Special projects; departmental sponsor required. Prerequisites: one or more 200-level physics courses.

Satisfies Junior Year Writing requirement. Intended for primary physics majors. Practice in different styles of science writing, typically including a personal statement, science writing for the general public, and a professional article in the style of those found in a mainstream physics journal. Peer reviews, and dependent on instructor, student presentations. Prerequisites: ENGLWRIT 112 or 113 and PHYSICS 284, or permission of the instructor.

Special projects; departmental sponsor required. Prerequisite: introductory physics.

Special projects; departmental sponsor required.

Weekly seminar for freshman physics majors; open to all undergraduates. Focus on professional development for physics majors, philosophy of science, thinking like a scientist, and talks from faculty on their research in physics. Graded Pass/Fail.

Kinematics, vectors and scalars, Newton's laws of motion, work and energy, impulse and momentum. Conservation laws. Collisions, oscillations, rotational dynamics, waves and sound, fluids, with Lab. Use of calculus in physics; problem-solving methods. Co-requisite: MATH 131. (GenEd. PS)

Basic physical laws governing mechanics, thermodynamics, and waves; examples and applications from the biological sciences, with lab. High school algebra and basic trigonometry required. The recommended introductory physics course for majors in the biological sciences and related areas. (Gen.Ed. PS)

The fundamental ideas of physics, a minimum of mathematics. Selected phenomena of everyday existence (motion, sound, electricity). Physics beyond the range of our senses: the realm of atoms and nuclei (quantum physics), the universe (cosmology), high speed phenomena (relativity). For nonscience majors. No laboratory. Prerequisite: Basic Math Skills (R1) proficiency, or equivalent. (Gen.Ed. PS)

Participating in a functioning democracy requires engagement with a variety of sociopolitical questions. Here are some currently relevant examples: Should the Westboro Baptist Church be allowed to protest military funerals? What is the right balance between toleration and religious freedom? Should undocumented immigrants be allowed to become citizens? Do all citizens have a right to health care? Are preventive drone strikes in foreign soil morally permissible? Are whistle-blowers heroes or traitors?

Critical analysis of structure of scientific method and language of science, respective roles of induction and deduction in science, and the status of theoretical terms.