Laboratory for PHYSICS 287.

Laboratory for PHYSICS 287.

Foundations of thermodynamics, fluids, waves, sound, and optics. Prerequisites: PHYSICS 151/153 or 181/183, MATH 131, or consent of instructor.

Computational physics in a computer laboratory setting. Numerical simulations of a variety of physical systems taught concurrently with programming skills using languages such as C, Mathematica or Matlab in a UNIX environment. No prior computer experience required. Prerequisites: PHYSICS 181 or 151, and MATH 132. Corequisite: PHYSICS 182 or 152.

Computational physics in a computer laboratory setting. Numerical simulations of a variety of physical systems taught concurrently with programming skills using languages such as C, Mathematica or Matlab in a UNIX environment. No prior computer experience required. Prerequisites: PHYSICS 181 or 151, and MATH 132. Corequisite: PHYSICS 182 or 152.

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Special projects; departmental sponsor required.

Weekly seminar for freshman physics majors; open to all undergraduates. Current trends in physics. Modern topics at the research frontier in language suitable for beginners. Lecturers from the physics faculty; topics in each one's specialty. Graded Pass/Fail.

Laboratory for PHYSICS 181. Introduction to laboratory techniques and data analysis methods. Basic concepts of mechanics applied and tested in a series of experiments.

Laboratory for PHYSICS 181. Introduction to laboratory techniques and data analysis methods. Basic concepts of mechanics applied and tested in a series of experiments.