physical sciences. Heat and electromagnetism. Credit is not given for both 115 and 122. Prerequisite: PHYS 114 or 121; recommended: concurrent registration in PHYS 118. Offered: AWSpS.
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Basic principles of physics presented without use of calculus. Suitable for students majoring in technically oriented fields other than engineering or the physical sciences. Sound, light, and modern physics. Credit is not given for both 116 and 123. Prerequisite: PHYS 115 or 122; recommended: concurrent registration in PHYS 119. Offered: AWSpS.
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Mechanics laboratory. Credit/no credit only. Credit is not given for both 117 and the 121 lab. Prerequisite: PHYS 114 which may be taken concurrently. Offered: AWSpS.
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Heat and electromagnetism laboratory. Credit/no credit only. Credit is not given for both 118 and the 122 lab. Prerequisite: PHYS 115 which may be taken concurrently. Offered: AWSpS.
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Sound, light, and modern physics laboratory. Credit/no credit only. Credit is not given for both 119 and the 123 lab. Prerequisite: PHYS 116 which may be taken concurrently. Offered: AWSpS.
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Basic principles of mechanics and experiments in mechanics for physical science and engineering majors. Lecture tutorial and lab components must all be taken to receive credit. Credit is not given for both PHYS 114 and PHYS 121. Prerequisite: MATH 124, MATH 127, MATH 134, or MATH 145, any of which may be taken concurrently; recommended: one year high school physics. Offered: AWSpS.
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Basic principles of electromagnetism, the mechanics of oscillatory motion, and experiments in these topics for physical science and engineering majors. Lecture tutorial and lab components must all be taken to receive credit. Credit is not given for both PHYS 115 and PHYS 122. Prerequisite: MATH 125, MATH 128, MATH 134, or MATH 146, any of which may be taken concurrently; PHYS 121. Offered: AWSpS.
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Electromagnetic waves, optics, waves in matter, and experiments in these topics for physical science and engineering majors. Lecture tutorial and lab components must all be taken to receive credit. Credit is not given for both PHYS 116 and PHYS 123. Prerequisite: MATH 126, MATH 129, or MATH 134, any of which may be taken concurrently; PHYS 122. Offered: AWSpS.
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Introduction to the science and implications of nuclear physics and radiation for non-science students. Emphasis on qualitative rather than quantitative understanding. Physics of the nucleus, types of radiation, technological uses, and human exposure. Critical evaluation of current issues, including food irradiation, depleted uranium, nuclear power, and nuclear weapons.
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The nature of sound; vibrations; traveling and standing waves; response of the ear to sound; production of musical sounds.
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Selected topics in physics with emphasis on depth of understanding and development of skills essential to the scientific process. Background for teaching physics and physical science as a process of inquiry. Prerequisite: either PHYS 103, PHYS 116, or PHYS 123. Offered: A.
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Selected topics in physics with emphasis on depth of understanding and development of skills essential to the scientific process. Background for teaching physics and physical science as a process of inquiry. Prerequisite: PHYS 210. Offered: W.
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Selected topics in physics with emphasis on depth of understanding and development of skills essential to the scientific process. Background for teaching physics and physical science as a process of inquiry. Prerequisite: PHYS 211. Offered: Sp.
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Compares past explanation of certain familiar natural phenomena with present understandings. Lamps and lighting, outdoor light, optical devices, color vision, perspective, paints, and pigments. Quantitative comparison critical to the course, but college-level mathematics background not required. Intended for non-science students.
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Introduction to heat, thermodynamics, elementary kinetic theory, and the physics of continuous media. Prerequisite: MATH 126, MATH 129, or MATH 136, any of which may be taken concurrently; PHYS 122 which may be taken concurrently. Offered: AWSpS.
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Emphasizes two-state systems. Spin and applications in nuclear magnetic resonance serve as an introduction to advanced quantum mechanics, relativity, particles, and symmetry. Prerequisite: PHYS 123; PHYS 227 which may be taken concurrently. Offered: WSpS.
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Introduction to the fundamental constituents of matter and the symmetries which characterize their interactions. Topics include special relativity; strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions; quarks and leptons; baryons and mesons; and neutrinos and nuclei. Prerequisite: PHYS 225, PHYS 227; recommended: PHYS 228.
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