This course studies a variety of topics in physics, drawn from the MCAT syllabus, including thermodynamics, acoustics, wave optics, electricity, magnetism, and nuclear phenomena. As in Physics 100, the applicable mathematics is geometry, proportion, and dimensional analysis.

Studies the mechanics of material objects. Topics include Newton's laws, projectile motion, circular motion, momentum, kinetic and potential energy, angular momentum, gravitation, and oscillations. This course is appropriate for students intending to major in a physical science.

We will examine the feasibility of converting the entire energy infrastructure of the US from one that is dependent on fossil fuels to one that utilizes mostly renewable sources of energy. We will examine the potential scale of energy production and the associated costs, natural resource requirements and land usage needs for both renewables, such as solar, wind and biofuel, and non-renewables, such as coal, natural gas, petroleum and nuclear.

This seminar will focus on the works of four painters, and we will choose from among the following: Bonnard, Cezanne, Gauguin, Pissarro, Seurat, Toulouse-Lautrec, and van Gogh. We will study their works in relation to the feverish debates about painting in the 1880s and 1890s that the previous generation's Impressionism brought about. As we will discover, the four artists were hardly a unified group, took distinct paths away from Impressionism, and pursued projects that had limited allegiance to its main tenets or, indeed, to the ideas and practices of each other.

The course examines the most popular mythical love tales in Greek and Roman art and compares them with narratives in literature and in (records of) performance. The aim is to acquaint students with visual modes of storytelling and with the major media of Greek and Roman art. In which contexts did such stories appear, why, and what do we know about their reception among ancient viewers? How were such stories interpreted by later artists, in particular those of the Renaissance and Baroque periods? Do they find parallels in non-Western cultures?

The course examines landscape design and images of nature in ancient societies, including not only Egypt, Greece, and Rome, but cultures along the Silk Road. How was the natural world conceived, and what roles did it play in religion, politics, and social life? The historical meanings of landscape provide a basis for discussing current issues of technology, tourism, and climate change. The course emphasizes looking and describing, as we move between the classroom, museums, and the outdoors.