PHYSICS FOR POETS
Prerequisites: high school algebra. This course does not fulfill the physics requirement for admission to medical school. No previous background in physics is expected. An introduction to physics taught through the exploration of the scientific method, and the application of physical principles to a wide range of topics from quantum mechanics to cosmology.
- MW 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Szabolcs Marka
CULPA: 25 h-index: 127 Info - 3 points
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Prerequisites: high school science and math. A review of the history and environmental consequences of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons of mass destruction (WMD); of how these weapons work, what they cost, how they have spread, how they might be used, how they are currently controlled by international treaties and domestic legislation, and what issues of policy and technology arise in current debates on WMD. What aspects of the manufacture of WMD are easily addressed, and what aspects are technically challenging? It may be expected that current events/headlines will be discussed in class.
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Szabolcs Marka
CULPA: 25 h-index: 127 Info - 3 points
GENERAL PHYSICS I
Prerequisites: some basic background in calculus or be concurrently taking MATH UN1101 Calculus I. The accompanying laboratory is PHYS UN1291-UN1292 The course will use elementary concepts from calculus. The accompanying laboratory is PHYS UN1291 - UN1292. Basic introduction to the study of mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, optics, special relativity, quantum mechanics, atomic physics, and nuclear physics.
- MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Eric Raymer
CULPA: 3
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GENERAL PHYSICS II
Prerequisites: This course will use elementary concepts from calculus. Students should therefore have had some high school calculus, or be concurrently enrolled in MATH UN1101. Taken with accompanying lab PHYS UN1291- PHYS UN1292, the sequence PHYS UN1201- PHYS UN1202 satisfies requirements for medical school. Electricity, magnetism, optics, and modern physics.
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Michael H Shaevitz
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Instructor:
P. Michael Tuts
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GENERAL PHYSICS I - REC
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Instructor:
Eric Raymer
CULPA: 3
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GENERAL PHYSICS II - REC
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Instructor:
Michael H Shaevitz
CULPA: 30 Info - 0 points
GENERAL PHYSICS I LAB
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201 This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
- M 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
- M 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
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- W 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
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- R 4:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
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Instructor:
Giuseppina C Cambareri
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GENERAL PHYSICS II LABORATORY
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202 This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (PHYS UN1201 - PHYS UN1202) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
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Instructor:
Rebecca I Grossman
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Instructor:
Giuseppina C Cambareri
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GENERAL PHYSICS II LABORATORY
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202 This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (PHYS UN1201 - PHYS UN1202) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
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Instructor:
Giuseppina C Cambareri
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Rebecca I Grossman
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Instructor:
Giuseppina C Cambareri
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GENERAL PHYSICS II LABORATORY
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202 This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (PHYS UN1201 - PHYS UN1202) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
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- W 4:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
- W 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
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Instructor:
Giuseppina C Cambareri
Info - 1 points
GENERAL PHYSICS II LABORATORY
Corequisites: PHYS UN1201,PHYS UN1202 This course is the laboratory for the corequisite lecture course (PHYS UN1201 - PHYS UN1202) and can be taken only during the same term as the corresponding lecture.
- R 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
- R 4:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
- R 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
- F 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
Giuseppina C Cambareri
Info - 1 points
INTRO ELEC/MAGNETSM & OPTCS
Prerequisites: PHYS W1401. Corequisites: MATH V1102 or the equivalent. Electric fields, direct currents, magnetic fields, alternating currents, electromagnetic waves, polarization, geometrical optics, interference, and diffraction.
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Eric Raymer
CULPA: 3
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Instructor:
Hector Ochoa
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Instructor:
Lam Hui
CULPA: 3
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INTRO ELEC/MAGNETSM/OPT-REC
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Instructor:
Eric Raymer
CULPA: 3
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INTRO TO EXPERIMENTAL PHYS-LAB
Prerequisites: PHYS W1401 and W1402. Laboratory work associated with the two prerequisite lecture courses. Experiments in mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, optics, wave motion, atomic physics, and nuclear physics. Note: Students cannot receive credit for both PHYS W1493 and W1494.
- M 4:10 p.m.-7:10 p.m.
- M 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
- W 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
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PHYSICS II: THERMO, ELEC & MAG
Prerequisites: PHYS UN1601 Corequisite: MATH UN1201 or equivalent. Temperature and heat, gas laws, the first and second laws of thermodynamics, kinetic theory of gases, electric fields, direct currents, magnetic fields, alternating currents, electromagnetic waves. The course is preparatory for advanced work in physics and related fields.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
Kerstin M Perez
Wikipedia Info - 3.5 points
PHYSICS II:THERMO,ELEC/MAG-REC
- T 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
- T 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
- W 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
- W 5:40 p.m.-6:55 p.m.
- R 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Kerstin M Perez
Wikipedia Info - 0 points
SEM-CONTEMP PHYSICS/ASTRONOMY
Prerequisites: any 1000-level course in the Physics or Astronomy Department. May be taken before or concurrently with this course. Lectures on current areas of research with discussions of motivation, techniques, and results, as well as difficulties and unsolved problems. Requirements include weekly problem sets and attendance of lectures.
ACCELERATED PHYSICS II
Prerequisites: PHYS UN2801 This accelerated two-semester sequence covers the subject matter of PHYS UN1601, PHYS UN1602 and PHYS UN2601, and is intended for those students who have an exceptionally strong background in both physics and mathematics. The course is preparatory for advanced work in physics and related fields. There is no accompanying laboratory; however, students are encouraged to take the intermediate laboratory, PHYS UN3081, in the following year.
- TR 10:10 a.m.-noon
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Instructor:
Yury Levin
h-index: 91 Info - 4.5 points
MECHANICS
Prerequisites: general physics, and differential and integral calculus. Newtonian mechanics, oscillations and resonance, conservative forces and potential energy, central forces, non-inertial frames of reference, rigid body motion, an introduction to Lagranges formulation of mechanics, coupled oscillators, and normal modes.
- TR 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Cory Dean
h-index: 49 Info - 3 points
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES & OPTICS
Prerequisites: PHYS UN3008 Maxwells equations and electromagnetic potentials, the wave equation, propagation of plane waves, reflection and refraction, geometrical optics, transmission lines, wave guides, resonant cavities, radiation, interference of waves, and diffraction.
- MW 10:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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Instructor:
William A Zajc
CULPA: 16 Wikipedia Info - 3 points
INTERMEDIATE LABORATORY WORK
Prerequisites: phys UN2601 or phys un2802 Primarily for junior and senior physics majors; other majors must obtain the instructors permission. Each experiment is chosen by the student in consultation with the instructor. Each section meets one afternoon per week, with registration in each section limited by the laboratory capacity. Experiments (classical and modern) cover topics in electricity, magnetism, optics, atomic physics, and nuclear physics.
- R 1:10 p.m.-5 p.m.
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Instructor:
Sebastian Will
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Instructor:
Morgan May
CULPA: 3
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ELECTRONICS LABORATORY
Prerequisites: PHYS UN3003 or PHYS UN3007 May be taken before or concurrently with this course. A sequence of experiments in solid-state electronics, with introductory lectures.
- MW 1:10 p.m.-4 p.m.
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Instructor:
John Parsons
CULPA: 31
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- 3 points
SUPERVISED READINGS IN PHYSICS
Prerequisites: the written permission of the faculty member who agrees to act as supervisor, and the director of undergraduate studies permission. Readings in a selected field of physics under the supervision of a faculty member. Written reports and periodic conferences with the instructor.
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Instructor:
Jeremy R Dodd
CULPA: 25
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- 3 points
SUPERVISED INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH
Prerequisites: Permission of the departmental representative required. For specially selected students, the opportunity to do a research problem in contemporary physics under the supervision of a faculty member. Each year several juniors are chosen in the spring to carry out such a project beginning in the autumn term. A detailed report on the research is presented by the student when the project is complete.
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Instructor:
Jeremy R Dodd
CULPA: 25
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- 1-5 points
ADVANCED MECHANICS
Prerequisites: differential and integral calculus, differential equations, and PHYS UN3003 or the equivalent. Lagranges formulation of mechanics, calculus of variations and the Action Principle, Hamiltons formulation of mechanics, rigid body motion, Euler angles, continuum mechanics, introduction to chaotic dynamics.
- MW 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Frederik Denef
CULPA: 1 h-index: 36 Info - 3 points
SOLID STATE PHYSICS
Prerequisites: PHYS GU4021 and PHYS GU4023 or the equivalent. Introduction to solid-state physics: crystal structures, properties of periodic lattices, electrons in metals, band structure, transport properties, semiconductors, magnetism, and superconductivity.
- TR 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
James W McIver
Info - 3 points
QUANTUM MECHANICS II
Prerequisites: PHYS GU4021. Formulation of quantum mechanics in terms of state vectors and linear operators, three-dimensional spherically symmetric potentials, the theory of angular momentum and spin, time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory, scattering theory, and identical particles. Selected phenomena from atomic physics, nuclear physics, and elementary particle physics are described and then interpreted using quantum mechanical models.
- MW 11:40 a.m.-12:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Alfred H Mueller
CULPA: 2 Wikipedia Info - 3 points
INTRO TO GENERAL RELATIVITY
Prerequisites: PHYS UN3003 and PHYS UN3007 or the equivalent. Tensor algebra, tensor analysis, introduction to Riemann geometry. Motion of particles, fluid, and fields in curved spacetime. Einstein equation. Schwarzschild solution; test-particle orbits and light bending. Introduction to black holes, gravitational waves, and cosmological models.
- TR 4:10 p.m.-5:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
James C Hill
Info - 3 points
ASTROPHYSICS I
Prerequisites: a strong undergraduate background in E-M and classical mechanics. Qualified undergraduates may be admitted with the instructors permission. The basic physics of high energy astrophysical phenomena. Protostars, equations of stellar structure; radiative transfer theory; stellar nucleosynthesis; radiative emission processes; equations of state and cooling theory for neutron stars and white dwarfs, Oppenheimer-Volkoff equation; Chandrasekhar limit; shocks and fluids; accretion theory for both disks and hard surfaces; black hole orbits and light bending.
- MW 1:10 p.m.-2:25 p.m.
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Instructor:
Charles J Hailey
CULPA: 42 Wikipedia Info - 3 points
FRONTIERS OF COND MATTER PHYS
- F 2:40 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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Instructor:
Yasutomo Uemura
Info - 3 points
QUANTUM MECHANICS II
Prerequisites: PHYS W4021-W4022, or their equivalents. Applications to atoms and molecules, including Thomas-Fermi and Hartree-Fock atoms; interaction of radiation with matter; collision theory; second quantization.
- TR 8:40 a.m.-9:55 a.m.
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Instructor:
Emlyn W Hughes
CULPA: 18 Info - 4.5 points