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This honors section will be shaped by the instructor of the course. It will cover material not regularly covered in the PHY422 main syllabus. This can be in the form of extra course work, more in-depth study of regular syllabus material, applications of the material to applied cases, a computational component that uses what covered in class, etc.

This is a 1-credit honors colloquium to accompany PHY422, "Electricity and Magnetism"

This course, intended for students with a background in physical, chemical, or quantitative life science, will cover physical principles that apply to biological molecules and cells: Bownian motion, low Reynolds-number environments, forces relevant to cells and molecules, chemical potentials and free energies, as well as the basics of polymer physics. The emphasis will be on theory and model-building; specific topics will include molecular machines, self-assembly, membranes, DNA, and RNA.

Production and perception of musical sound. Waves; the physical basis of pitch, timbre, resonance, dissonance, and musical scales. Sound production in musical instruments and auditorium acoustics. Two lectures and one lab meeting every week. Elementary algebra and powers of ten notation used. (Gen.Ed. PS)

Talks and discussions of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education issues featuring lectures by on-campus and off-campus presenters.

This course is recommended for all first-year physics majors. This course is designed to provide students with the skills and confidence to solve experimental challenges that are at first beyond their skillset. Key skills to be developed: i) Designing, making, and trouble-shooting an apparatus to measure a physical quantity. ii) Familiarity with hardware-software interface. iii) Finding help on technical matters from books, web, colleagues, professors, etc. iv) Feeling confident of completing a technical task of one's own. No technical experience is needed.

This course is recommended for all first-year physics majors. This course is designed to provide students with the skills and confidence to solve experimental challenges that are at first beyond their skillset. Key skills to be developed: i) Designing, making, and trouble-shooting an apparatus to measure a physical quantity. ii) Familiarity with hardware-software interface. iii) Finding help on technical matters from books, web, colleagues, professors, etc. iv) Feeling confident of completing a technical task of one's own. No technical experience is needed.

This course is recommended for all first-year physics majors. This course is designed to provide students with the skills and confidence to solve experimental challenges that are at first beyond their skillset. Key skills to be developed: i) Designing, making, and trouble-shooting an apparatus to measure a physical quantity. ii) Familiarity with hardware-software interface. iii) Finding help on technical matters from books, web, colleagues, professors, etc. iv) Feeling confident of completing a technical task of one's own. No technical experience is needed.

The course presumes prior expertise in 3-dimensional Schroedinger equation quantum mechanics. The focus of the course is on the physical and philosophical basis of the theory. It covers a selection of quantum paradoxes, including the EPR experiment, Bell's theorem, Wheeler's delayed choice, and the quantum Zeno paradox; as well as alternative interpretations of quantum mechanics.